[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Novelist Added Content

[Thomas Berezansky]

I have a branch that has some of the basics we use:

http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=working/Evergreen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/user/tsbere/apache_lib_urls

For our production system I added another file to be loaded for  
novelist codes:

RewriteMap libnovelu txt:/openils/conf/libnovelu.txt

A lookup in it:

RewriteRule . - [E=libnovelu:${libnovelu:%{ENV:libcode}|NONE}]

And a rule to activate it:

RewriteCond %{ENV:libnovelu} !^NONE$
RewriteRule . -  
[E=OILS_NOVELIST_URL:http://imageserver.ebscohost.com/eit/eitinit.js?auth=profile&profile=%{ENV:libnovelu}&pwd=COMMONPASSWORD&cfg=Y]

Obviously you would need to adjust as needed, possibly including the  
entire URL instead of just the profile code if each library has  
different passwords and such.

Thomas Berezansky
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium


Quoting Michael Schell <MSchell at forterie.library.on.ca>:

> Thanks for the Reply Thomas,
>
> We are using different subdomains (ie. forterie.niagaraevergreen.ca  
> and lincoln.niagaraevergreen.ca) so rewrite maps could possibly  
> work.  Could you tell me about using rewrite maps in this context  
> like I'm 5 years old?  I just checked the apache docs page and  
> followed the concept but not how to
>  implement.  currently my eg_vhost.conf file has and entry of:
>
> # Novelist
> SetEnv OILS_NOVELIST_URL  
> http://imageserver.ebscohost.com/novelistselect/ns2init.js
> SetEnv OILS_NOVELIST_PROFILE s******8.main.novsel2
> SetEnv OILS_NOVELIST_PASSWORD d******Y8UiwprAA
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Schell
> Systems Administrator
> Fort Erie Public Library
> 905-871-2546 x301
> mschell at fepl.ca
> www.fepl.ca
>
>
> -----open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org wrote: -----
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> From: Thomas Berezansky
> Sent by: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> Date: 03/21/2013 02:08PM
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Novelist Added Content
>
> I use apache rewrite maps to do per-hostname definitions of that  
> particular ENV variable for MVLC. Obviously that won't work as well if  
> you aren't using different hostnames (subdomains or otherwise) per  
> library, though.
>
> Thomas Berezansky
> Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
>
>
> Quoting Michael Schell <MSchell at forterie.library.on.ca>:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I've noticed that the URL and login info for the Novelist added  
>> content has been moved to an environment variable in eg_vhost.conf.  
>>  Our consortium does not have a shared catalogue so each Library has  
>> their own Novelist URL/login that points to our holdings. In the  
>> past we were able to use our own Novelist subscriptions because it  
>> was based on the rdetail_ files in our own separate skin directory.  
>>  What would be the best way to either move this back to the new TPAC  
>> templates or declare multiple variables in eg_vhost.conf.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Michael
>> Schell
>> Systems Administrator
>> Fort Erie Public Library
>> 905-871-2546 x301
>> mschell at fepl.ca
>> www.fepl.ca
>>
>
>