Worldcat::Discovery

WARNING: This library is no longer maintained. However, the code remains public as an example of how to use the API.

Ruby gem wrapper around WorldCat Discovery API.

Please Note: This API is not yet in production and this documentation is only published for our group of alpha release testers for feedback purposes only.

Installation

Prior to installing this gem manually as outlined below, you will need to go through the same process for the OCLC::Auth gem for the API key dependency.

$ git clone https://github.com/OCLC-Developer-Network/worldcat-discovery-ruby.git
$ cd worldcat-discovery-ruby
$ bundle install
$ gem build worldcat-discovery.gemspec
$ gem install worldcat-discovery-<VERSION-NUMBER>.gem

Usage

Find a Bibliographic Resource in WorldCat

require 'worldcat/discovery'

wskey = OCLC::Auth::WSKey.new('api-key', 'api-key-secret', :services => ['WorldCatDiscoveryAPI'])
WorldCat::Discovery.configure(wskey, 128807, 128807)

bib = WorldCat::Discovery::Bib.find(255034622)

bib.name         # => "Programming Ruby."
bib.id           # => #<RDF::URI:0x3feb33057c70 URI:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/255034622>
bib.id.to_s      # => "http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/255034622"
bib.type         # => #<RDF::URI:0x3feb3300fe84 URI:http://schema.org/Book>
bib.type.to_s    # => "http://schema.org/Book" 
bib.author       # => <WorldCat::Discovery::Person:70279384406040 @subject: http://viaf.org/viaf/107579098> 
bib.author.name  # => "Thomas, David."
bib.contributors.map{|contributor| contributor.name} # => [" Fowler, Chad.", "Hunt, Andrew."]

Search for Bibliographic Resources in WorldCat

require 'worldcat/discovery'

wskey = OCLC::Auth::WSKey.new('api-key', 'api-key-secret', :services => ['WorldCatDiscoveryAPI'])
WorldCat::Discovery.configure(wskey, 128807, 128807)

params = Hash.new
params[:q] = 'programming ruby'
params[:facetFields] = ['itemType:10', 'inLanguage:10']
params[:startNum] = 0
results = WorldCat::Discovery::Bib.search(params)

results.bibs.map {|bib| str = bib.name; str += " (#{bib.date_published})" if bib.date_published; str}
# => ["Programming Ruby. (2008)", "Programming Ruby : the pragmatic programmers' guide (2005)", "The Ruby programming language (2008)", ... ]

Understanding the subclasses

The library contains subclasses for different types of materials that appear within WorldCat. These include:

• Article
• Movie
• Music Album
• Periodical

Article Example

require 'worldcat/discovery'

wskey = OCLC::Auth::WSKey.new('api-key', 'api-key-secret', :services => ['WorldCatDiscoveryAPI'])
WorldCat::Discovery.configure(wskey, 128807, 128807)

bib = WorldCat::Discovery::Bib.find(5131938809)

bib.name            # => "How Much Would US Style Fiscal Integration Buffer European Unemployment and Income Shocks? (A Comparative Empirical Analysis)"
bib.id              # => #<RDF::URI:0x3feb33057c70 URI:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5131938809>
bib.id.to_s         # => "http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5131938809"
bib.type            # => #<RDF::URI:0x3feb3300fe84 URI:http://schema.org/Article>
bib.type.to_s       # => "http://schema.org/Article" 
bib.author          # => <WorldCat::Discovery::Person:70279384406040 @subject: http://viaf.org/viaf/107579098> 
bib.author.name     # => "Feyrer, James"
bib.contributors.map{|contributor| contributor.name} # => ["Sacerdote, Bruce", "Feyrer, James"]
bib.page_start      # => 125
bib.page_end        # => 128
bib.periodical.name # => "American Economic Review"
bib.volume.volume_number   # => 3
bib.issue.issue_number    # => 103