xslt_transformer submodule¶

This module is used to transform XML using XSLT templates.

API¶

marcxml2mods.xslt_transformer._oai_to_xml(marc_oai)¶

Convert OAI to MARC XML.

Parameters:	marc_oai (str) – String with either OAI or MARC XML.
Returns:	String with MARC XML.
Return type:	str

marcxml2mods.xslt_transformer._add_namespace(marc_xml)¶

Add proper XML namespace to the marc_xml record.

Parameters:	marc_xml (str) – String representation of the XML record.
Returns:	XML with namespace.
Return type:	str

marcxml2mods.xslt_transformer._read_content_or_path(content_or_path)¶

If content_or_path contains \n, return it. Else assume, that it is path and read file at that path.

Parameters:	content_or_path (str) – Content or path to the file.
Returns:	Content.
Return type:	str
Raises:	`IOError` – whhen the file is not found.

marcxml2mods.xslt_transformer._read_marcxml(xml)¶

Read MARC XML or OAI file, convert, add namespace and return XML in required format with all necessities.

Parameters:	xml (str) – Filename or XML string. Don’t use `\n` in case of filename.
Returns:	Required XML parsed with `lxml.etree`.
Return type:	obj

marcxml2mods.xslt_transformer._read_template(template)¶

Read XSLT template.

Parameters:	template (str) – Filename or XML string. Don’t use `\n` in case of filename.
Returns:	Required XML parsed with `lxml.etree`.
Return type:	obj

marcxml2mods.xslt_transformer.xslt_transformation(xml, template)¶

Transform xml using XSLT template.

Parameters:	xml (str) – Filename or XML string. Don’t use `\n` in case of filename. template (str) – Filename or XML string. Don’t use `\n` in case of filename.
Returns:	Transformed xml as string.
Return type:	str