Class: Bx

Inherits:
Service show all
Defined in:
app/service_adaptors/bx.rb

Overview

Uses bX recommender service to generate links to “similar” articles.

REQUIREMENTS: You must be an bX customer. Required field “token” is specific to your institution. Optional fields:

max_records - max number of records returned; default 10
threshold - minimum score a recommendation must have in order to be included in the results; scores range from 0 to 100; default 50
openurl_base - base for other link resolver; default "/resolve"
source - values "local"|"global"; default "global"

Constant Summary

Constants inherited from Service

Service::LinkOutFilterTask, Service::StandardTask

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Service

#group, #name, #priority, #request, #service_id, #status, #task, #url

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Service

#credits, #display_name, #handle_wrapper, #link_out_filter, #preempted_by, required_config_params, #response_url, #translate

Constructor Details

#initialize(config) ⇒ Bx

Returns a new instance of Bx.



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# File 'app/service_adaptors/bx.rb', line 15

def initialize(config)
  @display_name = "Bx"
  @base_url = "http://recommender.service.exlibrisgroup.com/service/recommender/openurl"
  @max_records = "5"
  @threshold = "50"
  @source = "global"
  @openurl_base  = "/resolve"
  super(config)
end

Instance Method Details

#handle(request) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'app/service_adaptors/bx.rb', line 29

def handle(request)
  format = "rss"
  bx_url = "#{@base_url}?res_dat=format%3D#{format}%26source%3D#{@source}%26token%3D#{@token}%26maxRecords%3D#{@max_records}%26threshold%3D#{@threshold}%26baseUrl%3D#{@openurl_base}&#{request.to_context_object.kev}"
  response = open(bx_url)
  response_xml_str = response.read
  response_xml = Nokogiri::XML(response_xml_str)
  response_xml.search("//item").each do |item|
    title = item.at("title").inner_text
    author = item.at("author").inner_text
    display_text = (author.nil?)? "#{title}" : "#{author}; #{title}"
    url = item.at("link").inner_text
    request.add_service_response( 
       :service=>self, 
       :display_text => display_text, 
       :url => url, 
       :service_type_value => :similar)          
  end
  return request.dispatched(self, true)
end

#service_types_generated ⇒ Object 



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# File 'app/service_adaptors/bx.rb', line 25

def service_types_generated
  return [ServiceTypeValue[:similar]]
end