Discovery

Catalog search

Search queries are executed on the OPAC (Solr) indexes, not on the Wise title database. An example of a simple search request in the catalog is:

/titlelist&searchTerm=Cola

The result of a search query is a paginated list of titles matching the search term. Every title has a unique ID. In the response, you will find the title id and direct link to the title information endpoint: /title/<id>.

Title information

/title/<id>

This endpoint gives detailed information for a specific title id.

Title availability

/branch/{branchId}/titleavailability/{titleids}

This endpoint gives information on the availability on the title level, meaning that  there are items available in the library organization.

New parameter holdsCount

• default = false
• holdsCount=true results in 3 extra fields:
  • holdQueuePosition
  • numberOfItems
  • material 

Item information

Once you have found a title, the next step is to get a list of items (copies) of this title:

/title/{titleId}/iteminformation&branchId

The result of this endpoint is a list of all items in Wise. This can be filtered to a specific branch.

Item availability

To get the actual status of the items for a title, the availability endpoint can be used:

/item/{itemIds}/availability, notes

This endpoint gives information about availability and whether placing holds is allowed. If returntype notes = true, then annotations will also be returned.

Recommend titles for a specific author

/discovery/author/{thesaurusNumber}/recommended/title

This endpoint gives a list of recommended titles for a specific author. The specific author is identified by a unique identifier,  which is the wkode in the Wise thesaurus. A default of 10 recommended titles is returned.