sruthi 0.0.1

SRU client for Python

sruthi is a client for python to make SRU requests (Search/Retrieve via URL).

Contents

• Usage

• Schemas

Usage

import sruthi

records = sruthi.searchretrieve('https://suche.staatsarchiv.djiktzh.ch/SRU/', query='Zurich')

for record in records:
    # print fields from schema
    print(record['reference'])
    print(record['title'])
    print(record['date'])
    print(record['extra']['link']) # extra record data is available at the 'extra' key

# you can get more information at each step
import sruthi

# note: records is an iterator
records = sruthi.searchretrieve'https://suche.staatsarchiv.djiktzh.ch/SRU/', query='Human')
print(records.cql)
print(records.sru_version)
print(records.count)

for record in records:
    print(record)
    print(record['schema'])

import sruthi

info = sruthi.explain('https://suche.staatsarchiv.djiktzh.ch/SRU/')
print(info.server)
print(info.database)
print(info.index)
print(info.schema)

Schemas

sruthi does not make any assumptions about the record data schema. The data is provided as-is (as a flattend dict). sruthi has been tested with the following schemas:

• Dublin Core Record Schema (dc)

• MARCXML: The MARC 21 XML Schema (marcxml)

• ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second edition (isad)