Josh, Depending on your planned workflow, we've had better results for programmatic authorization using the VIAF API ( https://www.oclc.org/developer/develop/web-services/viaf.en.html) - and storing its LCNAF identifier after sifting through the results - than using the native id.loc.gov API.
Regards, --Alex On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Josh Welker <wel...@ucmo.edu> wrote: > Related question: I want to store linked data URI references in my MARC > records. If I want to store the URI to an LC Name Authority entry such as > this one (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010056162.html), what is > the best way to do that? My guess would be to store it in a 100 control > subfield 0, but I am not sure how to format it. Would it be something like > this? > > (lcname)http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010056162.html > > I'm guessing there is some technical acronym I should use instead of > "lcname." > > Joshua Welker > Information Technology Librarian > James C. Kirkpatrick Library > University of Central Missouri > Warrensburg, MO 64093 > JCKL 2260 > 660.543.8022 > > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Josh Welker <wel...@ucmo.edu> wrote: > > > That's exactly what I needed. Thanks, Kevin! > > > > Joshua Welker > > Information Technology Librarian > > James C. Kirkpatrick Library > > University of Central Missouri > > Warrensburg, MO 64093 > > JCKL 2260 > > 660.543.8022 <(660)%20543-8022> > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Kevin Ford <k...@3windmills.com> > wrote: > > > >> There's no reason to screen scrape the results. > >> > >> The label service permits the use of the "Accept" header. For example: > >> > >> curl -i -L -H "Accept: application/rdf+xml" > >> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/label/orchids > >> > >> Take note of the initial set of response headers: > >> > >> HTTP/1.1 302 FOUND > >> Location: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095334 > >> X-URI: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095334 > >> X-PrefLabel: Orchids > >> Cache-Control: public, max-age=1209600 > >> Content-Length: 0 > >> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 12:41:00 GMT > >> Server: Apache > >> X-Varnish: 95467183 53781367 > >> Age: 2343793 > >> Via: 1.1 varnish-v4 > >> X-Cache: HIT > >> X-Cache-Hits: 24 > >> Connection: keep-alive > >> > >> If you want, you could perform only a HEAD request on the label service > >> and then use the X-URI and X-PrefLabel headers to gather the info you > >> need. NB: The service works on an exact match, more or less; take off > the > >> 's' of 'orchids' and you'll get an entirely different result. > >> > >> You can also operate on the search results - not the label service - > >> programatically. See "Supported Search serialization formats" here: > >> http://id.loc.gov/techcenter/serializations.html One XML-based option > >> and a JSON one too. > >> > >> Yours, > >> Kevin > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 8/25/17 10:39, Josh Welker wrote: > >> > >>> Thanks, Nathan. That looks like it will work if I do it manually, but > >>> there > >>> is no interface for doing it programmatically. Is LC okay with me > screen > >>> scraping the search results? > >>> > >>> Joshua Welker > >>> Information Technology Librarian > >>> James C. Kirkpatrick Library > >>> University of Central Missouri > >>> Warrensburg, MO 64093 > >>> JCKL 2260 > >>> 660.543.8022 > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Trail, Nate <n...@loc.gov> wrote: > >>> > >>> You can try our "label" service. See under "known label retrieval" > here: > >>>> http://id.loc.gov/techcenter/searching.html > >>>> I would be glad to help further. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, Nate > >>>> > >>>> ----------------------------------------- > >>>> Nate Trail > >>>> Network Development & MARC Standards Office > >>>> LS/ABA/NDMSO > >>>> LA308, Mail Stop 4402 > >>>> Library of Congress > >>>> Washington DC 20540 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG] On Behalf > Of > >>>> Josh Welker > >>>> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2017 11:12 AM > >>>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG > >>>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Searching LC Name Authority file programmatically > >>>> > >>>> I have sort of inherited authority control recently at my library, > and I > >>>> want to find some way to automate some common workflows. I am looking > >>>> for > >>>> an easy way to query blind name references against the LC Name > Authority > >>>> master file. There is no API for searching it on the web, and the name > >>>> file > >>>> itself is 10+ GB and hard to work with. > >>>> > >>>> Here are options as I see them: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> - Screen scrape the search engine at id.loc.gov. > >>>> - Load the 10+ GB name file into a local database to query > >>>> programmatically. > >>>> > >>>> Does anyone have experience with either method? Does some other method > >>>> exist I am not aware of? > >>>> > >>>> Joshua Welker > >>>> Information Technology Librarian > >>>> James C. Kirkpatrick Library > >>>> University of Central Missouri > >>>> Warrensburg, MO 64093 > >>>> JCKL 2260 > >>>> 660.543.8022 > >>>> > >>>> > > >
