DPLA

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Coming up with fun things I can do with DPLA data. Wanted an excuse to use the pretty Verite Timeline.

Done

• build query
• harvest and parse response
• clean up json quirks so Timeline can read the result
• output Timeline-formatted json (including hardcoded start date)
• HTML page
• allow for user input of search terms
• allow for user input of the limit parameter

Todo

• better handling of dates (e.g. when the standard date field returns only a year, or something spurioius, do I want to harvest source-specific data?)
• generate a logical start date
• figure out a way of dealing with annoying NPR embeds spawning iTunes a million times (suppress, replace with better multimedia, etc.)
• get better embeds from biodiversity library
• get image files, not web page, from OldSF
• deal with NaN dates
• redirect from user input page to timeline page; how does cherrypy find that page?
• style search page