The IP lookup functionality itself seems to be working:

For example:
http://www.worldcat.org/registry/lookup?IP=128.143.23.98

A specific IP address lookup failure typically indicates a data quality
issue,  such as the registry does not have complete or up-to-date IP
address information.


Xiaoming

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:42 PM, Accomazzi, Alberto <
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> Hi Xiaoming,
>
> Thanks, this is useful information although it does not help us in allowing
> the user to select from a list via autocomplete (which is what we are
> aiming for).
>
> But checking the info available on the dev pages, I was reminded of your
> lookup by IP address service which could help us guess the proper resolver:
>
> https://platform.worldcat.org/api-explorer/registryPlatformSRU/OpenURLResolver/LookupByIPAddress
>
> However, I could not get it to work with any of the IPs in our institution,
> e.g.
> http://www.worldcat.org/registry/lookup?IP=131.142.185.29
>
> Am I doing something wrong or is the service not behaving correctly?
>
> Thanks,
> -- Alberto
>
>
>
> > Alberto,
> > The information is available through OCLC's institution registry API if
> you
> > happen to know the library's registry id, such as:
> >
> >
> http://www.worldcat.org/webservices/registry/enhancedContent/Institutions/3003
> > It has XML fragment like:
> > <resolverRegistryEntry><resolver>
> > <baseURL>http://jt8rt5xt7v.search.serialssolutions.com/</baseURL>
> > <OpenURLVersions><OpenURL_0.1/></OpenURLVersions>
> > <vendor>serialsSolutions</vendor>
> > ....
> > I think the official document about this feature is at:
> >
> >
> http://www.oclc.org/developer/develop/web-services/worldcat-registry/sruxsd-interface/organization-resource.en.html
> > Xiaoming
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Accomazzi, Alberto <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Is there a (somewhat complete) list of the OpenURL servers out there?
> We
> > > maintain a short list based on the information we have collected from
> > > electronic resource librarians who took the time to contact us, but I
> > would
> > > think that OCLC or code4lib could do a much better job at it.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -- Alberto
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dr. Alberto Accomazzi
> > > Program Manager
> > > NASA Astrophysics Data System - http://ads.harvard.edu
> > > Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics -
> http://www.cfa.harvard.edu
> > > 60 Garden St, MS 83, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
> > >
>