This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing the querystring from the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL to "" with no success.

Josh Welker


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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API

How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?

mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit)","Biology and behavior series","Biology and environment (Macmillan Press)","Biology and management of old-growth forests"],["1 result","1 result","1 result","1
result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203","
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962","
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795","
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466","
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787","
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541","
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525","
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518","
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448","
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058"]]

-Mike



On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is 
> pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an 
> automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory 
> constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
>
> On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [[log in to unmask]]
> wrote:
> >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box, 
> >and
> I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. 
> Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated 
> harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that matter.
> Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I 
> have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort 
> of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. 
> I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various 
> formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Bryan Baldus
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