On Mar 29, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Sean Reilly wrote:
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
<update_handles.sh>
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:
I need to change it to:
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
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