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I once put all of the LCSH headings into a local Solr index and used TermsComponent to power autosuggest. It was really fast. Ethan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I realized since I made that comment that the API is designed to give the > top 10 subject heading suggestions rather than all of them. > > So that part is fine. But I am once again unsure if the API will work for > me. I am creating a mashup of several data sources for my auto-suggest > feature, and I am having a hard time dynamically adding the results from > the LOC Suggest API to the existing collection of data that is used to > populate my jQuery UI Autocomplete field. Ideally, I'd like to be able to > have all the LC Subject Heading data cached on my server so that I can > build my autocomplete data source one time rather than having to deal with > dynamically adding, sorting, etc. But then the problem I run into is that > the LCSH master file is so big that it basically crashes the server. > > That's why I'm thinking 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 > Michael J. Giarlo > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:59 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API > > 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 > > > > Senior Cataloger > > > > Quality Books Inc. > > > > The Best of America's Independent Presses > > > > 1-800-323-4241x402 > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/ > > > > > > > > > >