Uploading a Keyword Library to Silk Central from the Command Line

Upload an external keyword library to Silk Central from a Java-based command line to integrate Silk Central and your keyword-driven tests into your continuous integration build system, for example Jenkins.

To upload your keyword library to Silk Central from a Java-based command line:

Select Help > Tools in Silk Central and download the Java Keyword Library Tool.
Call the command line tool that is contained in the downloaded jar file with the following arguments:
- java
- -jar com.borland.silk.keyworddriven.jar
- -upload
- Library name of the library in Silk Central to be updated, or created if it does not yet exist.
- Package name of the library package (zip archive) to be uploaded.
- Hostname:port of the Silk Central front-end server.
- Web-service token of the Silk Central user. Required for authentication. You can generate a web-service token in the User Settings page of Silk Central, which you can access by clicking on the user name in the Silk Central menu.
  Note: For security reasons, Micro Focus recommends using a web-service token for authentication instead of sending your user name and password over the network.
- Username of the Silk Central user. Not required when using a web-service token for authentication.
- Password of the Silk Central user. Not required when using a web-service token for authentication.
- Update information, describing the changes that were applied to the library, in quotes.
- [-allowUsedKeywordDeletion], an optional flag to allow the deletion of keywords that are used in a test or keyword sequence. By default, an error is raised if used keywords are attempted to be deleted.
The following example outlines the command line to upload a library to Silk Central with Java 9 or later:
```
java --add-modules=java.activation,java.xml.ws -jar com.borland.silk.keyworddriven.jar -upload 
"My library" "./output/library.zip" silkcentral:19120 scLogin 
scPassword "Build xy: Implemented missing keywords" 
```

Examples

The following example outlines the command line to upload a library to Silk Central with Java 8 or prior by using a web-service token for authentication:

java -jar com.borland.silk.keyworddriven.jar -upload 
"My library" "./output/library.zip" silkcentral:19120 scToken "Build xy: Implemented missing keywords"

To upload the same library with Java 8 or prior by using user name and password for authentication, use a command like the following:

java -jar com.borland.silk.keyworddriven.jar -upload 
"My library" "./output/library.zip" silkcentral:19120 scLogin 
scPassword "Build xy: Implemented missing keywords"

The corresponding commands with Java 9 or later are:

java --add-modules=java.activation,java.xml.ws -jar com.borland.silk.keyworddriven.jar -upload 
"My library" "./output/library.zip" silkcentral:19120 scToken "Build xy: Implemented missing keywords"

java --add-modules=java.activation,java.xml.ws -jar com.borland.silk.keyworddriven.jar -upload 
"My library" "./output/library.zip" silkcentral:19120 scLogin 
scPassword "Build xy: Implemented missing keywords"

Note: When uploading a keyword-driven library with Java 9 or later, ensure JAVA_HOME is defined on the execution servers and points to a JDK with the corresponding Java version.