KSamsök-PY

KSamsök-PY is a Python library for the K-samsök(SOCH) API. The K-samsök aggregator has over 7.5 million cultural objects indexed from various sources.

Documentation

Install

pip install ksamsok

Usage

Initialization

Importing

from ksamsok import KSamsok

For using this library against custom Kulturarvsdata / K-samsök endpoints see a section at the end of this document.

culturalSearch = KSamsok()

Text Search

The basic search() method has a total of four parameters:

• text(string), the string to search for in K-Samsök.
• start(int), the result to start at, for returning the first result this should be set to 1.
• hits(int), the number of results to return(1-500 is valid).
• image(bool), optional parameter, set to true if you only want to return objects with images.

# search for "kyrka" starting at the first result returning the next 10 results
culturalSearch.search('kyrka', 0, 10)

# search for "kyrka" starting at the first result returning the next 10 results but only include results with images
culturalSearch.search('kyrka', 0, 10, true)

Bounding Box Search

The method geoSearch() allows you to search by a geographical bounding box. geoSearch() has six parameters:

• west(int), the most west longitude border of your bounding box.
• south(int), the most south latitude border of your bounding box.
• east(int), the most east longitude border of your bounding box.
• north(int), the most north latitude border of your bounding box.
• start(int), the result to start at, for returning the first result this should be set to 1.
• hits(int), optional by default set to 60. The number of results to return (1-500).

# Search within bonding box(west, south, east, north) starting at result 300 returning 500 results
culturalSearch.geoSearch(16.41, 59.07, 16.42, 59.08, 300, 500)

CQL Queries

The method cql()

• query(string), the query string for K-samsök.
• start(int), the result to start at, for returning the first result this should be set to 1.
• hits(int), optional by default set to 60. The number of results to return (1-500).

# Search for photos with coordinates and images.
culturalSearch.cql('geoDataExists=n AND thumbnailExists=j AND itemType=foto', 0)

CQL Queries Genertor

The generator cqlGenerator() takes only one parameter and allows you to loop through the results:

• query(string), the query string to for K-samsök.

# Search for photos with coordinates and images.
for item in culturalSearch.cql('geoDataExists=n AND thumbnailExists=j AND itemType=foto'):
    print(item)

URI Format

The formatUri() method can validate and convert SOCH URI/URL;s. formatUri() will return False if provided with a invalid URI. formatUri() has three parameters:

• uri(string), the URI or URL to the object.
• format(string), All supported output/input formats:
• raw(default)
• rawurl
• xml
• xmlurl
• jsonld
• jsonldurl
• rdf
• rdfurl
• html
• htmlurl
• museumdat
• museumdaturl
• validate(bool), optional, if set to True it check if an object for the URI exists.

# get the HTML-link version of the following URI
culturalSearch.formatUri('raa/kmb/16001000540365', 'htmlurl')

# get the XML resource URI
culturalSearch.formatUri('raa/kmb/16001000540365', 'xml')

# validate the URI(returns the requested format if valid otherwise False)
culturalSearch.formatUri('raa/kmb/16001000540365', 'rdf', True)

Kringla to URI

The kringlaToUri() method can convert Kringla.nu item URLs to Kulturarvsdata URIds similar to formatUri(). kringlaToUri() will return False if it's given a invalid Kringla.nu item URL.

• kringla(string), the URL to the item at Kringla.nu.
• format(string), All supported output/input formats:
• raw(default)
• rawurl
• xml
• xmlurl
• jsonld
• jsonldurl
• rdf
• rdfurl
• html
• htmlurl
• museumdat
• museumdaturl
• validate(bool), optional, if set to True it check if an object for the URI exists.

# get the full kulturarvsdata URL from a basic Kringla item link.
culturalSearch.kringlaToUri('http://www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/fmi/10253101370001', 'rawurl')

# get the RDF resource id from a Kringla link with search parameters
culturalSearch.kringlaToUri('http://www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?filter=itemType%3Dfoto&referens=DFH/media/DFH_DFH00574', 'rdf')

Relations

The getRelations() method allows you to return a list of objects related to another. The method has only one parameter:

• object uri(string), a valid URI for an object in K-samsök. The parameters allows different types of URIs described below.
• infer same as (bool), decides relations are inferred from owl:sameAs statements, defaults to false.

Raw URLs/URIs such as:

• http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/kmb/16000300020896
• raa/fmi/10028201230001

HTML, JSONLD, RDF, XML, MuseumDAT resource URLs/URIs:

• http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/kmb/xml/16000300020896
• http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/kmb/rdf/16000300020896
• http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/kmb/html/16000300020896
• http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/kmb/jsonld/16000300020896
• raa/kmb/xml/16000300020896
• raa/kmb/rdf/16000300020896
• raa/kmb/html/16000300020896
• raa/kmb/jsonld/16000300020896

# get all relations from a URI
culturalSearch.getRelations('raa/fmi/10028201230001')

# get all relations from a URI and other URIs with owl:sameAs pointing to the given one
culturalSearch.getRelations('raa/fmi/10028201230001', infer_same_as=True)

Object

The getObject() method returns an object based on a URI or URL. The method has only one parameter:

• object uri(string), a valid URI for an object in K-samsök. The parameters allows different types of URIs described below.

Raw URLs/URIs such as:

• http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/kmb/16000300020896
• raa/fmi/10028201230001

HTML, JSONLD, RDF, XML resource URLs/URIs:

• http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/kmb/xml/16000300020896
• http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/kmb/rdf/16000300020896
• http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/kmb/html/16000300020896
• http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/kmb/jsonld/16000300020896
• raa/kmb/xml/16000300020896
• raa/kmb/rdf/16000300020896
• raa/kmb/html/16000300020896
• raa/kmb/jsonld/16000300020896

# get single object (record)
culturalSearch.getObject('raa/fmi/10028201230001')

Search Hints

The getHints() method allows you to return search suggestions from a string. This method has two parameters:

• text(string), the string to get suggestions from.
• hits(int), optional the number of suggestions to return, 5 by default.

# get a search hint for the string "na"
culturalSearch.getHints('na')

Advanced Usage: Extending

When KSamsök-PY does not have a method for a request you want to preform against the K-samsök API extending KSamsök-PY might be the solution. Extending KSamsök-PY allows you to use KSamsök-PY methods for formating URIs, validate responds, parsing and more while defining your own API queries.

Note that this may require that you are familiar with The K-samsök(SOCH) API

There are two protected methods that essential when extending KSamsok, killXmlNamespaces() and parseRecord() those are the same functions as public methods uses.

To get started with see the implementation of cql(). Note that KSamsok parses and uses the "XML Presentation" format and not the RDF format provided by SOCH.

Advanced Usage: Custom Endpoint

You can setup ksamsok-py to work against a custom Kulturarvsdata / K-samsök instance by passing in an endpoint parameter to the constructor:

culturalSearch = KSamsok(endpoint='https://example.com/')

Note that when using a custom endpoint formatUri() will still output URLs targeting kulturarvsdata.se and not the custom endpoint. It will accept custom URIs as input.