45 lines
1.5 KiB
Python
45 lines
1.5 KiB
Python
"""ISNI author checking utilities"""
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import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
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import requests
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# get data
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BASE_STRING = "http://isni.oclc.org/sru/?query=pica.na+%3D+%22"
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SUFFIX_STRING = "%22&version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&recordSchema=isni-b&maximumRecords=10&startRecord=1&recordPacking=xml&sortKeys=RLV%2Cpica%2C0%2C%2C"
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def url_stringify(string):
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"""replace spaces for url encoding"""
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return string.replace(" ", "+")
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def find_authors_by_name(names):
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"""Query the ISNI database for an author"""
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names = url_stringify(names)
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query = BASE_STRING + names + SUFFIX_STRING
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result = requests.get(query)
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# the OCLC ISNI server asserts the payload is encoded
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# in latin1, but we know better
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result.encoding = "utf-8"
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payload = result.text
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# parse xml
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root = ET.fromstring(payload)
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# build list of possible authors
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possible_authors = []
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for element in root.iter("responseRecord"):
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author = {}
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author["uri"] = element.find(".//isniURI").text
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# NOTE: this will often be incorrect, some naming systems list "surname" before personal name
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personal_name = element.find(".//forename/..")
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forename = personal_name.find(".//forename")
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surname = personal_name.find(".//surname")
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author["name"] = surname.text
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if personal_name:
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author["name"] = forename.text + " " + surname.text
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author["description"] = element.find(".//nameTitle").text
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possible_authors.append(author)
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return possible_authors
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