lookup: Resolve a minid by identifier or file name

In bheavner/minidtools: Working with the BD2K Minimal Viable Identifier

Description

Query the minid server specified in the configuration object to retrieve minid metadata about an identifier or file.

Usage

lookup(query, server = "http://minid.bd2k.org/minid", algo = "md5")

Arguments

query	the minid to look up, specified by identifier (e.g. "ark:/57799/b9j69h" or "minid:b9j69h") or file name (e.g. "file:./some/file.RDa")
server	the minid resolution server. Can be obtained from configuration object with server(config). Default = "http://minid.bd2k.org/minid" (see also load_configuration)
algo	the hashing algorighm to use for file-based minid lookups (default "md5")

Details

NOTE: lookup currently supports minids of the form "ark:/57799/b9j69h" or "mind:b9j69h"

Value

An object of type "minid" or an error if the lookup fails

Examples

## Not run: 

my_minid <- lookup(query = "ark:/57799/b9j69h", server = server(config))
my_minid <- lookup(query = "minid:b9j69h", server = server(config))
my_minid <- lookup(query = "file:./some/file.RDa", algo = "md5",
                   server = server(config))


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