[Archivesspace_Users_Group] API queries for library discovery interface question

Wed Feb 14 11:45:04 EST 2018

Good morning, all!
I have a mystery…  My institution is trying to pull from the API to integrate the results in our search discovery interface of our catalog.  The mystery is that apparently, our API call seems to bring back bogus results whereas if we scrape from the HTML of the PUI, the search results are as expected.
Here is the API call

curl -H "X-ArchivesSpace-Session: c3a1ea6a48af5e9324a19bf1e79d284b921cbc97aed93b143d76b6b457f5b144 " -H "q:java"   "http://as.lib.msu.edu:8089//search?page=1&page_size=5<http://as.lib.msu.edu:8089/search?page=1&page_size=5>"

If you look closely I’m searching for java and I want the 1st page with 5 results

And here are the results.

{
"page_size": 5,
"first_page": 1,
"last_page": 37084,
"this_page": 1,
"offset_first": 1,
"offset_last": 5,
"total_hits": 185418,
"results": [{
"id": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40489#pui",
"uri": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40489",
"title": "ACCESS brochure [multiple copies]: Tennis anyone? The US Tennis Association supports South African apartheid sport. File tab heading deleted: '1998 Suntrust.'",
"primary_type": "archival_object",
"types": ["archival_object", "pui", "pui_archival_object", "pui_record", "pui_only"],
"suppressed": false,
"publish": true,
"system_generated": false,
"repository": "/repositories/2",
"level_enum_s": ["file", "collection", "Collection"],
"language_enum_s": ["eng"],
"era_enum_s": ["ce"],
"calendar_enum_s": ["gregorian"],
"date_type_enum_s": ["inclusive"],
"label_enum_s": ["creation"],
"instance_type_enum_s": ["mixed_materials"],
"type_2_enum_s": ["Folder"],
"type_enum_s": ["accessrestrict"],
"resource": "/repositories/2/resources/1635",
"ref_id": "466d81ff59913c97939fde12489219ff",
"created_by": "nicole",
"last_modified_by": "ireneb",
"user_mtime": "2016-07-01T18:11:16Z",
"system_mtime": "2017-09-11T13:08:32Z",
"create_time": "2015-11-11T15:12:39Z",
"notes": "16e50bf92d4374421f5f0be27fbb6c01 accessrestrict The collection is open for research. /repositories/2/resources/1635 Collection  accessrestrict The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it. ad5860db9def8f2e6f9dabd4bd6a2286 /repositories/2/resources/1635 Collection",
"level": "file",
"top_container_uri_u_sstr": ["/repositories/2/top_containers/1305"],
"child_container_u_sstr": ["Folder 2"],
"ancestors": ["/repositories/2/resources/1635"],
"pui_parent_id": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40489",
"_version_": 1578264853456355328,
"jsonmodel_type": "archival_object"
}, {
"id": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40497#pui",
"uri": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40497",
"title": "UN North American mtg.",
"primary_type": "archival_object",
"types": ["archival_object", "pui", "pui_archival_object", "pui_record", "pui_only"],
"suppressed": false,
"publish": true,
"system_generated": false,
"repository": "/repositories/2",
"level_enum_s": ["file", "Collection", "collection"],
"language_enum_s": ["eng"],
"era_enum_s": ["ce"],
"calendar_enum_s": ["gregorian"],
"date_type_enum_s": ["inclusive"],
"label_enum_s": ["creation"],
"certainty_enum_s": ["approximate"],
"instance_type_enum_s": ["mixed_materials"],
"type_2_enum_s": ["Folder"],
"type_enum_s": ["accessrestrict"],
"resource": "/repositories/2/resources/1635",
"ref_id": "8330d1cb75d1ab9905c2cd6ad2e58487",
"created_by": "nicole",
"last_modified_by": "ireneb",
"user_mtime": "2016-07-01T18:12:34Z",
"system_mtime": "2017-09-11T13:08:32Z",
"create_time": "2015-11-11T15:12:39Z",
"notes": "16e50bf92d4374421f5f0be27fbb6c01 accessrestrict The collection is open for research. /repositories/2/resources/1635 Collection  accessrestrict The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it. ad5860db9def8f2e6f9dabd4bd6a2286 /repositories/2/resources/1635 Collection",
"level": "file",
"top_container_uri_u_sstr": ["/repositories/2/top_containers/1305"],
"child_container_u_sstr": ["Folder 6"],
"ancestors": ["/repositories/2/resources/1635"],
"pui_parent_id": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40497",
"_version_": 1578264853461598208,
"jsonmodel_type": "archival_object"
}, {
"id": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40499#pui",
"uri": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40499",
"title": "Apartheid in Sports Information Center: letters by R. Lapchick (ACESS) to various African ambassadors and OAU re: sports sanctions; and a release on a proposed Apartheid in Sports Information Center",
"primary_type": "archival_object",
"types": ["archival_object", "pui", "pui_archival_object", "pui_record", "pui_only"],
"suppressed": false,
"publish": true,
"system_generated": false,
"repository": "/repositories/2",
"level_enum_s": ["file", "collection", "Collection"],
"language_enum_s": ["eng"],
"era_enum_s": ["ce"],
"calendar_enum_s": ["gregorian"],
"date_type_enum_s": ["inclusive"],
"label_enum_s": ["creation"],
"instance_type_enum_s": ["mixed_materials"],
"type_2_enum_s": ["Folder"],
"type_enum_s": ["accessrestrict"],
"resource": "/repositories/2/resources/1635",
"ref_id": "5222b42987709cddc579da05e00ea265",
"created_by": "nicole",
"last_modified_by": "ireneb",
"user_mtime": "2016-07-01T18:12:51Z",
"system_mtime": "2017-09-11T13:08:32Z",
"create_time": "2015-11-11T15:12:39Z",
"notes": "16e50bf92d4374421f5f0be27fbb6c01 accessrestrict The collection is open for research. /repositories/2/resources/1635 Collection  accessrestrict The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it. ad5860db9def8f2e6f9dabd4bd6a2286 /repositories/2/resources/1635 Collection",
"level": "file",
"top_container_uri_u_sstr": ["/repositories/2/top_containers/1305"],
"child_container_u_sstr": ["Folder 7"],
"ancestors": ["/repositories/2/resources/1635"],
"pui_parent_id": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40499",
"_version_": 1578264853462646784,
"jsonmodel_type": "archival_object"
}, {
"id": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40507#pui",
"uri": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40507",
"title": "Cables and Letters Access",
"primary_type": "archival_object",
"types": ["archival_object", "pui", "pui_archival_object", "pui_record", "pui_only"],
"suppressed": false,
"publish": true,
"system_generated": false,
"repository": "/repositories/2",
"level_enum_s": ["file", "Collection", "collection"],
"language_enum_s": ["eng"],
"era_enum_s": ["ce"],
"calendar_enum_s": ["gregorian"],
"date_type_enum_s": ["inclusive"],
"label_enum_s": ["creation"],
"certainty_enum_s": ["approximate"],
"instance_type_enum_s": ["mixed_materials"],
"type_2_enum_s": ["Folder"],
"type_enum_s": ["accessrestrict"],
"resource": "/repositories/2/resources/1635",
"ref_id": "01ca389a63b99eb2cf7d10bea1895d94",
"created_by": "nicole",
"last_modified_by": "ireneb",
"user_mtime": "2016-07-01T18:28:43Z",
"system_mtime": "2017-09-11T13:08:32Z",
"create_time": "2015-11-11T15:12:39Z",
"notes": "16e50bf92d4374421f5f0be27fbb6c01 accessrestrict The collection is open for research. /repositories/2/resources/1635 Collection  accessrestrict The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it. ad5860db9def8f2e6f9dabd4bd6a2286 /repositories/2/resources/1635 Collection",
"level": "file",
"top_container_uri_u_sstr": ["/repositories/2/top_containers/1305"],
"child_container_u_sstr": ["Folder 10"],
"ancestors": ["/repositories/2/resources/1635"],
"pui_parent_id": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40507",
"_version_": 1578264853465792512,
"jsonmodel_type": "archival_object"
}, {
"id": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40509#pui",
"uri": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40509",
"title": "Churches and SA: single item: Leon Howell, \"South Africa and the Attack on the Churches\" Washington Notes on Africa",
"primary_type": "archival_object",
"types": ["archival_object", "pui", "pui_archival_object", "pui_record", "pui_only"],
"suppressed": false,
"publish": true,
"system_generated": false,
"repository": "/repositories/2",
"level_enum_s": ["file", "collection", "Collection"],
"language_enum_s": ["eng"],
"era_enum_s": ["ce"],
"calendar_enum_s": ["gregorian"],
"date_type_enum_s": ["inclusive"],
"label_enum_s": ["creation"],
"instance_type_enum_s": ["mixed_materials"],
"type_2_enum_s": ["Folder"],
"type_enum_s": ["accessrestrict"],
"resource": "/repositories/2/resources/1635",
"ref_id": "b6104465dc2884a56819f6173dbd258b",
"created_by": "nicole",
"last_modified_by": "ireneb",
"user_mtime": "2016-07-01T18:29:22Z",
"system_mtime": "2017-09-11T13:08:32Z",
"create_time": "2015-11-11T15:12:39Z",
"notes": "16e50bf92d4374421f5f0be27fbb6c01 accessrestrict The collection is open for research. /repositories/2/resources/1635 Collection  accessrestrict The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it. ad5860db9def8f2e6f9dabd4bd6a2286 /repositories/2/resources/1635 Collection",
"level": "file",
"top_container_uri_u_sstr": ["/repositories/2/top_containers/1305"],
"child_container_u_sstr": ["Folder 11"],
"ancestors": ["/repositories/2/resources/1635"],
"pui_parent_id": "/repositories/2/archival_objects/40509",
"_version_": 1578264853467889664,
"jsonmodel_type": "archival_object"
}],
"facets": {
"facet_queries": {},
"facet_fields": {},
"facet_dates": {},
"facet_ranges": {},
"facet_intervals": {}
}
}

Which are different from the results at http://as.lib.msu.edu/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&op%5B%5D=&q%5B%5D=java&limit=&field%5B%5D=&from_year%5B%5D=&to_year%5B%5D=&commit=Search

It would be ideal to pull from the API for this function, since it sounds like every time we upgrade, my IT person has to update the HTML scrape for any potential changes.  Has anyone else experienced this issue?  We’re currently on version 2.1.1.
Thanks!

Lydia
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Dr. Lydia Tang, CA, DMA, MLIS
Special Collections Archivist-Librarian
Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Ethics Bibliographer
Michigan State University Libraries
366 W. Circle Drive (DB 6)
East Lansing, MI 48824-1048
Email: ltang5 at msu.edu
Phone: 517-884-8984