Re: Validation of Millennium users

[<Thomas_E_Kolakowski@xxxxxxxxxx>]

They do charge for it.  If you search Millennium User Manual for patronapi
you will see the few details they provide.  It is used by other products
like CYBRARYN.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Victor Herreros Villanueva" <vherreros@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "IUG INNOPAC List" <innopac@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 8:24 AM
Subject: RE: Validation of Millennium users


> Dear Thomas,
>
> Could you provide some more information about Millennium PatronAPI? I'd
like to see any documentation about it. You say III supplies it. Does III
charges any fee for it?
>
> Best regards.
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Thomas_E_Kolakowski@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:Thomas_E_Kolakowski@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Enviado el: jueves, 22 de abril de 2004 12:20
> Para: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
> Asunto: Re: Validation of Millennium users
>
>
> I had a similar problem, but got no help from III.  In my case the
PatronAPI
> is required.  III supplies the PatronAPI but refused to provide any
support
> for how to use it.
> After much research, I found the following "imperfect" solution.
> I use JavaScript, because our UNIX based Millennium server has NO CGI
> capabilities available to the library.
> The situation involved patrons logging into our website, but being
validated
> from the Millennium database.  The patrons are signing up for library
> programs/classes.
> We do not use PIN numbers.  We use the Patron last name as the "password"
to
> match the given barcode.
> 1) Our website passes barcode to our Millennium server,
> 2) The Millennium server retrieves the PatronAPI (based on the given
> barcode) into an "invisible" IFRAME.
> 3) The server requests the Last name and matches it against the PatronAPI
> (using InnerHTML).
> 4) The server also checks Money Owed and Expiration date before allowing
the
> user to go further.
> 5) On success the patron is returned to our webserver, passing back key
info
> (Name, Telephone, Barcode and Email) to our website for processing to our
> website's program registration database (based on ColdFusion).
>
> PROBLEMS: Netscape does not support the InnerHTML required to read the
> PatronAPI.  Less than 2% of our patrons use Netscape.
> Javascript is visible to the users who "View Source", but steps can be
taken
> to make it a little more secure by using external Javascript files.
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