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This software is distributed under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the file "LICENSE" for more information.
Further documentation about this module can be found in the /doc/ folder:
- Guide - introduction for developers
- Operations guide - introduction for operations
- Circulationrules - how the circulation rules file and the circulation rules engine work
FOLIO compatible circulation capabilities, including loan items from the inventory.
- Java 11 JDK
- Maven 3.5.0
- Implementations of the interfaces described in the module descriptor
- Python 3 (for un-registering module during managed demo and tests via Okapi, and the lint-raml tools)
mod-circulation defines many module permissions as it integrates with many other parts of FOLIO.
These require the use of Okapi 3.x or later and an implementation of the _tenantPermissions 1.1 interface.
There are some common RAML definitions that are shared between FOLIO projects via Git submodules.
To initialise these please run git submodule init && git submodule update in the root directory.
If these are not initialised, the inventory-storage module will fail to build correctly, and other operations may also fail.
More information is available on the developer site.
In order to run a general build (including the default tests), run mvn test.
In order to build an executable Jar (e.g. for Okapi to deploy), run mvn package.
In order to run the tests, using a fake loan storage module, run ./quick-test.sh.
In order to run the tests against a real storage module, run ./test-via-okapi.sh.
This requires Okapi to be running and the relevant modules to be registered with it.
The test script will create a tenant and activate the modules for that tenant.
In order to change the specific versions of these dependencies, edit the test-via-okapi.sh script.
Follow the guide to use raml-cop to assess RAML, schema, and examples.
When running the jar file the module looks for the http.port and port
system property variables in this order, and uses the default 9801 as fallback. Example:
java -Dhttp.port=8081 -jar target/mod-circulation.jar
The Docker container exposes port 9801.
Requests are assigned a position based upon when they were created. This means the requests could be in a different position in the queue than what the request date suggests. We could re-order to queue based upon request date each time it is changed, however this would impede the future requirement for the ability to reorder the queue manually.
It is not possible to create a loan that is already closed via POST due to checks that are performed during this request. However it can be done when creating a loan in a specific location via PUT
As it is intended that API tests can be run against real module instances, some scenarios are not easily replicated without breaking this capability.
For example, previously there were tests that verified that some of the APIs could handle missing inventory records. As mod-inventory-storage does not allow used holdings or instance records to be deleted, these tests were removed.
These tests need to be replaced by tests that use specialised implementations of the storage interfaces, separate to the fakes used for general API tests.
- Tenant-selected timezone is supported only for check-out and renewal (and not for overridden renewals or request creation)
- Date formatting for patron notices does not respect tenant-selected locale
Patron notices are only implemented for check-in and check-out
In additional to the typical loan creation API, it is possible to check out an item to a loanee (optionally via a proxy), using barcodes.
POST http://{okapi-location}/circulation/check-out-by-barcode
{
"itemBarcode": "036000291452",
"userBarcode": "5694596854",
"loanDate": "2018-03-18T11:43:54.000Z"
}
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
content-length: 1095
location: /circulation/loans/e01ed4d3-28c4-4f9b-89a2-e818e0a6e7f5
{
"id": "e01ed4d3-28c4-4f9b-89a2-e818e0a6e7f5",
"status": {
"name": "Open"
},
"action": "checkedout",
"loanDate": "2018-03-18T11:43:54.000Z",
"userId": "2f400401-a751-456a-9f57-415cbce65864",
"itemId": "8722fa77-dc6b-4182-9ea0-e3b708bee0f5",
"dueDate": "2018-04-08T11:43:54.000Z",
"loanPolicyId": "af30cbee-5d54-4a83-842b-eaef0f02cfbe",
"metadata": {
"createdDate": "2018-04-25T18:17:49.545Z",
"createdByUserId": "79ff2a8b-d9c3-5b39-ad4a-0a84025ab085",
"updatedDate": "2018-04-25T18:17:49.545Z",
"updatedByUserId": "79ff2a8b-d9c3-5b39-ad4a-0a84025ab085"
},
"item": {
"title": "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet",
"contributors": [
{
"name": "Chambers, Becky"
}
],
"barcode": "036000291452",
"holdingsRecordId": "e2309cd0-5b99-4bf2-8620-df7ac8edd38a",
"instanceId": "ffe94513-fd4a-4c17-86ae-bfc936b47c06",
"callNumber": "123456",
"status": {
"name": "Checked out"
},
"location": {
"name": "3rd Floor"
},
"materialType": {
"name": "Book"
}
}
}
Below is an example of a failure response.
The message explains the reason for the refusal of the request.
The parameters refer to what part of the request caused the request to be refused.
HTTP/1.1 422 Unprocessable Entity
content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
content-length: 200
{
"errors": [
{
"message": "Cannot check out item via proxy when relationship is invalid",
"parameters": [
{
"key": "proxyUserBarcode",
"value": "6430530304"
}
]
}
]
}
Below is a short summary summary of most of the validation checks performed when using this endpoint.
Each includes an example of the error message provided and the parameter key included with the error.
| Check | Example Message | Parameter Key | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item does not exist | No item with barcode 036000291452 exists | itemBarcode | |
| Holding does not exist | otherwise it is not possible to lookup circulation rules | ||
| Item is already checked out | Item is already checked out | itemBarcode | |
| Existing open loan for item | Cannot check out item that already has an open loan | itemBarcode | |
| Proxy relationship is valid | Cannot check out item via proxy when relationship is invalid | only if proxying | |
| User must be requesting user | User checking out must be requester awaiting pickup | userBarcode | if there is an outstanding fulfillable request for item |
| User does not exist | Could not find user with matching barcode | userBarcode | |
| User needs to be active and not expired | Cannot check out to inactive user | userBarcode | |
| Proxy user needs to be active and not expired | Cannot check out via inactive proxying user | proxyUserBarcode | only if proxying |
It is possible to renew an item to a loanee (optionally via a proxy), using barcodes for the item and loanee.
POST http://localhost:9605/circulation/renew-by-barcode
{
"itemBarcode": "036000291452",
"userBarcode": "5694596854"
}
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
content-length: 1114
location: /circulation/loans/a2494e15-cecf-4f68-a5bf-701389b278ed
{
"id": "a2494e15-cecf-4f68-a5bf-701389b278ed",
"status": {
"name": "Open"
},
"action": "renewed",
"loanDate": "2018-03-04T11:43:54.000Z",
"userId": "891fa646-a46e-4152-9989-efe3b0311e04",
"itemId": "9edc9877-df4c-4dd8-9306-3f1d1444c3f8",
"dueDate": "2018-03-31T23:59:59.000Z",
"loanPolicyId": "750fd537-3438-4f06-b854-94a1c34d199d",
"renewalCount": 1,
"metadata": {
"createdDate": "2018-06-08T13:35:39.097Z",
"createdByUserId": "79ff2a8b-d9c3-5b39-ad4a-0a84025ab085",
"updatedDate": "2018-06-08T13:35:39.162Z",
"updatedByUserId": "79ff2a8b-d9c3-5b39-ad4a-0a84025ab085"
},
"item": {
"holdingsRecordId": "092c24f3-44e8-44a5-9389-5b3f50e4895a",
"instanceId": "a1039600-2076-4248-af75-6b561fdb0f09",
"title": "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet",
"barcode": "036000291452",
"contributors": [
{
"name": "Chambers, Becky"
}
],
"callNumber": "123456",
"status": {
"name": "Checked out"
},
"location": {
"name": "3rd Floor"
},
"materialType": {
"name": "Book"
}
}
}
Below is an example of a failure response.
The message explains the reason for the refusal of the request.
The parameters refer to what part of the request caused the request to be refused.
HTTP/1.1 422 Unprocessable Entity
content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
content-length: 611
{
"errors": [
{
"message": "renewal at this time would not change the due date",
"parameters": [
{
"key": "loanPolicyName",
"value": "Limited Renewals And Limited Due Date Policy"
},
{
"key": "loanPolicyId",
"value": "9b28ec73-0582-4751-bd5c-65c03965ae65"
}
]
},
{
"message": "loan has reached it's maximum number of renewals",
"parameters": [
{
"key": "loanPolicyName",
"value": "Limited Renewals And Limited Due Date Policy"
},
{
"key": "loanPolicyId",
"value": "9b28ec73-0582-4751-bd5c-65c03965ae65"
}
]
}
]
}
The circulation rules engine used for applying circulation rules has an internal, local cache which is refreshed every 5 seconds and when a PUT to /circulation/rules changes the circulation rules.
This is per module instance, and so may result in different responses during this window after the circulation rules are changed.
That document explains how the circulation rules engine calculates the loan policy (that specifies the loan period) based on the patron's patron group and the item's material type, loan type, and location.
During the circulation process an item can change between a variety of states, below is a table describing the most common states defined at the moment.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Available | This item is available to be lent to a patron |
| Checked out | This item is currently checked out to a patron |
| Awaiting pickup | This item is awaiting pickup by a patron who has a request at the top of the queue |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Open - Not yet filled | The requested item is not yet available to the requesting user |
| Open - Awaiting pickup | The item is available to the requesting user |
| Closed - Filled |
In order to facilitate the searching and sorting of requests by the properties of related records, a snapshot of some properties are stored with the request.
This snapshot is updated during POST or PUT requests by requesting the current state of those records. It is possible for them to become out of sync with the referenced records.
the request JSON.schema uses the readOnly property to indicate that these properties, from the perspective of the client, are read only.
- firstName
- lastName
- middleName
- barcode
- firstName
- lastName
- middleName
- barcode
- title
- barcode
In order to reduce the amount of requests a client needs to make, some properties from other records in responses.
As this inclusion requires a chain of requests after the loans or requests have been fetched, the responses may take longer than other requests.
Loans include information from the item, including locations, holdingsRecordId and instanceId.
Requests include information from the item, including holdingsRecordId and instanceId.
To create hold expiration report that can be used by staff to clear expired and cancelled holds from the shelf and put them back into circulation. Then generate a report based on this logic:
- Find all of the items that are
Awaiting pickup - Choose the item’s which either have an empty request queue or request queue doesn't contain request with status
Open - Awaiting pickup - Select the request for each item that expired or was cancelled on the hold shelf most recently (by ranking the closed requests by a date used only for this purpose)
- Choose only the requests where the
pickup service pointmatches the chosen service point
The API for generating a report is based on the presence of the 'awaitingPickupRequestClosedDate' property for the request JSONB. Such behavior is required by database trigger for request update in the mod-circulation-storage See CIRCSTORE-127
Data involved in the formation of the report:
- Requester name: lastName, firstName
- Requester barcode
- Item title
- Item barcode
- Call number
- Request status
- Hold shelf expiration date: Date with timestamp
GET http://{okapi-location}/circulation/requests-reports/hold-shelf-clearance/:{servicePointId}
HTTP/1.1 200 Ok
content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8
content-length: 230
{
"requests": [
{
"id": "f5cec279-0da6-4b44-a3df-f49b0903f325",
"requestType": "Hold",
"requestDate": "2017-08-05T11:43:23Z",
"requesterId": "61d939e4-f2ae-4c53-95d2-224a802fa2a6",
"itemId": "3e5d5433-a271-499c-94f4-5f3e4652e537",
"fulfilmentPreference": "Hold Shelf",
"requestExpirationDate": "2017-08-31T22:25:37Z",
"holdShelfExpirationDate": "2017-09-01T22:25:37Z",
"position": 1,
"status": "Closed - Pickup expired",
"pickupServicePointId": "4ae438be-308a-468d-a815-ad109c288f05",
"awaitingPickupRequestClosedDate": "2019-03-11T15:45:23.000+0000"
"item": {
"title": "Children of Time",
"barcode": "760932543816",
"callNumber": "A344JUI"
},
"requester": {
"firstName": "Stephen",
"lastName": "Jones",
"middleName": "Anthony",
"barcode": "567023127436"
}
}
],
"totalRecords": 1
}
Other modules.
Other FOLIO Developer documentation is at dev.folio.org
See project CIRC at the FOLIO issue tracker.
See the built target/ModuleDescriptor.json for the interfaces that this module
requires and provides, the permissions, and the additional module metadata.
This module's API documentation.
The built artifacts for this module are available. See configuration for repository access, and the Docker image.