LibraryCloud Series Title

#!/usr/bin/python
import pycurl
import json
import os, sys
#import math

"""  
        /* 
         * set variables
         */
"""
from StringIO import StringIO

limit_count = 0 # set zero for first run

fileExtention = "json" # reset to change the format of records (dc, xml, json)
fileNameStem = "LatinAmColl"
howMany = "_COUNT."
allPlease = "_ALL."
fnCount = fileNameStem + howMany + fileExtention
fnAll = fileNameStem + allPlease + fileExtention
print fnAll

maxLimit = 255
starting_record = 1
series = "Latin%20American%20pamphlet%20digital%20project%20at%20Harvard%20University"
# series = "Harvard%20College%20Library%20preservation%20digitization%20pro*"
libcloud_api_stem = "http://api.lib.harvard.edu/v2/items."
libcloud_call = libcloud_api_stem + fileExtention + "?limit=" + str(limit_count) + "&start=" + str(starting_record) + "&title=" + series

# print "Max limit = " + str(maxLimit) # Dude, you cannot concatenate int(s) and str(s). I had to convert maxLimit to a string.
# print "API stem: " + libcloud_api_stem
# print "Entire URL: " + libcloud_call

if os.path.isfile(fnAll):
    os.remove (fnAll)

# As long as the file is opened in binary mode, both Python 2 and Python 3
# can write response body to it without decoding.

# print str(fileName) + '_COUNT.' + str(fileExtention)
# with open (fnCount + fileExtention), 'w') as f:

with open (fnCount,'w') as f:
    c = pycurl.Curl()
    c.setopt(c.URL, libcloud_call)
    c.setopt(c.WRITEDATA, f)
    c.perform()
    c.close()
    
"""
        /*
         * Read records count into variable
         */
"""

# copy file content into a string var
# jsonData = open('PresResCount.' + str(fileExtention), 'r')

# with open('data.json') as data_file:    
with open(fnCount) as data_file:    
    data = json.load(data_file)
    recCount = data["pagination"]["numFound"]
    # print recCount

"""        
        /*
         * Calculate number of retrievals needed to collect all records
         */
"""
        
numPasses = recCount / maxLimit
remainder = recCount % maxLimit
numPasses_int = int(numPasses)
limit_count = maxLimit
# fileExtention = "json"; # reset to change the format of records (dc, xml, json)

f = open (fnAll, 'a') # note, open for appending
c = pycurl.Curl()

fileExtention = "json" # reset to change the format of records (dc, xml, json)
libcloud_call = libcloud_api_stem + fileExtention + "?limit=" + str(limit_count) + "&start=" + str(starting_record) + "&title=" + series

c.setopt(c.URL, libcloud_call)
c.setopt(c.WRITEDATA, f)
# c.perform()
# c.close()

i = 1

# print str(i)
print "Limit Count = " + str(limit_count)
print int(numPasses)
print int(remainder)

for i in range(i,numPasses,1):# i <= numPasses_int):
    c.perform()
    if i == 1 :
        starting_record = 1
    else:
        starting_record = ((i - 1) * maxLimit)

print "Starting record = " + str(starting_record)
c.close

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