2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

The Power of APIs and Web Services

Chris Berry, Amanda CarlsonSirsiDynix

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

API’S WHAT ARE THEY?• API stands for Application Programming Interface• Symphony provides APIs for almost every piece of data in the

software• Using APIs customers can easily modify data, extract data,

update data• There is no competition for this sale, no other vendor

provides access to the Symphony data the way that the APIs do!

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

SYMPHONY APISymphony API Subscription Package

Over the period of one year, this package includes:• 4 hours of individual API consulting• unlimited access to our online API Workshop series• seat in an API class as refresher or new staff training– a 4.5 day workshop providing system administrators with access to the core components of the system.

• online access to API electronic software documentation• subscription to web forums and discussion lists

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

SYMPHONY API SUBSCRIPTION

Includes tools used for performing batch transactions as well as utilities for gathering, editing, loading, exporting and formatting data.

This gives system administrators a powerful tool to help them quickly respond to the needs of their staff and patrons.

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

SYMPHONY API SUBSCRIPTION• increase efficiency

– by integrating the ILS with other library software

• minimize staff time– for data entry with global editing capabilities

• manage new branch openings– or temporary closure, collection mergers or

removal

• write custom reports and automate processes– for smoother departmental operations

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

SYMPHONY API – REQUESTSelitem –tCD-ROM –oClB

Selcatalog –iC –oFVS

Outputs Title Control Number, Title, Location and Item ID

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

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2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES 3.0“The Web Services API is complementary to the existing API and not a replacement. It provides an alternative mechanism for accessing the data within Symphony, using different technologies (SOAP, HTTP, XML, etc.) which some people might find more appealing and easier to use.”

Posted on the API listserv Wed. 11/25/2009  Paul MoxonVP, Product Management

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

WEB SERVICES – WHAT ARE THEY?

• Standards-based API to access Symphony data and functionality– Independent of programming language or OS

• Standard technology (XML) to simplify access to data

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

WEB SERVICES – WHAT ARE THEY?

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SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES SUBSCRIPTION

Includes a Software Developer Kit to allow customers and 3rd party developers to integrate products and reports to obtain information that is available in the Symphony ILS.

This gives system administrators a powerful tool to help them quickly respond to the needs of their staff and patrons.

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES 3.0 Standard services

– Provide access to the catalogue• Searches• Item information

Security services– Allow a user to login and logout of the Symphony system

Patron services– Perform patron operations

• Holds• Lookup fines and fees• Lookup personal information

Admin services– Retrieve system information from Symphony

• Policies

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES 3.0

Example from http://demo.sirsi.com

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SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES - IMPLEMENTATIONS

London Borough of Sutton – Open Government initiativesGraham Dash from SUTT has funding for a project to open up and provide easy access to as much of the data held by the council as possible. For the library, this means the bibliographic data, holdings data, and availability data.

Implementation:SirsiDynix Symphony Web Services provides the following set of operations for open access to Symphony data Search catalogue (using searches by author, title, or subject) Lookup title information (title, author, ISBN, call number, availability) Lookup item information (item ID, location, due date) Lookup most popular titles, authors or subjects (Symphony data)

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES - IMPLEMENTATIONS

SWIFT – eBook integration and authentication with SymphonyLloyd Brady from SWIFT wants to allow Bolinda, a 3rd party eBooks vendor, to authenticate patrons against the Symphony ILS system for 4 libraries and validate which library in the consortium is affiliated with the patron.

Implementation:SirsiDynix Symphony Web Services provides the following set of operations to allow authentication with 3rd party application Login (requires user ID and password) Lookup user information(authenticated call to return library ID) Logout (closes Symphony session)

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

SYMPHONY WEB SERVICES - IMPLEMENTATIONS

SHORELINK: Willoughby Library – integrate a Chinese writing tabletMichelle Burtonof Willoughby Library wants to integrate a writing tablet that translates the Chinese characters into English, then performs a catalogue search against their SaaS hosted Symphony ILS server, and returns the results.

Implementation:SirsiDynix Symphony Web Services provides the following set of operations to 3rd party applications Search catalogue (using searches by title) Lookup item information (item ID, location, due date)

2010 COSA USER CONFERENCE | 26-27 OCTOBER | GOLD COAST

QUESTIONS?