[Web4lib] OPAC outputs in JSON - adding opac results to google

[Rosenberger, Luke E]

I believe that NCSU's CatalogWS Web API to their Endeca-based search may
also offer JSON as an output format.  Here's the general documentation
for the API (which doesn't mention JSON):

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/ws/documentation/search.html

...but here's a SlideShare presentation by Emily Lynema from code4lib
2007 which mentions on slide 10 that "json" could be used as an option
for the "output" parameter:

http://www.slideshare.net/eby/free-the-data-creating-a-web-services-inte
rface-to-the-online-catalog

Very interesting idea you've got there, Aaron... I'd love to hear more
as it develops.

Luke Rosenberger * Director *
Library Technology & Historical Collections *
UT Health Science Center San Antonio *
MSC 7940, 7703 Floyd Curl Dr * San Antonio TX 78229-3900 *
+1 210.567.2486 * rosenberger at uthscsa.edu *
http://www.library.uthscsa.edu

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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Tay
Sent: Sunday, 07 June, 2009 11:15
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] OPAC outputs in JSON - adding opac results to google

Hi all

Recently I came across a OPAC that outputs search results in JSON,

something like
http://academic.demo.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=obama
&format=rss2but
for Json instead of RSS.

Unfortunately I lost the url, does anyone know which OPAC/discovery
platform
does this?

Ultimately my idea is to adapt a greasemonkey script like
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/43451 which shows Twitter results
(JSON
ouput) automatically on top of google searches, but to put library
catalogue
results instead of Twitter results.

Has this being done before? I wonder if this can also be done with RSS
output as well..

Thanks
Aaron
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