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NAME

Catmandu::Fix::make_pid - Use the Resolver to create/retrieve a PID for a record

SYNOPSIS

A fix to either fetch or create a PID (workPID) for a record based on the record number.

    make_pid(
        path,
        url,
        username,
        password,
        -type: work
    )

DESCRIPTION

make_pid() will query the resolver to see if a PID exists for the value in path. If it does, it replaces the value with the PID. If it doesn't, it will create the PID and replace the value with the PID.

PARAMETERS

Required parameters

path, url, username and password must be present. Except for path, they are all strings.

path
url

URL of a Resolver instance (e.g. https://resolver.be).

username
password

Optional parameters

type

Type of the PID. String, optional and default is 'work'.

SEE ALSO

Catmandu Catmandu::Store::Resolver

AUTHORS

Pieter De Praetere, pieter at packed.be

CONTRIBUTORS

Pieter De Praetere, pieter at packed.be

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This package is copyright (c) 2016 by PACKED vzw. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.