VIAF NPM

Wrapper around the VIAF API for Node.

BETA - there's a lot of work to be done, I'm just getting this out here for now.

Install

npm i viaf

Use

See the "example" directory.

var viaf = require('viaf');

viaf.autosuggest(query, callback);
viaf.read(id, callback);
viaf.read(id, dataType, callback);
viaf.search(query, callback);

The callback is passed three parameters in this order: any error that occurs, an HTTP response object, and the body (text) of the response. The read method's default dataType is XML and its valid types are: html, xml, json (just returns a list of links to other authorities), rdf, json-ld, rss, marc21, marcxml, marchtml, unimarcxml, unimarchtml.

Examples

This is not meant to do much other than conveniently request & return data from VIAF, so among the tasks it won't perform: parse this data, provide an autocomplete widget, or provide a synchronous wrapper for operations. Look in the "example" folder to see how this package might be used to accomplish something actually useful.

See Also

• VIAF in OCLC API Explorer
• Authority Cluster Resource

More Details

Internally, this module uses request to call the VIAF API. You can pass options directly to request by overriding the viaf.requestOptions object, which is passed directly to request.

License

CC0 Public Domain