Re: [Handle-info] Batch query handles?

[Brian Sheppard <bsheppard@library.wisc.edu>]

Hello, Nathan

This sounds like something we might make use of at Wisconsin. I'd be interested to see the the code, hear more, etc.

Best,
-Brian

On March 30, at 8:49 AM, Nathan Stevens wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> At NYU we developed a REST interface to our handle servers (allows creation, running audits etc) which can easily be used, in conjunction with a perl script/curl to print out the information you need.  If you are interested let me know and I can send you the code.
> 
> On Mar 29, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Sean Reilly wrote:
> 
>> Hi Tim,
>> 
>> There is no batch-query mechanism in the handle server, but requesting each individual handle should be a relatively lightweight operation.  I assume you'd want to take some action that was different depending upon the current value(s) in the handle, if it existed, so perhaps using a python script would be a more flexible way to create your handles?
>> 
>> I've attached a script that might work, but I've only written it from scratch so there are probably some bugs, but it might give an idea for how a batch-updater might work.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Sean
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> <update_handles.sh>
>> 
>> 
>> On 28 Mar 2012, at 15:13, Tim Donnelly wrote:
>> 
>>> Is there a way to batch query handles?
>>> 
>>> I need to change the URL of several thousand handles, but can’t be sure that the URL format is consistent across the entire range.
>>> 
>>> For example:
>>> 
>>> 10176/cogru:1000 currently has a URL of http://adr.coalliance.org/adrlib/lookup?cogru:1000
>>> 
>>> I need to change it to:
>>> 
>>> http://digitalunc.coalliance.org/fedora/repository/cogru:1000
>>> 
>>> I can, and have, done this in the past using a batch MODIFY but then I was sure that the original URL was the same for all records.  This time I can’t be sure.
>>> 
>>> I have a list of all the handles generated from the Server Admin menu, but that doesn’t provide any associated handle data.  And I obviously don’t want to query each handle individually so is there some way I can generate a list of all the handles with URLs?
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Tim Donnelly
>>> System/Network Administrator
>>> Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
>>> (303)759-3399 x106
>>> 
>>> P No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
>>> 
>> 
> 
> Nathan Stevens
> Programmer/Analyst
> Digital Library Technology Services
> New York University
> 1212-998-2653
> ns96@nyu.edu
> 
> 

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Brian Sheppard
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center
bsheppard@library.wisc.edu    (608) 262-3349




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