Support Worldcat.org as fetcher

[wujastyk]

At Wikipedia, when one is entering a bibliographical reference using the Cite/add a citation/automatic service, one can add a URL from Worldcat.org, and the full details of the publication will be automatically entered, field-by-field. It's extremely convenient, for two reasons. First, worldcat is a giant database, with high-quality records. Largely based on OCLC and the Library of Congress. Secondly, it's often easier to search in Worldcat to find the publication one wants, especially for rare books. Then, copying a URL is extremely easy.

May I suggest this as a feature for JabRef? The code must already be available in the Wikimedia sources, and I've seen a Worldcat-Zotero translator too. Worldcat could be added to the dropdown list of bibliographical services invoked by F5.

Many thanks for considering this,
Dominik

[Siedlerchr]

Interestingly the Zotero-Plugin seems to operate directly on the website instead of the API.

[wujastyk]

yes, all that "scraping". ​

[ChristopherHackett]

I've been looking at the fetchers and noticed this ticket. From a quick look at the API docs it seems that a key would be required. Does this community have a designated person who "owns" API keys ... as this will required embedding in the distribution? I see that the ScienceDirect fetcher has an embedded API key.

[tobiasdiez]

@ChristopherHackett Thank you for having a look at the worldcat fetcher.

I created a sandbox wskey for you, which should be enough for playing around with the API.

Name	TestKey
Key	aMHOf2rfzUt3fuKkb7DXX8pkBv1AmcBWwwoSfwpt8CMhdUdxXscB4ESOmBPs4NlmYJmFtcSZ3Q5kMxzb
Secret	guSz2IxhsM2Zh3H0o0LIkw==

Let us know if you have any questions about the implementation. My recent PR #1929 might be good starting point to see how fetchers are implemented.

[stefan-kolb]

Wishes for fetchers will be collected at #2581.

[koppor]

PR #6035 partly introduces a WorldCat fetcher. However, it only implements org.jabref.logic.importer.EntryBasedFetcher, which is "Useful to complete an existing entry with fetched information", but not for a "real" search.

A org.jabref.logic.importer.SearchBasedParserFetcher or a org.jabref.logic.importer.SearchBased should be implemented. Including the required transformations. See org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.IEEE and org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.transformers.IEEEQueryTransformer for an example.

[koppor]

Development hint: If you take this issue, you instantly need to apply for a WorldCat key. Please check if your institution is listed at https://authn.sd00.worldcat.org/wayf/metaauth-ui/cmnd/protocol/samlpost. If if it not listed, you cannot work on this issue.