A lightweight OAI client library for Python
Project description
Sickle: An OAI Client Library for Python
Sickle is lightweight OAI-PMH client library written in Python. It has been designed for conveniently retrieving data from OAI interfaces the Pythonic way:
>>> sickle = Sickle('http://elis.da.ulcc.ac.uk/cgi/oai2')
>>> records = sickle.ListRecords(metadataPrefix='oai_dc')
Most importantly, Sickle lets you iterate through OAI records without having to deal with things like result batches or resumptionTokens yourself:
>>> records.next() <Record oai:eprints.rclis.org:4088>
Installation
pip install sickle
Dependencies:
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Changelog
Version 0.3
added support for protected OAI interfaces (basic auth)
made class mapping for OAI elements configurable
added options for HTTP timeout and max retries
added handling of HTTP 503 responses
Version 0.2
OAI items are now represented as their own classes instead of XML elements
library raises OAI-specific exceptions
made lxml a required dependency
Version 0.1
February 20, 2013
First public release.
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