Hi Tim, There is no batch-query mechanism in the handle server, but requesting each individual handle should be a relatively lightweight operation. I assume you'd want to take some action that was different depending upon the current value(s) in the handle, if it existed, so perhaps using a python script would be a more flexible way to create your handles? I've attached a script that might work, but I've only written it from scratch so there are probably some bugs, but it might give an idea for how a batch-updater might work. Thanks, Sean
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On 28 Mar 2012, at 15:13, Tim Donnelly wrote: > Is there a way to batch query handles? > > I need to change the URL of several thousand handles, but can’t be sure that the URL format is consistent across the entire range. > > For example: > > 10176/cogru:1000 currently has a URL of http://adr.coalliance.org/adrlib/lookup?cogru:1000 > > I need to change it to: > > http://digitalunc.coalliance.org/fedora/repository/cogru:1000 > > I can, and have, done this in the past using a batch MODIFY but then I was sure that the original URL was the same for all records. This time I can’t be sure. > > I have a list of all the handles generated from the Server Admin menu, but that doesn’t provide any associated handle data. And I obviously don’t want to query each handle individually so is there some way I can generate a list of all the handles with URLs? > > Thanks > > Tim Donnelly > System/Network Administrator > Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries > (303)759-3399 x106 > > P No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. >