Sierra API question

Can you share the request URL you’re using?

Thanx for getting back so quickly. The request URL is:

https://minerva.maine.edu/iii/sierra-api/v6/bibs/

Sierra’s helpdesk also asked to confirm: Can you please check to see if this app is first requesting an access token before making any other request

Appreciate your help!

Thanks!

You should be using https://minerva.maine.edu/iii/sierra-api/v6/bibs/query?offset=0&limit=10, where the offset value skips the first X number of results, and limit value caps the number of results returned.

Have you also created a JSON query in the Create Lists function in the Sierra client?

You can test your query here before trying it in the plugin: https://minerva.maine.edu/iii/sierra-api/swagger/index.html#!/bibs/Filter_the_records_by_a_query_in_JSON_format_post_5. Remember to enter your API key and secret at the top of the page first.

Thanx for the reply – super helpful! I was able to get a 200 response in the swagger, but it was a long process waiting for 0-10 (I anticipate about 60…). When I ran the same JSON query in the plugin, it timed out (Request URL error: cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 5001 milliseconds with 0 bytes received). Is there a way around this? Another library in our consortium manually runs the list in her Sierra client and I’d very much like to simplify the process for us.

This looks like a webserver configuration issue. Ask your web host if they can increase the cURL timeout value to 30 seconds. The plugin has a 30-second timeout built in for API calls, but it appears to be superseded by a 5-second timeout set elsewhere.

These Sierra queries are notoriously slow. You might have luck using a query which returns fewer results.

Yes, sounds like a plan. Thank you, I think that covers it from here! You’ve been a great help.