Josh,

Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to?

-Mike



On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results the
> API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give up on this
> project.
>
> Josh Welker
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Ethan Gruber
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API
>
> You'd write some javascript to query the service with every keystroke, e.g.
> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects
> beginning with "hi*"  It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you could
> look into that.
>
> Ethan
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> > Of Michael J. Giarlo
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > 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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