>
> Pick an easy problem, OK?  :)

Thanks I will next time :D

That query pointed me into the right direction. I had no idea the bitstream 
information was part of the metadata. 

I would never have guessed it.

Thanks again! 

On Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 6:36:06 PM UTC+3, Chris Gray wrote:
>
> Pick an easy problem, OK?  :)
>
> I can get you started and get you to the file name and sequence number, 
> but the policy (isAllowed=y) is trickier because policies are hierarchical 
> and inheritable.  I haven't worked much with policies in the database.
>
> This will get you started, to get the other data given a handle:
>
> select item2bundle.item_id, bundle_id, bitstream_id, text_value as 
> filename, sequence_id
> from bitstream --here we go up the hierarchy
> join bundle2bitstream
> using (bitstream_id)
> join item2bundle
> using (bundle_id)
> join handle
> on (handle.resource_id = item2bundle.item_id)
> join metadatavalue
> on (bitstream.bitstream_id = metadatavalue.resource_id) --file name is 
> dc.title for the bitstream
> where handle = '10568/70234' -- your handle example
> and metadata_field_id = 64 -- dc.title
> and bitstream_format_id = 11;
>
> The text_value is the file name.  This will require some refinement, since 
> there may be other jpeg bitstreams (bitstream_format_id = 11).  You could 
> check that the file name ends in .pdf.jpg instead of using the 
> bitstream_format_id.
>
> You can look up the policies by using the resource_id in the 
> resourcepolicy table, but deciphering that isn't straightforward.  It 
> depends if you ever make thumbnails private.  We don't in our instance.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> On Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 10:35:57 AM UTC-4, Tsegaselassie Tadesse 
> wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to build a very light-weight API endpoint that lists items 
>> from the database. I want to provide a url link to the item's thumbnail but 
>> it seems DSpace works very differently from what I expected.
>>
>> I have read the Storage Layer 
>> <https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC5x/Storage+Layer> documentation 
>> the Bitstream Store section to be specific on how to use the internal id to 
>> get to the directory of the bitstream; however, I am looking for is just to 
>> get the exact thumbnail for the item; e.g. on the detail page of an item, 
>> https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/70234, you will see the thumbnail 
>> has a normal image source, https://cgspace.cgiar.org/
>> bitstream/handle/10568/70234/beca_africanRice_poster_feb2016.pdf.jpg?sequence=4&isAllowed=y
>> .
>>
>> How do I generate that?
>>
>

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