Query sub-module

class marcxml_parser.query.MARCXMLQuery(xml=None, resort=True)

Bases: marcxml_parser.serializer.MARCXMLSerializer

This class defines highlevel getters over MARC XML / OAI records.

get_name(*args, **kwargs)

Returns:Name of the book. Return type:str Raises:KeyError – When name is not specified.

get_subname(*args, **kwargs)

Parameters:undefined (optional) – Argument, which will be returned if the subname record is not found. Returns:Subname of the book or undefined if subname is not found. Return type:str

get_price(*args, **kwargs)

Parameters:undefined (optional) – Argument, which will be returned if the price record is not found. Returns:Price of the book (with currency) or undefined if price is not found. Return type:str

get_part(*args, **kwargs)

Parameters:undefined (optional) – Argument, which will be returned if the part record is not found. Returns:Which part of the book series is this record or undefined if part is not found. Return type:str

get_part_name(*args, **kwargs)

Parameters:undefined (optional) – Argument, which will be returned if the part_name record is not found. Returns:Name of the part of the series. or undefined if part_name is not found. Return type:str

get_publisher(*args, **kwargs)

Parameters:undefined (optional) – Argument, which will be returned if the publisher record is not found. Returns:Name of the publisher (“Grada” for example) or undefined if publisher is not found. Return type:str

get_pub_date(undefined='')

Parameters:undefined (optional) – Argument, which will be returned if the pub_date record is not found. Returns:Date of publication (month and year usually) or undefined if pub_date is not found. Return type:str

get_pub_order(*args, **kwargs)

Parameters:undefined (optional) – Argument, which will be returned if the pub_order record is not found. Returns:Information about order in which was the book published or undefined if pub_order is not found. Return type:str

get_pub_place(*args, **kwargs)

Parameters:undefined (optional) – Argument, which will be returned if the pub_place record is not found. Returns:Name of city/country where the book was published or undefined if pub_place is not found. Return type:str

get_format(*args, **kwargs)

Parameters:undefined (optional) – Argument, which will be returned if the format record is not found. Returns:

Dimensions of the book (‘23 cm‘ for example) or

undefined if format is not found.

Return type:str

get_authors()

Returns:Authors represented as Person objects. Return type:list

get_corporations(roles=['dst'])

Parameters:roles (list, optional) – Specify which types of corporations you need. Set to ["any"] for any role, ["dst"] for distributors, etc..

Note

See http://www.loc.gov/marc/relators/relaterm.html for details.

Returns:Corporation objects specified by roles parameter. Return type:list

get_distributors()

Returns:Distributors represented as Corporation object. Return type:list

get_invalid_ISBNs()

Get list of invalid ISBN (020z).

Returns:List with INVALID ISBN strings. Return type:list

get_ISBNs()

Get list of VALID ISBN.

Returns:List with valid ISBN strings. Return type:list

get_invalid_ISSNs()

Get list of invalid ISSNs (022z + 022y).

Returns:List with INVALID ISSN strings. Return type:list

get_ISSNs()

Get list of VALID ISSNs (022a).

Returns:List with valid ISSN strings. Return type:list

get_linking_ISSNs()

Get list of linking ISSNs (022l).

Returns:List with linking ISSN strings. Return type:list

get_binding()

Returns:Array of strings with bindings (["brož."]) or blank list. Return type:list

get_originals()

Returns:List of strings with names of original books (names of books in original language, before translation). Return type:list

get_urls()

Content of field 856u42. Typically URL pointing to producers homepage.

Returns:List of URLs defined by producer. Return type:list

get_internal_urls()

URL’s, which may point to edeposit, aleph, kramerius and so on.

Fields 856u40, 998a and URLu.

Returns:List of internal URLs. Return type:list

get_pub_type()

Returns:PublicationType enum value. Return type:PublicationType

is_monographic()

Returns:True if the record is monographic. Return type:bool

is_multi_mono()

Returns:True if the record is multi_mono. Return type:bool

is_continuing()

Returns:True if the record is continuing. Return type:bool

is_single_unit()

Returns:True if the record is single unit. Return type:bool

__getitem__(item)

Query inteface shortcut for MARCXMLParser.get_ctl_fields() and MARCXMLParser.get_subfields().

First three characters are considered as datafield, next character as subfield and optionaly, two others as i1 / i2 parameters.

Returned value is str/None in case of len(item) == 3 (ctl_fields) or list (or blank list) in case of len(item) >= 4.

Returns:See MARCXMLParser.get_subfields() for details, or None in case that nothing was found. Return type:list/str

get(item, alt=None)

Standard dict-like .get() method.

Parameters:

• item (str) – See __getitem__() for details.
• alt (default None) – Alternative value, if item is not found.

Returns:

item or alt, if item is not found.

Return type:

obj