Thanks for clearing that up! Yeah, I want to work with OCLC's Worldcat
Discovery API but found it was impossible to do it with pure client-side
code. So, I'm working on learning node so I can try to do some things with
it.
On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Owen Stephens <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> That’s right. Any javascript, and requests generated from javascript,
> running in the browser can be intercepted by the user.
>
> In case an example is of any use: with this javascript bookmarklet:
> https://github.com/ostephens/sherpa-it <https://github.com/ostephens/
> sherpa-it> I built a php script which does the actual request to the
> authenticated API (in this case the Sherpa Romeo API
> http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/apimanual.php?la=en&fIDnum=%7C&mode=simple <
> http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/apimanual.php?la=en&fIDnum=|&mode=simple>).
> The Javascript passes information from the web page to the php script, and
> the PHP makes the API request, then returns the information found to the
> javascript for display.
>
> Owen
>
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>
> > On 15 Dec 2017, at 14:50, Cynthia Harper <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Would I be correct in my understanding that if you require hiding the
> data in POSTs, you cannot do that in straight browser Javascript, but would
> require some server-side coding?
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Brad Coffield
> > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 9:33 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] `APIs for Librarians` -- A thing I've been doing
> that I'd like to share with you all
> >
> > Hi Randy,
> >
> > Good question. In this case, it does seem to be acceptable to use it in
> such a public way. They do seem to be rolling out changes to authentication
> for certain portions of their APIs. For instance, in LibGuides, if you want
> to work with AZ resources (typically your database list) you need to use
> oauth. "The LibApps v1.2 API uses oAuth 2.0 for authentication and supports
> the Client Credentials grant type." It supports GET and POST. Their other
> endpoints are all GET, and working with them in the above way is
> acceptable. My guess is because they are all GET, but I don't know.
> >
> > Have a good one!
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Stern, Randy <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Brad,
> >>
> >> This looks like a useful resource. I do have a question. Not knowing
> >> much about Springshare APIs, I see that your example includes a line
> >> of code
> >>
> >> $.getJSON('https://lgapi-us.libapps.com/1.1/guides?site_
> >> id=foo1&key=foo2&status=1', function (result) {
> >>
> >> that seems to expose a key (foo2) to public viewing. Is that key
> >> supposed to be a secret key that is not made public? Or is it OK to
> >> have it publicly exposed?
> >>
> >> - Randy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 08:46:40 -0500
> >> From: Brad Coffield <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> >> [log in to unmask]>>
> >> Subject: Re: `APIs for Librarians` -- A thing I've been doing that I'd
> >> like to share with you all
> >>
> >> Happy to hear it! If I can help at all, feel free to email me directly.
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:03 AM, Patricia Farnan <
> >> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> This looks like a great resource for someone like me who isn't a
> >> developer but wants to learn more about making use of APIs. Thanks for
> sharing!
> >>
> >> Patricia Farnan | Application Administrator, Discovery Services
> >> University Library | St Teresa’s Library
> >>
> >> Telephone: +61 8 9433 0707 | Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:
> >> [log in to unmask]>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> >> Brad Coffield
> >> Sent: Tuesday, 12 December 2017 3:53 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> >> Subject: [CODE4LIB] `APIs for Librarians` -- A thing I've been doing
> >> that I'd like to share with you all
> >>
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> I want to help people easily use web APIs to enhance their library
> >> websites and/or research guides. So, I made a site that has
> >> copy/pasteable code along with instructions on how to implement it
> >> (like what exactly to change in the code to make it work with their
> >> libguides system, for example).
> >>
> >> It's a project in ongoing development and I wanted to share it with
> >> you all
> >> because:
> >> * You're nifty
> >> * Some (hopefully many!) of you might be interested in using
> >> some of my code
> >> * Some of you might be interested in contributing new pieces to
> >> the site
> >>
> >> Currently I have implementations for various Springshare products,
> >> Quotes.net, and a variety of collections from the Internet Archive. I
> >> have plans on making things for the New York Times, Wordnik, OCLC, and
> >> Chronicling America (from LOC).
> >>
> >> Would love to hear comments. I hope you like it.
> >>
> >> https://www.bradcoffield.com/APIs-for-librarians/
> >>
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >>
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