wragge/trove_query_parser: v0.1.1

Convert a query from the Trove web interface into a set of parameters that can be used with the Trove API.

Installation

pip install trove-query-parser

How to use

• Construct a search in the Trove 'Newspapers and Gazettes' category.
• Copy the search url.
• Feed the url to the parse_query function.

from trove_query_parser.parser import parse_query

parse_query('https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/newspapers?keyword=wragge&l-artType=newspapers&l-state=Queensland&l-category=Article&l-illustrationType=Cartoon')

{'q': 'wragge',
 'zone': 'newspaper',
 'l-state': ['Queensland'],
 'l-category': ['Article'],
 'l-illustrated': 'true',
 'l-illtype': ['Cartoon']}

See the documentation for a more detailed example.

Limitations

Currently this only works with the 'Newspapers & Gazettes' category. Other categories may be added in time.