API:EPrints

EPrints 3 Reference: Directory Structure - Metadata Fields - Repository Configuration - XML Config Files - XML Export Format - EPrints data structure - Core API - Data Objects

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API: Core API

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NAME

EPrints - Institutional Repository software

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SYNOPSIS

 use EPrints qw();
 
 # don't check current user (CLI only)
 use EPrints qw( no_check_user );
 
 $eprints = EPrints->new;
 
 # CLI
 $repo = $eprints->repository( "demoprints" );
 
 # CGI
 $repo = $eprints->current_repository;
 
 if( EPrints->VERSION() gt v3.2.0 )
 {
   ...
 }
 

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DESCRIPTION

See http://www.eprints.org/.

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Available Symbols

You can pass options to the EPrints package that effect the EPrints initialisation e.g.

 use EPrints qw( no_check_user );
 

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no_check_user

Do not check the current user/group is the same as the user/group in SystemSettings.

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METHODS

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version

$version = EPrints->VERSION()

Returns the version of EPrints in 'v' format (this is the UNIVERSAL method).

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human_version

EPrints->human_version()

Returns the EPrints version in a human-readable form.

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abort

EPrints->abort( $errmsg )

This subroutine is loaded before other modules so that it may be used to report errors when initialising modules.

When running under Mod_Perl this method is replaced.

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dump

EPrints->dump( $VAR1 [, $VAR2 ... ] )

Use Data::Dumper to dump the passed variables to STDERR.

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new

$ep = EPrints->new();

Construct a new EPrints system object.

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repository

$repo = $ep->repository( $repository_id, [%options] );

Return the EPrints::Repository with the given ID, or undef. Options are... optional.

Options noise=>1, etc.

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current_repository

$repo = $ep->current_repository();

Returns the current EPrints::Repository. The current repository is determined by the apache request.

Returns undef if there is no current repository active.

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SEE ALSO

EPrints::Repository

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