isni author lookup utility

bookwyrm/utils/isni.py

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+import requests
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+# get data
+base_string = "http://isni.oclc.org/sru/?query=pica.na+%3D+%22"
+suffix_string = "%22&version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&recordSchema=isni-b&maximumRecords=10&startRecord=1&recordPacking=xml&sortKeys=RLV%2Cpica%2C0%2C%2C"
+
+
+def url_stringify(string):
+    return string.replace(" ", "+")
+
+
+def find_authors_by_name(names):
+
+    names = url_stringify(names)
+    query = base_string + names + suffix_string
+    r = requests.get(query)
+    # parse xml
+    payload = r.text
+    root = ET.fromstring(payload)
+
+    # build list of possible authors
+    possible_authors = []
+    for el in root.iter("responseRecord"):
+
+        author = dict()
+        author["uri"] = el.find(".//isniURI").text
+        # NOTE: this will often be incorrect, some naming systems list "surname" before personal name
+        personal_name = el.find(".//forename/..")
+        forename = personal_name.find(".//forename")
+        surname = personal_name.find(".//surname")
+        author["name"] = surname.text
+        if personal_name:
+            author["name"] = forename.text + " " + surname.text
+            author["description"] = el.find(".//nameTitle").text
+
+            possible_authors.append(author)
+
+    return possible_authors