Code samples and libraries

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iOS (Objective C)

iPhone/iPad app
A simple app for searching DigitalNZ from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

• Source code has been released under an MIT License and is available from GitHub
• Additional code libraries and resources for the app are in a zipped archive (ZIP / 0.8MB)

Javascript

Search widget - DigitalNZ
In-context search of content in DigitalNZ that can be embedded in web pages and blogs etc.

• Search widget example (see Coming Home search box)
• Source code for search widget

JSON query - Joe Mahoney
Simple example that shows "sports related" cartoons from DigitalNZ. Loads the Google Ajax API code; imports the jQuery javascript framework; uses jQuery to make an api call to DigitalNZ - see the function get_page_of_cartoons(); when the api returns the json data it updates the text and shows four thumbnail images of related cartoons.

• JSON query example (view source for javascript code)

Timeline demo - DigitalNZ
Implementation of Timeline app from MIT's Simile project (Javascript + Ruby)

• Source code for DigitalNZ timeline
• Timeline documentation from MIT

Perl

DigitalNZ image distribution - Gordon Paynter
Application that shows the distribution of images in DigitalNZ over time.

• DigitalNZ image distribution web page
• Source code for DigitalNZ image distribution

PHP

Demonstration Website
A Picture Show website built on the DigitalNZ Search API.

• The website and blog post with full source code - Elliott Young

Drupal module
Module to integrate DigitalNZ search with Drupal CMS.

• Source code for DigitalNZ Drupal module - Jonathan Hunt

Moodle search block - François Marier
Plugin to allow teachers to provide their students with an easy way of using the DigitalNZ search engine from within a Moodle course page.

• Moodle Search Block web page
• Source code for Moodle Search Block

Moodle embedded resource - François Marier
Plugin to allow teachers to provide their students with links to resources indexed by DigitalNZ.

• Moodle embedded resource web page
• Source code for Moodle embedded resource

Python

Python module - Mark Matienzo
A Python module to interact with the DigitalNZ API. Shorthand way to make requests that then grabs JSON responses and translates to a Python object.

• Source code for python module

Ruby

Ruby Gem for DigitalNZ - James Harton
Note that some components such as the DigitalNZ record lookup and date were not added.

• Source code for Ruby Gem

DigitalNZ client library for Ruby - Boost
This library uses nokogiri for speedily parsing the XML.

• Examples

Kete's External Search Sources - Kete/Katipo/Auckland City Library

• Source code for Kete External Search Sources

Geoparsing DigitalNZ - Gordon Anderson

• Source code