Bed, Bath and Beyond - Yale University Library

Bed, Bath and Beyond:
RESTful, SOAP and
the World of Ex Libris
APIs
NE Code4Lib | October 2012
Ido Peled,
Primo Product Manager
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So What Am I Talking About ?
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/
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And I’ll Focus on CodeShare
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/Home
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Last Time I Counted…
49
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Code
Contributions
X-Services
Web Services
Plug-ins
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Deep Links
Deep Search
Adapters
Guidelines
Useful X-Services
What
URL
Brief Search
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/Brief+Search
E-Shelf Structure
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/Get+EShelfStructure
RTA Plug-in
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/RTA+PlugIn+%28new+version%29
Push To
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/PushTo+PlugIn+%28export+records+to+social+bookmark+sites%29
File Splitter
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoOI/File+Splitter+PlugIn
EXL Tab API
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/Primo/EXL+Tab+API
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Essentials - (Freeware) Tools
Dropbox
Eclipse
Notepad++
https://www.dropbox.com/
http://www.eclipse.org/
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
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Development Skills (the more the better…)
What
Why
CSS
Colors, elements, layout
HTML
Content
Javascript
Actions, changes
jQuery
Javascript framework
JSON
Data
XML
Data
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Examples
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Add Tab API
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/Primo/EXL+Tab+API
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Add Tab API
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/Primo/EXL+Tab+API
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Add Tab API
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/Primo/EXL+Tab+API
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Customized Adwords
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/Adwords+Ho
twords+Integration+%28another+implementation%29
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Push To Mendeley
http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/Plugin+for+Mendeley+%28PushTo+Plug-in%29
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Zero Results Options
http://primo.aub.aau.dk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=desktop
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Google Analytics
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Personal Favorites
• http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/Adwords+Hotwords+
JavaScript+code
• http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/Primo+Result+Extend
er+Aggregator+Service+%28PREAS%29
• http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/FRBR+Display+Impro
vements
• http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/LibGuides+Pipe+Con
figuration
• http://www.exlibrisgroup.org/display/PrimoCC/Change+the+Colour+
of+the+VERSIONS+tab
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Summary
• Lots of API available
• API covering the majority of the Primo functionality
• Many extensions already available
• Vibrant community
• Go out and build your own (and then share it !!)
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Thank You!
Ido.Peled@ExLibrisGroup.com
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