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(Resend with both images attached) On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 12:56 PM Craig Dietrich <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Kyle, > > Thanks for your quick reply! > > That worked! When I run a nslookup for "digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca" > it returns "cdm-applnxprd1.library.ubc.ca" that, while it doesn't follow > the "server12345" pattern, does return results when I append API fields: > > > http://cdm-applnxprd1.library.ubc.ca/dmwebservices/index.php?q=dmQuery/all/title^%20Victoria%20Cruz%20and%20Maxwell%20Maxwell%20at%20the%20CiTR%20booth%20at%20Clubs%20Days^all^and/title!subjec!descri!thumb/nosort/10/1/1/0/0/0/xml > <http://cdm-applnxprd1.library.ubc.ca/dmwebservices/index.php?q=dmQuery/all/title%5E%20Victoria%20Cruz%20and%20Maxwell%20Maxwell%20at%20the%20CiTR%20booth%20at%20Clubs%20Days%5Eall%5Eand/title!subjec!descri!thumb/nosort/10/1/1/0/0/0/xml> > > Like all things CONTENTdm I'll need to code around a few things, for > example, doing a nslookup for "digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu" > returns a couple URLs including "cdml02.contentdm.oclc.org" which doesn't > return results when similarly adding API fields. However, for the > Washington site I'm able to get a working URL from their HTML. So I > suppose a combination of those things will work sufficiently. Thanks again! > > Re the why: I'm a Scalar co-creator and have spun Scalar's import system > (whereby authors can import content into their projects from various > digital archives) into its own application, Tensor. Architected from the > ground up Tensor can do many more things than Scalar's antiquated import > system can do, including linking to archives that have complex or > multi-dimensional APIs. All that's needed is a parser file then one can > use Tensor to move content in Scalar, and actually my goal is for Tensor to > not only hook into many archives but also many publishing systems, not just > Scalar. > > Here is a list of the parsers I've already created: > https://github.com/craigdietrich/tensor-profiles/tree/master/parsers > > Once a parser is created, any archive that uses that platform can be > accessed. > > I've attached a couple screengrabs, not sure if they'll come through the > list server but provides a general sense of Tensor, hopefully. > > All the best, > Craig > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 10:48 AM Kyle Banerjee <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Hi Craig, >> >> Have you tried using nslookup? That should return the CNAME entry >> containing what you seek. >> >> Also, curiosity is killing me as to why knowing server numbers for >> machines >> you don't control would be useful. >> >> kyle >> >> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Craig Dietrich <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > This has been driving me crazy and OCLC hasn't written me back: is >> there a >> > trustworthy way to get the server ID# from CONTENTdm? >> > >> > I've been relying on >> > >> > '//'.$hostname.'/utils/diagnostics' >> > >> > ... which under some cases returns this string: >> > >> > server12345.contentdm.oclc.org >> > >> > ... with 12345 in this case being the server ID#. >> > >> > But for many CONTENTdm sites this string isn't present. >> > >> > The home page HTML for CONTENTdm has a lot of useful info in it, but not >> > the ID# that I can find. >> > >> > Anyone had any luck? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > Craig >> > >> >