HardCiter Service

Description

This service provides bibliographic and citation information in various styles.

While supporting an extensible architecture, the initial implementation uses CiteProc / CSL for processing:

• CiteProc Wikipedia Entry
• CiteProc Manual
• CSL Specification

Requirements

This package is built on the following technologies:

• .NET Core
• Node.js

Given that .NET Core and Node.js are cross-platform, it should run successfully on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

Screenshot

Build Tasks

The following tasks are available from the root (./) directory:

• dotnet clean HardCiter.sln /p:Configuration="{Debug|Release}" - Cleans the solution.
• dotnet build HardCiter.sln /p:Configuration="{Debug|Release}" - Compiles the solution.
• dotnet test HardCiter.sln /p:Configuration="{Debug|Release}" /p:EnvironmentName="{Local|DEV|QA|Stage|Production}" /p:CollectCoverage="True" /p:CoverletOutput="./TestCoverage/" /p:CoverletOutputFormat="{JSON|LCOV|OpenCover|Cobertura}" - Runs all unit tests in the solution and generates a code coverage report.
• dotnet publish HardCiter.sln /p:Configuration="{Debug|Release}" /p:EnvironmentName="{Local|DEV|QA|Stage|Production}" - Creates a deployment package suitable for hosting.

The following tasks are available from the service project (./HardCiter.Service) directory:

• dotnet run --Environment "{Local|DEV|QA|Stage|Production}" - Starts Kestrel on the port specified in the launchSettings.json file (by default https://localhost:6800).

Usage Examples

Create a Chicago v17 HTML citation for Moby Dick:

curl
-X POST "/api/1.0/citation/book?style=Chicago17&format=HTML"
-H "accept: application/json"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d
"{
  \"titleFull\": \"Moby Dick\",
  \"authors\": [
    {
      \"given\": \"Herman\",
      \"family\": \"Melville\"
    }
  ],
  \"accessedDate\": {
    \"dateType\": \"ExactFull\",
    \"dateExact\": \"2020-05-23T15:30:00.000Z\"
  },
  \"issuedDate\": {
    \"dateType\": \"ExactPartial\",
    \"year\": 2003,
    \"month\": 5,
    \"day\": 1
  },
  \"abstract\": \"On a previous voyage, a mysterious white whale had ripped off the leg of a sea captain named Ahab. Now the crew of the Pequod, on a pursuit that features constant adventure and horrendous mishaps, must follow the mad Ahab into the abyss to satisfy his unslakeable thirst for vengeance.\",
  \"language\": \"English\",
  \"note\": \"This is a good book for my term paper.\",
  \"url\": \"https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moby-dick-melville-herman/1110282307\",
  \"publisherName\": \"Barnes & Noble\",
  \"publisherLocation\": \"Lyndhurst, New Jersey\",
  \"isbn\": \"9781593080181\",
  \"editors\": [
    {
      \"given\": \"Charles Child\",
      \"family\": \"Walcutt\"
    }
  ],
  \"collectionTitle\": \"Barnes & Noble Classics Series\",
  \"pageCount\": 752
}"

{
  "value": "Herman Melville, <i>Moby Dick</i>, ed. Charles Child Walcutt, Barnes &#38; Noble Classics Series (Lyndhurst, New Jersey: Barnes &#38; Noble, 2003), https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moby-dick-melville-herman/1110282307."
}

Create a MLA v8 HTML citation for Alice in Wonderland:

curl
-X POST "/api/1.0/citation/book?style=MLA8&format=HTML"
-H "accept: application/json"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d
"{
  \"titleFull\": \"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass\",
  \"authors\": [
    {
      \"given\": \"Lewis\",
      \"family\": \"Carroll\"
    }
  ],
  \"accessedDate\": {
    \"dateType\": \"ExactFull\",
    \"dateExact\": \"2020-05-23T15:30:00.000Z\"
  },
  \"issuedDate\": {
    \"dateType\": \"ExactPartial\",
    \"year\": 2015,
    \"month\": 3,
    \"day\": 27
  },
  \"abstract\": \"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland transports you down the rabbit-hole into a wondrous realm that is home to a White Rabbit, a March Hare, a Mad Hatter, a tea-drinking Dormouse, a grinning Cheshire-Cat, the Queen of Hearts and her playing-card retainers, and all manner of marvelous creatures.\",
  \"language\": \"English\",
  \"note\": \"Use this book in my speech.\",
  \"url\": \"https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-carroll-lewis/1119355717\",
  \"publisherName\": \"Barnes & Noble\",
  \"publisherLocation\": \"Lyndhurst, New Jersey\",
  \"isbn\": \"9781435159549\",
  \"collectionTitle\": \"Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions Series\",
  \"pageCount\": 240
}"

{
  "value": "(Carroll)"
}

Create an APA v7 HTML bibliography for both:

curl
-X POST "/api/1.0/bibliography?style=APA7&format=HTML"
-H "accept: application/json"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d
"[
{
  \"itemType\": \"Book\",
  \"titleFull\": \"Moby Dick\",
  \"authors\": [
    {
      \"given\": \"Herman\",
      \"family\": \"Melville\"
    }
  ],
  \"accessedDate\": {
    \"dateType\": \"ExactFull\",
    \"dateExact\": \"2020-05-23T15:30:00.000Z\"
  },
  \"issuedDate\": {
    \"dateType\": \"ExactPartial\",
    \"year\": 2003,
    \"month\": 5,
    \"day\": 1
  },
  \"abstract\": \"On a previous voyage, a mysterious white whale had ripped off the leg of a sea captain named Ahab. Now the crew of the Pequod, on a pursuit that features constant adventure and horrendous mishaps, must follow the mad Ahab into the abyss to satisfy his unslakeable thirst for vengeance.\",
  \"language\": \"English\",
  \"note\": \"This is a good book for my term paper.\",
  \"url\": \"https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moby-dick-melville-herman/1110282307\",
  \"publisherName\": \"Barnes & Noble\",
  \"publisherLocation\": \"Lyndhurst, New Jersey\",
  \"isbn\": \"9781593080181\",
  \"editors\": [
    {
      \"given\": \"Charles Child\",
      \"family\": \"Walcutt\"
    }
  ],
  \"collectionTitle\": \"Barnes & Noble Classics Series\",
  \"pageCount\": 752
},
{
  \"itemType\": \"Book\",
  \"titleFull\": \"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass\",
  \"authors\": [
    {
      \"given\": \"Lewis\",
      \"family\": \"Carroll\"
    }
  ],
  \"accessedDate\": {
    \"dateType\": \"ExactFull\",
    \"dateExact\": \"2020-05-23T15:30:00.000Z\"
  },
  \"issuedDate\": {
    \"dateType\": \"ExactPartial\",
    \"year\": 2015,
    \"month\": 3,
    \"day\": 27
  },
  \"abstract\": \"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland transports you down the rabbit-hole into a wondrous realm that is home to a White Rabbit, a March Hare, a Mad Hatter, a tea-drinking Dormouse, a grinning Cheshire-Cat, the Queen of Hearts and her playing-card retainers, and all manner of marvelous creatures.\",
  \"language\": \"English\",
  \"note\": \"Use this book in my speech.\",
  \"url\": \"https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-carroll-lewis/1119355717\",
  \"publisherName\": \"Barnes & Noble\",
  \"publisherLocation\": \"Lyndhurst, New Jersey\",
  \"isbn\": \"9781435159549\",
  \"collectionTitle\": \"Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions Series\",
  \"pageCount\": 240
}
]"

{
  "spacingEntry": 0,
  "spacingLine": 2,
  "hangingIndent": true,
  "values": [
    "  <div class=\"csl-entry\">Carroll, L. (2015). <i>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass</i>. Barnes &#38; Noble. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-and-through-the-looking-glass-carroll-lewis/1119355717</div>",
    "  <div class=\"csl-entry\">Melville, H. (2003). <i>Moby Dick</i> (C. C. Walcutt, Ed.). Barnes &#38; Noble. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moby-dick-melville-herman/1110282307</div>"
  ]
}

Client Generation Tasks

While there are multiple ways to consume a REST-ful service, a useful tool to consider when configuring a client is AutoRest. It is a Node.js package that supports the following target languages:

• autorest --input-file="swagger.json" --output-folder="./code/" --namespace="HardCiter" --csharp - Generate C# client files.
• autorest --input-file="swagger.json" --output-folder="./code/" --namespace="HardCiter" --nodejs - Generate Node.js / JavaScript client files.
• autorest --input-file="swagger.json" --output-folder="./code/" --namespace="HardCiter" --python - Generate Python client files.
• autorest --input-file="swagger.json" --output-folder="./code/" --namespace="HardCiter" --java - Generate Java client files.
• autorest --input-file="swagger.json" --output-folder="./code/" --namespace="HardCiter" --ruby - Generate Ruby client files.
• autorest --input-file="swagger.json" --output-folder="./code/" --namespace="HardCiter" --go - Generate Go client files.
• autorest --input-file="swagger.json" --output-folder="./code/" --namespace="HardCiter" --typescript - Generate TypeScript client files.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Nancy for lending me her librarian skills in sanity checking the output of this service.

TODO List

• Update CSL Processor
• Update .NET Framework Target (netcoreapp2.1 → netcoreapp3.1)
• Update Node.js Library
  • Reasoning - Obsoleting Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices
  • Existing - Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices
  • Replacement - Jering.Javascript.NodeJS