Re: New LC Permalink Service

From: Daniel Chudnov <daniel.chudnov_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:49:01 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Cloutman, David wrote:
> The only problem is that if you pass a bad URL (i.e. for an invalid LC
> Card number, the resulting page for either MARC XML or human readable
> view gives you a response code of 200 instead of 404. This means that if
> you're basing functionality in your application to grab the data from
> one of these URLs, you'll have to write a bunch of funky logic rather
> than relying on the http standard.
>
> Definitely a step in the right direction, but it needs tweaking.

This is great feedback.  I hope you'll consider sending it back through
to the developers of this service using the link provided in the FAQ in
addition to sharing your thoughts here. :)

   -Dan
Received on Fri Feb 15 2008 - 14:43:08 EST