[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Bulk updating Top Container locations

[Kara Hart]

HI Karen, Thank you for sharing your script!  I've gotten a couple of
direct messages.  Together I'm getting sent down the right path.
Thankful for community,
Kara

~~~~~ Kara S. Hart
Systems Librarian - Library & Technology Services
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Wellesley College


On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 5:32 PM Karen D. Miller <k-miller3 at northwestern.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Kara,
>
>
>
> I have a Python script that uses the API to update top container
> locations, but it does so by top container IDs, not by barcode. I’m not
> sure you can query by barcode using the API.
>
>
>
> Anyway, it’s attached here with a .txt extension instead of .py because
> Outlook will prevent me from receiving such files and I assume the listerv
> might prevent them as well. Please let me know if you have any questions. I
> am not an API or Python expert, but I can usually accomplish what I need
> with the API.
>
>
>
> Karen
>
>
>
> *From:* archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org <
> archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org> *On Behalf Of *Kara
> Hart
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 03, 2023 1:06 PM
> *To:* Archivesspace Users Group <
> archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org>
> *Subject:* [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Bulk updating Top Container
> locations
>
>
>
> Hi community,
>
> Here at Wellesley we're undergoing a large renovation that is requiring us
> to move out of the building. We are looking to bulk edit our top container
> locations by barcode, as that is what our vendor will be providing us to
> track our collections.
>
>
>
> I see there seems to be an easy way to do this under the Bulk Operations
> in the Top Container Management function.  I'm finding that I can only
> search for 247 barcodes at one time. Anything above that gives a "we're
> sorry, but something went wrong" error message.
>
>
>
> We're thinking of maybe trying to use the API instead, but I'm not very
> experienced with the API at
>
> all.
>
>
>
> Has anyone else undergone a similar project?  Did you also see this 247
> barcode limitation?  Has anyone done this using the API and willing to
> share some insight?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Kara
>
>
>
> ~~~~~ Kara S. Hart
>
> Systems Librarian - Library & Technology Services
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> -
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> Wellesley College
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