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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
>> >
>>
>