Re: [IUG] Need code to utilize PATRON API

[Rick Cromi <rcromi at starklibrary dot org>]

The SmartFilter software is running on an ISA server, which is running on a Windows 2003 R2 server.  It utilizes XHTML pages and jboss.  The IIS server can handle scripts in ASP, Perl, PHP, etc.  I've added some extra packages to the server to allow for non-native languages.

The software is using XHTML pages which I am altering for our purposes.  Currently, we are only prompting for the patron's barcode and then checking the patron record for a code which is in the Pcode2 field in the patron record.

Another thing I thought I'd do was add some javascript to page to validate the barcode entry (numbers only, length checks, etc.)  I think some of this invalid data entry has caused us some problems in the past and I wanted to clean it up.  However, I am running into the old problem with the transforms and characters like "<", ">" and "&".  Nothing I've tried to get around this problem has worked, so I'll probably have to add some of this logic to the server-side script, too, in addition to the PATRONAPI call to the III server.

Wylie has already passed along some code he used and I am working with that.

Richard A. Cromi
System Analyst
Stark County District Library
715 Market Ave. N.
Canton, OH. 44702
Phone: 330-458-3142
Email: rcromi at starklibrary dot org



-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Burns [mailto:jb at eauclaire dot lib dot wi dot us]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:38 PM
To: IUG INNOPAC List
Subject: Re: [IUG] Need code to utilize PATRON API

You may receive more responses if you mention a specific scripting language.
I have one which is ColdFusion based.



>>> "Wylie Ackerman" <wyliea at dpls dot lib dot or dot us> 2/12/2008 10:56 am >>>

Richard,

I have a couple functions I wrote some time back in classic ASP that I'd
be happy to share if you're interested.



Wylie Ackerman
eServices Manager
Deschutes Public Library
541-312-1042
www.dpls.lib.or.us
wyliea at dpls dot lib dot or dot us

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Rick Cromi
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:26 PM
To: 'Innopac Listserv (innopac at innopacusers dot org)'
Subject: [IUG] Need code to utilize PATRON API

We are in the process of converting our ILS system to Millennium.
Currently, we have content filtering software in our library -
SmartFilter from Secure Computing - and we customized the web pages to
access the patron record by barcode, then check a code in the patron
record to see if they are authorized to override the filters.

I need to recreate this process utilizing the PATRON API call to the
Millennium server.  Before digging in and writing some code, I wondered
if anyone has already done something like this and would be willing to
share their code.

Thanks in advance.

Richard A. Cromi
System Analyst
Stark County District Library
715 Market Ave. N.
Canton, OH. 44702
Phone: 330-458-3142
Email: rcromi at starklibrary dot org





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