Re: [IUG] Interesting request from a retired programmer

["Welch, Andrew" <AWelch at auroragov dot org>]

This sounds similar to ELF (formerly Library ELF).

http://www.libraryelf.com/


Andrew Welch
Sr. Library Systems Technician
Aurora Public Library
Aurora, CO 80012
http://auroralibrary.org
 

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>Subject: [IUG] Interesting request from a retired programmer
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>Say - any programmers out there have any advice for this 
>customer of mine?  Aside from talking to him about the My 
>Account feed I'm not sure if there's any help I can (or 
>should) give him about this.  We are 2007 Pro with SSL 
>enabled.  Let me know.
>    -- Aimee
>===========================
> 
>As a retired computer programmer it would be very useful and 
>interesting to me to be able to retrieve programmatically my 
>current items out and their due dates.  The goal is create a 
>personal "mashup" page with single-click access to information 
>from libraries or other sites for myself and family members. 
> 
>Would you or someone you could refer me to be able to help me 
>with the technical details of communication with the library 
>site.  I am using HttpFox (Mozilla Firefox plugin) to track 
>query strings, headers, post data, etc.  between the browser 
>and the web site when I navigate to my items out page.  Then I 
>try to pass appropriate sequences of HTTP to urls (like: 
>https://libcat.scottsdaleaz.gov/patroninfo) via Java (and
>Groovy) code . . .
> 
>. . .What I am trying to program is a convenient way to at any 
>time see what items are checked out and when they are due, for 
>myself and other family members and for this and other 
>libraries, all on a sorted master list . . . 
>
>. . . The difficulty I am having is probably to due some kind 
>of HTTP authentication protocol that I need to accommodate, 
>besides the card number and pin, ie. some kind of session cookies.  
> 
> 
>Aimee Fifarek
>Technologies & Content Manager
>Scottsdale Public Library
>3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
>Scottsdale, AZ 85251
>480-312-7060
>480-312-7993
>afifarek at scottsdaleaz dot gov
> 
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