Discovery

Catalog Search

Starting with a simple search request on the catalog. Search queries are executed on the WiseCat+ (Solr) indexes, not on the Wise title database.

/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

This endpoint gives detailed information for a specific title id.

/title/<id>

Title availability

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

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

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

/title/{titleId}/iteminformation&branchId

Item availability

To get the actual status of items of a title the availability endpoint can be used. This endpoint gives information about availability and if placing holds are allowed.

/item/{itemIds}/availability, notes

If returntype notes = true then annotation will also be returned