basic COinS citation logic to allow harvesting items via Zotero #131

smartstash/core/models.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+import urllib
 
 class DisplayItem(object):
     # common item to be used for display
@@ -27,6 +27,37 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
     def __repr__(self):
         return u'<%s %s>' % (self.title, self.thumbnail or '<no url>')
 
+    @property
+    def coins_citation_info(self):
+        # generate a dictionary with info to build COinS citation
+        info = {
+            'rfr_id': 'info:sid/serendipomatic.org',  # referrer id is recommended
+            'rft_val_fmt': 'info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dc',  # think this basically means we are using Dublin Core metadata
+            'rft.identifier': self.url
+        }
+        if self.title is not None:
+            info['rft.title'] = self.title
+        if self.date is not None:
+            info['rft.date'] = self.date
+
+        # may not be exact mapping; for books, this is place of publication
+        if self.location is not None:
+            info['rft.place'] = self.location
+        if self.source is not None:
+            info['rft.source'] = self.source
+        if self.format is not None:
+            info['rft.format'] = self.format
+
+        return info
+
+
+    @property
+    def coins_citation(self):
+        # COinS citation for this item to be embedded in the title attribute of a span
+        return 'ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&' + \
+               '&'.join(['%s=%s' % (k, urllib.quote(v))
+                             for k, v in self.coins_citation_info.iteritems()])
+
 
 # common result item
 '''

smartstash/core/templates/core/view.html

@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
     </div>
     {% endif %}
 	</div>
+  {# span with citation information as COinS for zotero harvest #}
+  <span class="Z3988" title="{{ item.coins_citation }}"></span>
+
+
 </div>
 
 <!-- Change the number in the add filter depending on the number of tabindexes required before results. -->

smartstash/core/tests.py

@@ -6,9 +6,51 @@
 """
 
 from django.test import TestCase
+
 from smartstash.core.forms import InputForm
+from smartstash.core.models import DisplayItem
 
 class FormTest(TestCase):
+
     def test_whitespace_validation(self):
         form = InputForm({'text': "   "})
-        self.assertFalse(form.is_valid())
+        self.assertFalse(form.is_valid())
+
+
+class DisplayItemTest(TestCase):
+
+    def test_coins_citation_info(self):
+        # minimal record
+        item = DisplayItem(title='Hippo', url='http://some.url/to/a/hippo/pic')
+
+        info = item.coins_citation_info
+        self.assert_('rfr_id' in info, 'referrer id should be set in COinS info')
+        self.assert_('rft_val_fmt' in info, 'format is specified in COinS info')
+        self.assertEqual(item.title, info['rft.title'])
+        self.assertEqual(item.url, info['rft.identifier'])
+
+        for key in ['rft.date', 'rft.place', 'rft.source', 'rft.format']:
+            self.assert_(key not in info,
+                         'unavailable data should not be set in COinS info')
+
+        # add all fields to simulate a complete record
+        item.date = '1887'
+        item.format = 'Image'
+        item.source = 'Smithsonian'
+        item.location = 'USA'
+
+        info = item.coins_citation_info
+        self.assertEqual(item.date, info['rft.date'])
+        self.assertEqual(item.format, info['rft.format'])
+        self.assertEqual(item.source, info['rft.source'])
+        self.assertEqual(item.location, info['rft.place'])
+
+    def test_coins_citation(self):
+        # minimal record
+        item = DisplayItem(title='Hippo', url='http://some.url/to/a/hippo/pic')
+
+        cit = item.coins_citation
+        # just some basic sanity checks
+        self.assert_(cit.startswith('ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004'))
+        self.assert_('rft.title=%s' % item.title in cit)
+