pyarchive.identifier

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Module pyarchive.identifier

A Python library which provides an interface for manipulating identifiers used by the Internet Archive (archive.org).

Function Summary
	`available(identifier)` Checks availability for a given identifier; returns True if the identifier is available, False if already in use.
	`munge(identifier)` Takes a string identifier and returns it, appropriatly munged (ie, no spaces, slashes, etc); useful for converting a title to an identifier.
	`verify_url(collection, identifier, mediatype)` Takes an archive.org identifier and returns the verification URL.

Variable Summary
`str`	`__copyright__` = `'(c) 2004, Creative Commons, Nathan R. Y...`
`str`	`__id__` = `'$Id: identifier.py,v 1.3 2004/12/27 14:45:41 n...`
`str`	`__license__` = `'licensed under the GNU GPL2'`
`str`	`__version__` = `'$Revision: 1.3 $'`

Function Details

available(identifier)

Checks availability for a given identifier; returns True if the identifier is available, False if already in use. Note that this does *not* reserve the identifier, so race conditions may exist.

munge(identifier)

Takes a string identifier and returns it, appropriatly munged (ie, no spaces, slashes, etc); useful for converting a title to an identifier.

verify_url(collection, identifier, mediatype)

Takes an archive.org identifier and returns the verification URL.

Variable Details

copyright

Type:: str
Value:: '(c) 2004, Creative Commons, Nathan R. Yergler'

id

Type:: str
Value:: '$Id: identifier.py,v 1.3 2004/12/27 14:45:41 nyergler Exp $'

license

Type:: str
Value:: 'licensed under the GNU GPL2'

version

Type:: str
Value:: '$Revision: 1.3 $'

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Module pyarchive.identifier

available(identifier)

munge(identifier)

verify_url(collection, identifier, mediatype)

__copyright__

__id__

__license__

__version__

copyright

id

license

version