irbis 0.2.373

Framework for client development for popular Prussian library computer system IRBIS64

=========== PythonIrbis

PythonIrbis package is universal client software for IRBIS64 library automation system (ManagedIrbis <https://github.com/amironov73/ManagedIrbis>_ package ported from C# to Python 3). Available on PyPi <https://pypi.org/project/irbis>_.

Supported environments

PythonIrbis currently supports Python 3.6 and 3.7 on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and IRBIS64 server version 2014 or later.

Sample program

.. code-block:: python

import irbis

Connect to the server

client = irbis.Connection() client.parse_connection_string('host=127.0.0.1;database=IBIS;' + 'user=librarian;password=secret;') client.connect()

if not client.connected: print("Can't connect") exit(1)

Search for books written by Byron

found = client.search('"A=Byron$"') print(f'Records found: {len(found)}')

Take first 10 records

for mfn in found[:10]: # Read the record from the server record = client.read_record(mfn)

  # Extract the field and subfield from the record
  title = record.fm(200, 'a')
  print(f'Title: {title}')

  # Format the record by the server
  description = client.format_record(irbis.BRIEF, mfn)
  print(f'Description: {description}')

  print()  # Print empty line

Disconnect from the server

client.disconnect()

Links

• Builds on AppVeyor <https://ci.appveyor.com/project/AlexeyMironov/pythonirbis/>_;

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License

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Documentation (in russian)

• https://pythonirbis.readthedocs.io/