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Adding a new data source

by Pau Garcia i Quiles :: Rate this Message:

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Hello,

I would like to add the Book Database from the Ministry of Culture of
Spain ( http://www.mcu.es/webISBN/tituloSimpleFilter.do?cache=init&prev_layout=busquedaisbn&layout=busquedaisbn&language=en
) as a new source. It contains more than 900,000 references by ISBN
(every book published in Spanish since 1972).

AFAIK this database does not use any standard protocol, so I would
need to make HTTP POSTS and GETS and parse HTML. I have seen fetchers
should inherit from Tellico::Fetcher::Fetch and implement a few
methods. I was wondering if there are any special rules or advices I
should follow.

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Re: Adding a new data source

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Hi,

On Friday 17 April 2009, Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
> AFAIK this database does not use any standard protocol, so I would
> need to make HTTP POSTS and GETS and parse HTML. I have seen fetchers
> should inherit from Tellico::Fetcher::Fetch and implement a few
> methods.

That's all true, however..

> I would like to add the Book Database from the Ministry of Culture of
> Spain as a new source.

You're in luck. That one is already available. If you open up the config
dialog Data Source->New, it should be available in there.

It's not working exactly for the kde4 version yet...

Robby
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Re: Adding a new data source

by Pau Garcia i Quiles :: Rate this Message:

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On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Robby Stephenson <robby@...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Friday 17 April 2009, Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
>> AFAIK this database does not use any standard protocol, so I would
>> need to make HTTP POSTS and GETS and parse HTML. I have seen fetchers
>> should inherit from Tellico::Fetcher::Fetch and implement a few
>> methods.
>
> That's all true, however..
>
>> I would like to add the Book Database from the Ministry of Culture of
>> Spain as a new source.
>
> You're in luck. That one is already available. If you open up the config
> dialog Data Source->New, it should be available in there.
>
> It's not working exactly for the kde4 version yet...

I have installed it using the "donwload" button but I cannot find it
anywhere in Data Source -> New :-?

(I'm using the KDE4 version, built from trunk)

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Re: Adding a new data source

by robbystephenson :: Rate this Message:

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On Thursday 23 April 2009, Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Robby Stephenson <robby@...>
wrote:
> > You're in luck. That one is already available. If you open up the
> > config dialog Data Source->New, it should be available in there.
> >
> > It's not working exactly for the kde4 version yet...
>
> I have installed it using the "donwload" button but I cannot find it
> anywhere in Data Source -> New :-?
>
> (I'm using the KDE4 version, built from trunk)

Like I said, it doesn't work in the KDE4 version yet.

Robby


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Re: Adding a new data source

by Pau Garcia i Quiles :: Rate this Message:

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On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Robby Stephenson <robby@...> wrote:

> On Thursday 23 April 2009, Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Robby Stephenson <robby@...>
> wrote:
>> > You're in luck. That one is already available. If you open up the
>> > config dialog Data Source->New, it should be available in there.
>> >
>> > It's not working exactly for the kde4 version yet...
>>
>> I have installed it using the "donwload" button but I cannot find it
>> anywhere in Data Source -> New :-?
>>
>> (I'm using the KDE4 version, built from trunk)
>
> Like I said, it doesn't work in the KDE4 version yet.

What's missing for it to work in the kdereview version?

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Re: Adding a new data source

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On Thursday 14 May 2009, you wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Robby Stephenson <robby@...>
wrote:

> > On Thursday 23 April 2009, Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
> >> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Robby Stephenson
> >> <robby@...>
> >
> > wrote:
> >> > You're in luck. That one is already available. If you open up the
> >> > config dialog Data Source->New, it should be available in there.
> >> >
> >> > It's not working exactly for the kde4 version yet...
> >>
> >> I have installed it using the "donwload" button but I cannot find it
> >> anywhere in Data Source -> New :-?
> >>
> >> (I'm using the KDE4 version, built from trunk)
> >
> > Like I said, it doesn't work in the KDE4 version yet.
>
> What's missing for it to work in the kdereview version?

I fixed it last week to show up in the list properly. But the script doesn't
seem to work right now. I haven't done any further investigation.

Robby
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