Melinda-api-client NPM

melinda-api-client

JS client for using Melinda API (Union catalogue of the National library of Finland)

Installation

npm install melinda-api-client

Usage

Usage examples can be found from the test/ directory. Each function returns a promise.

var MelindaClient = require('melinda-api-client');

var client = new MelindaClient(config);

config should be in following format:

{
	endpoint: "API-ENDPOINT-URL",
	user: "USERNAME",
	password: "PASSWORD"
}

To retrieve a record from Melinda use loadRecord

client.loadRecord(30000).then(function(record) {
	// do something with record
}).done();

The records are marc-record-js instances.

To update or create a record in Melinda use updateRecord and createRecord respectively

client.updateRecord(record).then(function(response) {
	// contains reponse from Melinda
}).done();

client.createRecord(record).then(function(response) {
	// contains reponse from Melinda
}).done();

The responses are in the following format:

{
	messages: [arrayOfMessages],
	errors: [arrayOfErrors],
	triggers: [arrayOfTriggerMessages],
	warnings: [arrayOfWarnings]
	recordId: "id of the changed/created record"
}