Package Pyblio :: Package External :: Module WOK :: Class WOK

Class WOK

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 IExternal --+
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            WOK

I represent a query session on the Web of Knowledge.

The session is connected to a database whose schema is 'org.pybliographer/wok/...'.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, db)
Create a new external query interface.

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_query(self, **args)

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_done(self, data)
Called in any case to mark the end of a pending request to the WOK server.

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count(self, query)
Ask WOK for the number of results of a given query.

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search(self, query, maxhits=500)
Start a query on the WOK, and fill in the database with the matches.

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cancel(self)
Cancel a running query.

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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __str__

Class Variables

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schema = 'org.pybliographer/wok/0.1'

baseURL = 'http://estipub.isiknowledge.com/esti/cgi'

MAX_PER_BATCH = 100

log = logging.getLogger('pyblio.external.wok')

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, db)
(Constructor)

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Create a new external query interface.

Args:
  db: Pyblio.Store.Database

Overrides: IExternal.__init__: (inherited documentation)

count(self, query)

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Ask WOK for the number of results of a given query.

Overrides: IExternal.count

search(self, query, maxhits=500)

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Start a query on the WOK, and fill in the database with the matches.

Parameters:

query (unicode string) - the query, in Web of Science format

Returns:

a deferred that will fire when the query is finished.

Overrides: IExternal.search

cancel(self)

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Cancel a running query. The database is not reverted to its original state.

Overrides: IExternal.cancel

Class WOK

__init__(self, db) (Constructor)

count(self, query)

search(self, query, maxhits=500)

cancel(self)

init(self, db)
(Constructor)