Cosa 2010 ap is web services berry & carlson

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

The Power of APIs and Web Services

Chris Berry, Amanda Carlson

SirsiDynix


API’S WHAT ARE THEY?

• API stands for Application Programming Interface

• Symphony provides APIs for almost every piece of data in the software

• Using APIs customers can easily modify data, extract data, update data

• There is no competition for this sale, no other vendor provides access to the Symphony data the way that the APIs do!


SYMPHONY APISymphony API Subscription Package

Over the period of one year, this package includes:

• 4 hours of individual API consulting

• unlimited access to our online API Workshop series

• seat in an API class as refresher or new staff training

– a 4.5 day workshop providing system administrators with access to the core components of the system.

• online access to API electronic software documentation

• subscription to web forums and discussion lists


SYMPHONY API SUBSCRIPTION

Includes tools used for performing batch transactions as

well as utilities for gathering, editing, loading,

exporting and formatting data.

This gives system administrators a powerful tool to

help them quickly respond to the needs of their staff

and patrons.


SYMPHONY API SUBSCRIPTION

• increase efficiency

– by integrating the ILS with other library software

• minimize staff time

– for data entry with global editing capabilities

• manage new branch openings

– or temporary closure, collection mergers or removal

• write custom reports and automate processes

– for smoother departmental operations


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Outputs Title Control Number, Title, Location and Item ID


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SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES 3.0“The Web Services API is complementary to the existing

API and not a replacement. It provides an alternative

mechanism for accessing the data within Symphony, using

different technologies (SOAP, HTTP, XML, etc.) which

some people might find more appealing and easier to

use.”

Posted on the API listserv Wed. 11/25/2009

Paul Moxon

VP, Product Management


WEB SERVICES – WHAT ARE THEY?

• Standards-based API to access Symphony data and

functionality

– Independent of programming language or OS

• Standard technology (XML) to simplify access to data


WEB SERVICES – WHAT ARE THEY?


SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES SUBSCRIPTION

Includes a Software Developer Kit to allow customers

and 3rd party developers to integrate products and

reports to obtain information that is available in the

Symphony ILS.

This gives system administrators a powerful tool to

help them quickly respond to the needs of their staff

and patrons.


SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES 3.0 Standard services

– Provide access to the catalogue

• Searches

• Item information

Security services

– Allow a user to login and logout of the Symphony system

Patron services

– Perform patron operations

• Holds

• Lookup fines and fees

• Lookup personal information

Admin services

– Retrieve system information from Symphony

• Policies


SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES 3.0

Example from http://demo.sirsi.com


SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES - IMPLEMENTATIONS

London Borough of Sutton – Open Government initiatives

Graham Dash from SUTT has funding for a project to open up and provide easy access to as much of the data held by the council as possible. For the library, this means the bibliographic data, holdings data, and availability data.

Implementation:

SirsiDynix Symphony Web Services provides the following set of operations for open access to Symphony data

Search catalogue (using searches by author, title, or subject)

Lookup title information (title, author, ISBN, call number, availability)

Lookup item information (item ID, location, due date)

Lookup most popular titles, authors or subjects (Symphony data)



SWIFT – eBook integration and authentication with Symphony

Lloyd Brady from SWIFT wants to allow Bolinda, a 3rd party eBooks vendor, to authenticate patrons against the Symphony ILS system for 4 libraries and validate which library in the consortium is affiliated with the patron.

Implementation:

SirsiDynix Symphony Web Services provides the following set of operations to allow authentication with 3rd party application

Login (requires user ID and password)

Lookup user information(authenticated call to return library ID)

Logout (closes Symphony session)



SHORELINK: Willoughby Library – integrate a Chinese writing tablet

Michelle Burtonof Willoughby Library wants to integrate a writing tablet that translates the Chinese characters into English, then performs a catalogue search against their SaaS hosted Symphony ILS server, and returns the results.

Implementation:

SirsiDynix Symphony Web Services provides the following set of operations to 3rd party applications

Search catalogue (using searches by title)

Lookup item information (item ID, location, due date)


QUESTIONS?

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