molly.apps.library – Library Search

This application provides a front-end to electronic library catalogues.

Configuration

  • provider: the provider which provides search results
  • library_identifier: if set, this is used to look up entities (from the places app) in this identifier namespace which have the value of the library code as returned by the query

Sample:

Application('molly.apps.library', 'library', 'Library search',
            provider = Provider('molly.apps.library.providers.Z3950',
                        host = 'z3950.copac.ac.uk',
                        syntax = 'XML',
                        database = 'COPAC'),
),

Providers

molly.apps.library.providers.Z3950

This provides the library app with the ability to query library catalogues using the Z39.50 protocol. It supports the following options:

  • host: The hostname of the Z39.50 server to connect to
  • database: The name of the database on the server to use
  • port (optional, defaults to 210): The port on which the Z39.50 server listens
  • syntax (optional, defaults to USMARC): The syntax which the server uses for responses (currently supported: USMARC and XML)
  • charset (optional, defaults to UTF-8): The encoding to use when communicating with the server
  • control_number_key (optional, defaults to 12): The ‘use attribute’ to query on when doing a control number lookup,
  • results_encoding (optional, defaults to marc8): The encoding results come back in. Valid values are ‘marc8’ and ‘unicode’. Aleph needs ‘unicode’.

Writing Your Own Providers

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