I don't know what the Summon API uses to authenticate clients. It looks
from the Python code like a key and secret is involved. You should be care
about embedding these API credentials (key/secret) in a Javascript. This
makes them available for anyone copy and use.
Karen
On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Sara Amato <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Has anyone constructed Summon API queries in javascript? (assuming that
> they can be constructed to use jsonp and avoid cross domain problems …???)
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> If it helps, here are a few lines in python that I use to make summon
> queries:
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> def summonMkHeaders(querystring):
> summonAccessID = 'yourIDhere'
> summonSecretKey = 'yourSecretHere'
> summonAccept = "application/json"
> summonThedate = datetime.utcnow().strftime("%a, %d %b %Y
> %H:%M:%S GMT")
> summonQS = "&".join(sorted(querystring.split('&')))
> summonQS = urllib.unquote_plus(summonQS)
> summonIdString = summonAccept + "\n" + summonThedate +
> "\n" + summonHost + "\n" + summonPath + "\n" + summonQS + "\n"
> summonDigest =
> base64.encodestring(hmac.new(summonSecretKey, unicode(summonIdString),
> hashlib.sha1).digest())
> summonAuthstring = "Summon "+summonAccessID+';'+summonDigest
> summonAuthstring = summonAuthstring.replace('\n','')
> return
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> {'Accept':summonAccept,'x-summon-date':summonThedate,'Host':summonHost,'Authorization':summonAuthstring}
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> --Doug
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> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Godmar Back <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > Unlike Link/360, Serials Solution's Summon API is extremely cumbersome to
> > use - requiring, for instance, that requests be digitally signed. (*)
> >
> > Has anybody developed a proxy server for Summon that makes its API public
> > (e.g. receives requests, signs them, forwards them to Summon, and relays
> the
> > result back to a HTTP client?)
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> > Serials Solutions publishes some PHP5 and Ruby sample code in two API
> > libraries (**), but these don't appear to be fully fledged nor
> > easy-to-install solutions. (Easy to install here is defined as an
> average
> > systems librarian can download them, provide the API key, and have a
> running
> > solution in less time than it takes to install Wordpress.)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > - Godmar
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> > (*) http://api.summon.serialssolutions.com/help/api/authentication
> > (**) http://api.summon.serialssolutions.com/help/api/code
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