Python library for the Preservica Rest API
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pyPreservica
Python language binding for the Preservica API
This library provides a Python class for working with the Preservica Entity Rest API
https://us.preservica.com/api/entity/documentation.html
The library includes the following calls:
- asset() Fetches the main attributes for an asset by its reference.
- folder() Fetches the main attributes for a folder by its reference.
- metadata() Return the descriptive metadata attached to an entity.
- save() Updates the title and description of an asset or folder.
- create_folder() Creates a new structural object in the repository.
- children() Returns a list of child entities from a folder.
- identifier() Returns an asset or folder based on an external identifier.
- add_identifier() Adds a new external identifier to an entity.
- add_metadata() Add new descriptive metadata to an entity.
- update_metadata() Update the descriptive metadata attached to an entity.
- download() Download the latest generation of the preservation representation.
- thumbnail() Download the thumbnail icon for an asset or folder.
usage
from pyPreservica.entityAPI import EntityAPI,Thumbnail
client = EntityAPI(username="test@test.com", password="123444", tenant="PREVIEW", server="preview.preservica.com")
asset = client.asset("9bad5acf-e7a1-458a-927d-2d1e7f15974d")
asset.title = "New Asset Title"
asset.description = "New Asset Description"
asset = client.save(asset)
folder = client.create_folder("title", "description", "open", "249c989a-84b2-467a-819a-941d8bee4976")
asset = entity.asset("9bad5acf-e7ce-458a-927d-2d1e7f15974d")
client.add_identifier(asset, "ISBN", "978-3-16-148410-0")
client.add_identifier(asset, "DOI", "https://doi.org/10.1109/5.771073")
client.add_identifier(asset, "URN", "urn:isan:0000-0000-2CEA-0000-1-0000-0000-Y")
for e in client.identifier("ISBN", "978-3-16-148410-0"):
print(e.type, e.reference, e.title)
with open("DublinCore.xml", 'r', encoding="UTF-8") as md:
asset = client.add_metadata(asset, "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/", md)
file = open("thumbnail.jpg", "wb")
file.write(client.thumbnail(asset, Thumbnail.LARGE))
file.close()
file = open("picture.jpg", "wb")
file.write(client.download(asset))
file.close()
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