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The NBIA Data Retriever is a software product you can download and install so that you can download radiology images from from the TCIA Radiology Portal

If you are using Linux, you can alternatively access NBIA Data Retriever's command-line interface, which does not require the desktop environment.

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To run the NBIA Data Retriever on CentOS, run the following sample command.

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/opt/NBIADataRetriever/NBIADataRetriever --cli <location>/<manifest file name>.tcia -d <parent location>/<download directory> -l <location>/<credential file> -v –f

To run the NBIA Data Retriever on Ubuntu, run the following sample command.

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/opt/nbia-data-retriever/nbia-data-retriever --cli <location>/<manifest file name>.tcia -d <parent location>/<download directory> -l <location>/<credential file> -v –f

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A credential file is a text file that passes the user's credentials in the following format:

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userName=YourUserName
passWord=YourPassword

The parameters "userName" and "passWord" are case-sensitive.

The options available for the command line interface are described in the following table.

Note

If you use the Data Retriever CLI with option  -v, -f, or -q, and want to access private collection(s), put these options after the user credential parameters.

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Mandatory when the manifest file has series that belong to a private collection.

Optional for a manifest file with only public data.

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https://wiki.cancerimagingarchive.net/display/Private/NBIA+Data+Retriever+Command+Line+Interface+Guide