README

This library is intended to generate a filtered record from a REST/Http metadata provider response (to mine a REST response a.k.a. remi). The code base was part of Semantic Cite and is now being deployed as independent library. Supported providers are:

• CrossRef (DOI)
• VIAF
• PubMed (PMID and PMCID)
• OCLC (WorldCat)
• OpenLibrary (OLID, ISBN)

Requirements

PHP 5.3 / HHVM 3.5 or later

Installation

The recommended installation method for this library is to add the dependency to your composer.json.

{
	"require": {
		"onoi/remi": "~0.4"
	}
}

Usage

use Onoi\HttpRequest\HttpRequestFactory;
use Onoi\Remi\FilteredHttpResponseParserFactory;

$httpRequestFactory = new HttpRequestFactory()

$filteredHttpResponseParserFactory = new FilteredHttpResponseParserFactory(
	$httpRequestFactory->newCurlRequest()
);

$crossRefFilteredHttpResponseParser = $filteredHttpResponseParserFactory->newCrossRefFilteredHttpResponseParser(
	new FilteredRecord()
)

$crossRefFilteredHttpResponseParser->doFilterResponseById( '10.1126/science.1152662' );

$filteredRecord = new FilteredRecord();
$filteredRecord->setRedactedFields( array( 'pages', 'abstract' ) );

$pubMedFilteredHttpResponseParser = $filteredHttpResponseParserFactory->newNcbiPubMedFilteredHttpResponseParser(
	$filteredRecord
)

$pubMedFilteredHttpResponseParser->doFilterResponseById( '19782018' );

• The FilteredHttpResponseParser (implementing the ResponseParser interface) returns a simple array filtered from a REST response.
• FilteredHttpResponseParser::doFilterResponseById is not expected to make any input validation (in terms of format or range) for the requested response therefore the implementing class is responsible for an appropriate validation process.
• FilteredRecord::setRedactedFields can be used to remove selected fields from the record.
• It is further possible to invoke a CachedCurlRequest to avoid repeated requests to the same REST API url.

Contribution and support

If you want to contribute work to the project please subscribe to the developers mailing list and have a look at the contribution guidelinee. A list of people who have made contributions in the past can be found here.

• File an issue
• Submit a pull request

Tests

The library provides unit tests that covers the core-functionality normally run by the continues integration platform. Tests can also be executed manually using the composer phpunit command from the root directory.

Release notes

• 0.4.0 (2017-05-13)
  • Changed HTTP to HTTPS for Ncbi resources
• 0.3.0 (2016-09-21)
  • Added some additional fields
• 0.2.0 (2015-09-25)
  • Changed ResponseParser interface to clarify method names
• 0.1.0 (2015-08-03) Initial release
  • Added ResponseParser interface
  • Added FilteredHttpResponseParserFactory to provide access to CrossRef, VIAF, PubMed, OCLC, and OpenLibrary REST API

License

GNU General Public License 2.0 or later.