$ conda install -c birdhouse bird-feeder

$ git clone https://github.com/bird-house/bird-feeder.git
$ cd bird-feeder
$ make install

$ make start
$ make status

$ birdfeeder -h 
usage: birdfeeder [<options>] <command> [<args>]

  Feeds Solr with Datasets (NetCDF Format) from Thredds Catalogs and File
  System.

  optional arguments:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
    -v                    enable verbose mode
    --service SERVICE     Solr URL. Default:
                          http://localhost:8983/solr/birdhouse
    --maxrecords MAXRECORDS
                          Maximum number of records to publish. Default: -1
                          (unlimited)
    --batch-size BATCH_SIZE
                          Batch size of records to publish. Default: 50000

  command:
    List of available commands

    {spider,walker,clear,from-thredds,from-walker,from-spider}
                          Run "birdfeeder <command> -h" to get additional help.
      spider              Runs spider to crawl NetCDF files on a HTTP file
                          service and writes the path list to a CSV file.
      walker              Runs walker to crawl NetCDF files from filesystem and
                          writes the path list to a CSV file.
      clear               Clears the complete solr index. Use with caution!
      from-thredds        Publish datasets from Thredds Catalog to Solr.
      from-walker         Publish NetCDF files from directory to Solr.
      from-spider         Runs spider to crawl NetCDF files on a HTTP file
                          service and publishes them to Solr.

$ birdfeeder from-thredds --catalog-url http://example.com/thredds/catalog.xml --depth=2

$ birdfeeder from-walker --start-dir /home/data/myarchive

$ birdfeeder spider --url http://example.com/datasets --depth 2 -o out.csv