SFX OpenUrl request

Service description

Takes citation metadata and returns information on Cambridge ejournal holdings. The programatic analogy of

Sample query (opens in a new window)

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/api/sfx/sfxOpenURLRequest.php?issn=&year=&volume=&issue=&doi=%2F10.1007%2FBF00208310&format=xml

Request parameters

(View all options here.)

Compulsory:

• issn - ISSN of the required journal, e-issns are prefered
• or doi - DOI for an article
• format - chosen format of response in either xml, json or html

Optional:

• year - year of the required article or journal coverage, in 4 digits
• volume - volume of the required article or journal issue
• issue - issue of the required article or journal issue

Response

• ctx_obj_set->ctx_obj_targets->target->service_type == getFullTxt indicates full text is available
• ctx_obj_set->ctx_obj_targets->target->target_url returns a URL if full text is available

Other notes

Based upon the SFX full OpenURL API, with an additional wrapper to provide json and html output.