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NAME

  Catmandu::AlephX - Low level client for Aleph X-Services

SYNOPSIS

  my $aleph = Catmandu::AlephX->new(url => "http://aleph.ugent.be");
  my $item_data = $aleph->item_data(base => "rug01",doc_number => "001484477");


  #all public methods return a Catmandu::AlephX::Response
  # 'is_success' means that the xml-response did not contain the element 'error'
  # other errors are thrown (xml parse error, no connection ..)

  if($item_data->is_success){

    say "valid response from aleph x server";

  }else{

    say "aleph x server returned error-response: ".$item_data->error;

  }

METHODS

item-data

documentation from AlephX

The service retrieves the document number from the user. For each of the document's items it retrieves: Item information (From Z30). Loan information (from Z36). An indication whether the request is on-hold

example

  my $item_data = $aleph->item_data(base => "rug01",doc_number => "001484477");
  if($item_data->is_success){
    for my $item(@{ $item_data->items() }){
      print Dumper($item);
    };
  }else{
    print STDERR $item_data->error."\n";
  }

remarks

  This method is equivalent to 'op' = 'item-data'

item-data-multi

documentation from AlephX

This service takes a document number from the user and for each of the document's items retrieves the following: Item information (from Z30) Loan information (from Z36) An indication of whether or not the item is on hold, has hold requests, or is expected (that is, has not arrived yet but is expected) It is similar to the item_data X-service, except for the parameter START_POINT, which enables the retrieval of information for documents with more than 1000 items.

example

  my $item_data_m = $aleph->item_data_multi(base => "rug01",doc_number => "001484477",start_point => '000000990');
  if($item_data_m->is_success){
    for my $item(@{ $item_data_m->items() }){
      print Dumper($item);
    };
  }else{
    print STDERR $item_data_m->error."\n";
  }

  say "items retrieved, starting at ".$item_data_m->start_point() if $item_data_m->start_point();

remarks

  This method is equivalent to 'op' = 'item-data-multi'
  The attribute 'start_point' only supplies a value, if the document has over 990 items

read_item

documentation from AlephX

  The service retrieves a requested item's record from a given ADM library in case such an item does exist in that ADM library.

example

  my $readitem = $aleph->read_item(library=>"usm50",item_barcode=>293);
  if($readitem->is_success){
    for my $z30(@{ $readitem->z30 }){
      print Dumper($z30);
    }
  }else{
    say STDERR $readitem->error;
  }

remarks

  This method is equivalent to 'op' = 'read-item'

find

documentation from Aleph X

  This service retrieves a set number and the number of records answering a search request inserted by the user.

example

  my $find = $aleph->find(request => 'wrd=(art)',base=>'rug01');
  if($find->is_success){
    say "set_number: ".$find->set_number;
    say "no_records: ".$find->no_records;
    say "no_entries: ".$find->no_entries;
  }else{
    say STDERR $find->error;
  }

remarks

  This method is equivalent to 'op' = 'find'

arguments

  request - search request
  adjacent - if 'Y' then the documents should contain all the search words adjacent to each other, otherwise 'N'

find_doc

documentation from AlephX

  This service retrieves the OAI XML format of an expanded document as given by the user.

example

  my $find = $aleph->find_doc(base=>'rug01',doc_num=>'000000444',format=>'marc');
  if($find->is_success){
    for my $record(@{ $find->records }){
      say Dumper($record);
    }
  }else{
    say STDERR $find->error;
  }

remarks

  This method is equivalent to 'op' = 'find-doc'

present

documentation from Aleph X

  This service retrieves OAI XML format of expanded documents.
  You can view documents according to the locations within a specific set number.

example

  my $set_number = $aleph->find(request => "wrd=(BIB.AFF)",base => "rug01")->set_number;
  my $present = $aleph->present(
    set_number => $set_number,
    set_entry => "000000001-000000003"
  );
  if($present->is_success){
    say "doc_number: ".$record->{doc_number};
    for my $metadata(@{ $record->metadata }){
      say "\tmetadata: ".$metadata->type;
    }
  }else{
    say STDERR $present->error;
  }

remarks

  This method is equivalent to 'op' = 'present'

ill_get_doc_short

documentation from Aleph X

  The service retrieves the doc number and the XML of the short document (Z13).

example

  my $result = $aleph->ill_get_doc_short(doc_number => "000000001",library=>"usm01");
  if($result->is_success){
    for my $z30(@{ $result->z13 }){
      print Dumper($z30);
    }
  }else{
    say STDERR $result->error;
  }

remarks

  This method is equivalent to 'op' = 'ill-get-doc-short'

bor_auth

documentation from Aleph X

  This service retrieves the Global record (Z303), Local record (Z305) and the Data record (Z304) for a given Patron if the given ID and verification code match.
  Otherwise, an error message is returned.

example

  my %args = (
    library => $library,
    bor_id => $bor_id,
    verification => $verification
  );
  my $auth = $aleph->bor_auth(%args);

  if($auth->is_success){

    for my $type(qw(z303 z304 z305)){
      say "$type:";
      my $data = $auth->$type();
      for my $key(keys %$data){
        say "\t$key : $data->{$key}->[0]";
      }
    }

  }else{
    say STDERR "error: ".$auth->error;
    exit 1;
  }

bor_info

documentation from Aleph X

  This service retrieves all information related to a given Patron: Global and Local records, Loan records, Loaned items records, Short doc record, Cash record, and so on, if the ID and verification code provided match.

  If not, an error message is returned. Since the bor-info X-Service retrieves a very large amount of data, and not all of it may be relevant, you can choose to receive a part of the data, based on your needs.

example

  my %args = (
    library => $library,
    bor_id => $bor_id,
    verification => $verification,
    loans => 'P'
  );
  my $info = $aleph->bor_info(%args);

  if($info->is_success){

    for my $type(qw(z303 z304 z305)){
      say "$type:";
      my $data = $info->$type();
      for my $key(keys %$data){
        say "\t$key : $data->{$key}->[0]";
      }
    }
    say "fine:";
    for my $fine(@{ $info->fine() }){
      for my $type(qw(z13 z30 z31)){
        say "\t$type:";
        my $data = $fine->{$type}->[0];
        for my $key(keys %$data){
          say "\t\t$key : $data->{$key}->[0]";
        }
      }
    }

  }else{
    say STDERR "error: ".$info->error;
    exit 1;
  }

ill_bor_info

documentation from Aleph X

  This service retrieves Z303, Z304, Z305 and Z308 records for a given borrower ID / barcode.

example

circ_status

documentation from Aleph X

The service retrieves the circulation status for each document number entered by the user.

  Item information (From Z30).
  Loan information (from Z36).
  Loan Status (Tab15), Due Date, Due Hour etc.

example

circ_stat_m

documentation from Aleph X

The service retrieves the circulation status for each document number entered by the user (suitable for documents with more than 1000 items).

  Item information (From Z30).
  Loan information (from Z36).
  Loan Status (Tab15), Due Date, Due Hour etc.

This service is similar to circ-status X-service, except for the parameter START_POINT which enables to retrieve information for documents with more than 1000 items.

example

publish_avail

documentation from Aleph X

This service supplies the current availability status of a document.

The X-Server does not change any data.

example

my $publish = $aleph->publish_avail(doc_num => '000196220,001313162,001484478,001484538,001317121,000000000',library=>'rug01'); if($publish->is_success){

  #format for $publish->list() : [ [<id>,<marc-array>], .. ]

  for my $item(@{ $publish->list }){

    say "id: $item->[0]";
    if($item->[1]){
      say "marc array:";
      say Dumper($item->[1]);
    }else{
      say "nothing for $item->[0]";
    }

    say "\n---";
  }
}else{
  say STDERR $publish->error;
}

remarks

  The parameter 'doc_num' supports multiple values, separated by ','.
  Compare this to ill_get_doc, that does not support this.

ill_get_doc

documentation from Aleph X

This service takes a document number and the library where the corresponding document is located and generates the XML of the requested document as it appears in the library given.

example

my $illgetdoc = $aleph->ill_get_doc(doc_number => '001317121',library=>'rug01'); if($illgetdoc->is_success){

  if($illgetdoc->record){
    say "data: ".to_json($illgetdoc->record,{ pretty => 1 });
  }
  else{
    say "nothing found";
  }

}else{ say STDERR $illgetdoc->error; }

renew

documentation from Aleph X

  This service renews the loan of a given item for a given patron.
  The X-Service renews the loan only if it can be done. If, for example, there is a delinquency on the patron, the service does not renew the loan.

example

hold_req

documentation from Aleph X

The service creates a hold-request record (Z37) for a given item after performing initial checks.

example

AUTHOR

Nicolas Franck, <nicolas.franck at ugent.be>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.