address checker https://chapelhillpubliclibrary.org/patroncheck/

API documentation https://sandbox.iii.com/iii/sierra-api/swagger/index.html#!/patrons/Create_a_patron_record_post_0

Chapel hill python scrip: https://github.com/townofchapelhill/chccs-post-update

CHPL Patron Registration

This Flask application provides the middleware processing of Patron self-registration for Chapel-Hill Public Library's Wordpress website created by Aaron Schmidt of Influx Design.

Set-up

Clone repository with git git clone https://github.com/KnowledgeLinks/chpl-patron.git..

Create a instance directory in the chpl-patron directory and a config.py that has the following variables set:

SIERRA_URL = "{url to III's Sierra self-registration form}"

EMAIL_SENDER = Sender's email address

EMAIL_RECIPIENTS = List of receipients for notification emails

SUCCESS_URI = Redirect URL to a Wordpress Page for a successful registration

ERROR_URI = Redirect URL to a Wordpress Page for a failed registration

DUPLICATE_EMAIL_CHECK = Set to 'True' to disallow duplicate email registrations

Install Python 3.5 dependencies using pip3 install -r requirements.txt.

Development

Running in development by python3 chplpatron/registration/api.py using the built-in development Flask server with debug turned on and accessible on port 5000.

Production

Use gunicorn to run as a Python WSGI HTTP server on Linux or Mac with this command sudo nohup gunicorn -w2 --certfile=instance/chapelhillpubliclibrary_org.crt --keyfile=instance/private_key.txt -b :8443 --log-file gunicorn.log --log-level INFO --timeout 90 chplpatron.registration.api:app & to run in the background with two threads on port 8443.