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SCIS Search

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Demonstrates the SCIS (Schools Catalogue Information Service) search API call.

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<?php

$success = 0;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl -i -X GET --url 'https://api.scisdata.com/catalogue/api/search?query=titleSearch%3Adogs%20AND%20publicationYear%3A2015&from=0&size=20&sort=author&order=asc' -H 'Authorization: Basic ****'

// Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
// Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

// This causes the "Authorization: Basic ****" to be added to each request.
$http->Login = 'myLogin';
$http->Password = 'myPassword';
$http->BasicAuth = 1;

$sbQuery = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbQuery->Append('titleSearch:dogs AND publicationYear:2015');

$sbUrl = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$sbUrl->Append('https://api.scisdata.com/catalogue/api/search?query=');
// If non-usascii chars are included in the search, we don't know if utf-8 or windows-1252 is desired by the server.  You'll need to find out..
$sbUrl->Append($sbQuery->getEncoded('url','utf-8'));
$sbUrl->Append('&from=0&size=20&sort=author&order=asc');

$sbResponseBody = new COM("Chilkat.StringBuilder");
$success = $http->QuickGetSb($sbUrl->getAsString(),$sbResponseBody);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$jResp = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jResp->EmitCompact = 0;

print 'Response Body:' . "\n";
print $jResp->emit() . "\n";

$respStatusCode = $http->LastStatus;
print 'Response Status Code = ' . $respStatusCode . "\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print 'Response Header:' . "\n";
    print $http->LastHeader . "\n";
    print 'Failed.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "data": {
//     "hits": {
//       "hits": [
//         {
//           "_index": "scisdata2",
//           "_type": "bibdatatype",
//           "_source": {
//             "isbn": [
//               "9781517638160"
//             ],
//             "languageTermCode": [
//               "eng"
//             ],
//             "mainAuthor": {
//               "namePersonalPrimary": [
//                 "Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell."
//               ]
//             },
//             "title": {
//               "titlePrimary": [
//                 "Peace on Earth, good-will to dogs"
//               ],
//               "noteStmOfResponsibility": [
//                 "by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott."
//               ]
//             },
//             "scisType": [
//               "Book"
//             ],
//             "dateIssuedMarc": 2015,
//             "languageTermValue": [
//               "English"
//             ],
//             "contributor": {},
//             "isbn13": "9781517638160",
//             "imageFileName": "9781517638160.jpg",
//             "publicationDetails": "United States, Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2015",
//             "isbn10": "151763816X",
//             "id": "1867852"
//           },
//           "_id": "1867852",
//           "sort": [
//             "abbott, eleanor hallowell."
//           ],
//           "_score": null
//         },
//         {
//           "_index": "scisdata2",
//           "_type": "bibdatatype",
//           "_source": {
//             "isbn": [
//               "9781780747910"
//             ],
//             "languageTermCode": [
//               "eng"
//             ],
//             "mainAuthor": {
//               "namePersonalPrimary": [
//                 "Adams, Richard."
//               ]
//             },
//             "title": {
//               "titlePrimary": [
//                 "The plague dogs"
//               ],
//               "noteStmOfResponsibility": [
//                 "Richard Adams."
//               ]
//             },
//             "scisType": [
//               "Book"
//             ],
//             "dateIssuedMarc": 2015,
//             "languageTermValue": [
//               "English"
//             ],
//             "contributor": {},
//             "isbn13": "9781780747910",
//             "imageFileName": "9781780747910.jpg",
//             "publicationDetails": "New York, Rock the Boat, 2015",
//             "isbn10": "1780747918",
//             "id": "1749228"
//           },
//           "_id": "1749228",
//           "sort": [
//             "adams, richard."
//           ],
//           "_score": null
//         },
//          ...
//       ],
//       "total": 84,
//       "max_score": null
//     },
//     "took": 585,
//     "timed_out": false
//   },
//   "subscriptionStatus": {}
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

$dataHitsTotal = $jResp->IntOf('data.hits.total');
$dataHitsMax_score = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.max_score');
$dataTook = $jResp->IntOf('data.took');
$dataTimed_out = $jResp->BoolOf('data.timed_out');
$i = 0;
$count_i = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.hits.hits');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jResp->I = $i;
    $v_index = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._index');
    $v_type = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._type');
    $v_sourceDateIssuedMarc = $jResp->IntOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.dateIssuedMarc');
    $v_sourceIsbn13 = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.isbn13');
    $v_sourceImageFileName = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.imageFileName');
    $v_sourcePublicationDetails = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.publicationDetails');
    $v_sourceIsbn10 = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.isbn10');
    $v_sourceId = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.id');
    $v_id = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._id');
    $v_score = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._score');
    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.hits.hits[i]._source.isbn');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->J = $j;
        $strVal = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.isbn[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.hits.hits[i]._source.languageTermCode');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->J = $j;
        $strVal = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.languageTermCode[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.hits.hits[i]._source.mainAuthor.namePersonalPrimary');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->J = $j;
        $strVal = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.mainAuthor.namePersonalPrimary[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.hits.hits[i]._source.title.titlePrimary');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->J = $j;
        $strVal = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.title.titlePrimary[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.hits.hits[i]._source.title.noteStmOfResponsibility');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->J = $j;
        $strVal = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.title.noteStmOfResponsibility[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.hits.hits[i]._source.scisType');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->J = $j;
        $strVal = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.scisType[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.hits.hits[i]._source.languageTermValue');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->J = $j;
        $strVal = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.languageTermValue[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.hits.hits[i].sort');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->J = $j;
        $strVal = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i].sort[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.hits.hits[i]._source.contributor.namePersonalOther');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->J = $j;
        $strVal = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.contributor.namePersonalOther[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $jResp->SizeOfArray('data.hits.hits[i]._source.contributor.nameCorporateOther');
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $jResp->J = $j;
        $strVal = $jResp->stringOf('data.hits.hits[i]._source.contributor.nameCorporateOther[j]');
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $i = $i + 1;
}


?>