Package biblio :: Package webquery :: Module isbndb :: Class IsbndbQuery

Class IsbndbQuery

            object --+            
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          impl.ReprObj --+        
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 basewebquery.BaseWebquery --+    
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basewebquery.BaseKeyedWebQuery --+
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                                IsbndbQuery

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, key, timeout=5.0, limits=None)
C'tor, accepting an access key.

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query_service(self, index, value, results)
A generalised query for ISBNdb.

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query_bibdata_by_isbn(self, isbn, format='bibrecord')
Return publication data based on ISBN. source code

query_author_by_name(self, name, fields=None)
Search author data based on name.

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query_author_by_id(self, auth_id, fields=None)
Search author data based on ID.

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Inherited from basewebquery.BaseKeyedWebQuery (private): _build_request_url

Inherited from basewebquery.BaseWebquery: request

Inherited from impl.ReprObj: __repr__, __str__, __unicode__

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __setattr__

Class Variables

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Inherited from basewebquery.BaseWebquery (private): _repr_fields

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, key, timeout=5.0, limits=None)
(Constructor)

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C'tor, accepting an access key.

Parameters:

root_url - See BaseWebquery. Either this or the sub_url passed to request must include a keyword formatting for the access key, i.e. %(key)s.
key - The access or PAI key to be passed to the webservice for access.
timeout - See BaseWebquery.
limits - See BaseWebquery.

Overrides: object.__init__

query_service(self, index, value, results)

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A generalised query for ISBNdb.

This serves a general way of accessing all the methods available for ISBNdb. It also normalises the ISBN to a suitable form for submission. Note that it is probably possible to form a bad query with the wrong combination of parameters.

Parameters:

index (string) - The index to search in ISBNdb.
value (string) - The value to search for in the index..
results (iterable) - A list of the data to include in the response.

Returns:

The response received from the service.

query_bibdata_by_isbn(self, isbn, format=`'bibrecord'`)

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Return publication data based on ISBN.

Parameters:

isbn (string) - An ISBN-10 or ISBN-13.
format (string) - The desired format for the results.

Returns:

Publication data in Xisbn XML format.

query_author_by_name(self, name, fields=None)

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Search author data based on name.

Parameters:

name (string) - The name to search for.
fields (iterable) - What result blocks to return..

Returns:

Publication data in ISBNdb XML format.

query_author_by_id(self, auth_id, fields=None)

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Search author data based on ID.

Parameters:

auth_id (string) - The ISBN "person_id" to search for.
fields (iterable) - What result blocks to return..

Returns:

Publication data in ISBNdb XML format.

Class IsbndbQuery

__init__(self, key, timeout=5.0, limits=None) (Constructor)

query_service(self, index, value, results)

query_bibdata_by_isbn(self, isbn, format='bibrecord')

query_author_by_name(self, name, fields=None)

query_author_by_id(self, auth_id, fields=None)

init(self, key, timeout=5.0, limits=None)
(Constructor)

query_bibdata_by_isbn(self, isbn, format=`'bibrecord'`)