Class: Qa::Authorities::Loc

Inherits:
WebServiceBase show all
Defined in:
lib/qa/authorities/loc.rb

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from WebServiceBase

#raw_response, #response

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from WebServiceBase

#get_json, #results

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Loc

Initialze the Loc class with a query and get the http response from LOC’s server. This is set to a JSON object



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/loc.rb', line 8

def initialize
end

Class Method Details

.authority_valid?(authority) ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/loc.rb', line 83

def self.authority_valid?(authority)
  self.sub_authorities.include?(authority)
end

.sub_authorities ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/loc.rb', line 87

def self.sub_authorities
  @sub_authorities ||= sub_authority_table.keys
end

.sub_authority_table ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/loc.rb', line 24

def self.sub_authority_table
  @sub_authority_table ||=
    begin
      vocab_base_url = 'cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fvocabulary%2F'
      authority_base_url = 'cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2F'
      datatype_base_url = 'cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fdatatypes%2F'
      vocab_preservation_base_url = 'cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fvocabulary%2Fpreservation%2F'
      {
        'subjects' => authority_base_url,
        'names' => authority_base_url,
        'classification' => authority_base_url,
        'childrensSubjects' => authority_base_url,
        'genreForms' => authority_base_url,
        'graphicMaterials' => vocab_base_url,
        'organizations' => vocab_base_url,
        'relators' => vocab_base_url,
        'countries' => vocab_base_url,
        'geographicAreas' => vocab_base_url,
        'languages' => vocab_base_url,
        'iso639-1' => vocab_base_url,
        'iso639-2' => vocab_base_url,
        'iso639-5' => vocab_base_url,
        'edtf' => datatype_base_url,
        'preservation' => vocab_base_url,
        'actionsGranted' => vocab_base_url,
        'agentType' => vocab_base_url,
        'contentLocationType' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'copyrightStatus' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'cryptographicHashFunctions' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'environmentCharacteristic' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'environmentPurpose' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'eventRelatedAgentRole' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'eventRelatedObjectRole' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'eventType' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'formatRegistryRole' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'hardwareType' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'inhibitorTarget' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'inhibitorType' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'objectCategory' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'preservationLevelRole' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'relationshipSubType' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'relationshipType' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'rightsBasis' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'rightsRelatedAgentRole' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'signatureEncoding' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'signatureMethod' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'softwareType' => vocab_preservation_base_url,
        'storageMedium' => vocab_preservation_base_url
      }
    end
end

Instance Method Details

#find_record_in_response(raw_response, id) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/loc.rb', line 113

def find_record_in_response(raw_response, id)
  raw_response.each do |single_response|
    next if single_response[0] != "atom:entry"
    single_response.each do |result_part|
      if (result_part[0] == 'atom:title' ||
          result_part[0] == 'atom:id') && id == result_part[2]
        return single_response
      end
    end
  end
  return nil
end

#get_full_record(id, sub_authority) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/loc.rb', line 126

def get_full_record(id, sub_authority)
  search(id, sub_authority)
  full_record = find_record_in_response(@raw_response, id)

  if full_record.nil?
    # record not found
    return {}
  end

  parsed_result = {}
  full_record.each do |section|
    if section.class == Array
      label = section[0].split(':').last.to_s
      case label
      when 'title', 'id', 'updated', 'created'
        parsed_result[label] = section[2]
      when 'link'
        if section[1]['type'] != nil
          parsed_result[label + "||#{section[1]['type']}"] = section[1]["href"]
        else
          parsed_result[label] = section[1]["href"]
        end
      when 'author'
        author_list = []
        #FIXME: Find example with two authors to better understand this data.
        author_list << section[2][2]
        parsed_result[label] = author_list
      end
    end
  end
  parsed_result
end

#parse_authority_response(raw_response) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/loc.rb', line 92

def parse_authority_response(raw_response)
  result = []
  raw_response.each do |single_response|
    next if single_response[0] != "atom:entry"
    id = nil
    label = ''
    single_response.each do |result_part|
      case result_part[0]
      when 'atom:title'
        label = result_part[2]
      when 'atom:id'
        id = result_part[2]
      end
    end

    id ||= label
    result << {"id"=>id, "label"=>label}
  end
  result
end

#search(q, sub_authority = nil) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/loc.rb', line 11

def search(q, sub_authority=nil)
  if ! (sub_authority.nil?  || Loc.sub_authorities.include?(sub_authority))
    @raw_response = nil
    @response = nil
    return
  end
  q += '*'
  authority_fragment = sub_authorityURL(sub_authority)
  query_url =  "http://id.loc.gov/search/?q=#{q}&q=#{authority_fragment}&format=json"
  @raw_response = get_json(query_url)
  @response = parse_authority_response(@raw_response)
end

#sub_authorityURL(sub_authority) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/qa/authorities/loc.rb', line 77

def sub_authorityURL(sub_authority)
  base_url = Loc.sub_authority_table[sub_authority]
  return "" if base_url.nil?
  base_url + URI.escape(sub_authority)
end