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titleGET requests

Requests using the GET method do not require authentication.

Resources

/bib

Method
Description
Parameters
Request content types
Response content types
Example
POSTCreate a new record

check (boolean) : Validate content, do not store the record

bypass_low_validation (boolean) : Save the record even if the user doesn't have permissions to all of the edited LOW-fields

bypass_index_check (boolean): Save the record without making duplicate detection check based on standard numbers

text/xml text/xml
POST /API/bib/ HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Host: libtest.csc.fi:8992
Content-Type:text/xml
Content-Length: 1601

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
 
<response>
  <message>[0018] Document: 00XXXXXXX was updated successfully.</message>
  <session-id>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</session-id>
</response>

/bib/:id

Method
Description
Parameters
Request content types
Response content types
Example
GETRetrieve a record

handle_deleted (boolean): Retrieve the record

 

even if it is marked as deleted in the database

no_rerouting (boolean): If the record is marked deleted in the database, do not retrieve superseding record even if one can be found

  text/xml
GET /API/bib/1234 HTTP/1.1
Host: libtest1.csc.fi:8992
          
HTTP/1.1 200 OK

 

Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<record><leader>00000cam^a22002177i^4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">000001234</controlfield>
<controlfield tag="003">FI-MELINDA</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20141229140637.0</controlfield>
<controlfield tag="008">900214s1980^^^^sw^||||||m^^^|||||||eng||</controlfield>
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PUTUpdate a record

check (boolean) : Validate content, do not store the record

bypass_low_validation (boolean) : Save the record even if the user doesn't have permissions to all of the LOW-fields

bypass_index_check (boolean): Save the record without making duplicate detection check based on standard numbers

handle_deleted (boolean): Save the record, even if it is marked deleted in the database

text/xml text/xml
PUT /API/bib/1234 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Host: libtest.csc.fi:8992
Content-Type:text/xml
Content-Length: 1601

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
 
<response>
  <message>[0018] Document: 00XXXXXXX was updated successfully.</message>
  <session-id>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</session-id>
</response>

/bib/:id/children

Method
Description
Parameters
Request content types
Response content types
Example
GET

Retrieve constituent units of a record

limit (number): Maximum number of constituent units to retrieve. The total number of constituent units is stored in the allRecordsCount property of the collection element.

start (number) : Index from which to start retrieving constituent units (unit count starts at 0). The chosen index is stored in the firstRecordNumber property of the collection element.

include_parent (boolean) : Retrieve parent record along with its constituent units.

  text/xml
GET /API/bib/1234/children HTTP/1.1
Host: libtest1.csc.fi:8992

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

 

<collection allRecordsCount="0">
</collection>


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titleParameters

Parameter types follow the name declaration:

parameter (string): string parameter

 

Optional parameters are written in italics:

mandatory (string) : mandatory parameter

optional (boolean) :optional parameter

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