DiFronzo/BIBSYS-SRU

A module for requesting and parsing SRU data from BIBSYS.

BIBSYS-SRU

A module for requesting and parsing SRU data from BIBSYS.

Example - Single Zone Request

from bibsys.sru import control

# Build SRU request
bib_query = control.make_url(zone="bibsys", query=f"Tommy Tee")

# Make SRU request
bib_query_resp = control.search(bib_query)

# Create SRU response objects
bib = control.parse(bib_query_resp, zone="bibsys", printOut="yes")

How to Parse Output

The SRU client will return an SRU object that can be called to get various information about the search result.

How to Parse Search Results

sru_object.numberOfRecords

Returns the number of records found.

sru_object.ok

Is either TRUE (no errors encountered) or FALSE (some errors encountered)

sru_object.errors

Returns any errors encountered.

sru_object.xml

Returns XML representation of SRU response.

sru_object.dict

Returns a dictionary of the SRU response.

sru_object.list

Returns a list of dictionarys that is structured.