pyAtoM 0.4.0

Python library for the AtoM archival description and access platform API

pyAtoM

Python Library for the AtoM Archival Description Platform API

This library provides a Python class for working with the AtoM Archival Description Rest API

https://accesstomemory.org/en/docs/2.8/dev-manual/api/api-intro/

The Library provides APIs for the following:

• Get a record by its Slug
• Get a record by its identifier
• Search for records
• Download a digital object attached to a record
• List taxonomy terms

License

The package is available as open source under the terms of the Apache License 2.0

Installation

pyAtoM is available from the Python Package Index (PyPI)

https://pypi.org/project/pyAtoM/

To install pyAtoM, simply run this simple command in your terminal of choice:

$ pip install pyAtoM

Examples

Finding records by Slug

from pyAtoM import *

client = AccessToMemory(username="[e-mail]", password="demo", server="demo.accesstomemory.org")

slug: str = "my-slug"

item: dict = client.get(slug)

Searching for all Records

from pyAtoM import *

client = AccessToMemory(username="[e-mail]", password="demo", server="demo.accesstomemory.org")

for result in client.search():
    print(result)

Searching for Records with Query terms

from pyAtoM import *

client = AccessToMemory(username="[e-mail]", password="demo", server="demo.accesstomemory.org")

queries: list = []

queries.append(Query(query_value="horses", query_field=QueryField.title))
queries.append(Query(query_value='Sudbury', query_operator=QueryOperator.or_terms, query_field=QueryField.all))

for result in client.search(query_terms=queries):
    print(result)