datacite_api_test.py

import os, sys
import httplib2
import base64


endpoint_meta = 'https://test.datacite.org/mds/metadata?testMode=0'
endpoint_mint = 'https://test.datacite.org/mds/doi?testMode=0'
login = '<login here>'
password = '<pass here>'

doi = '10.5072/NOMAD/W4UV5CN78NC347934J9483CD3453'
meta_req = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<resource xsi:schemaLocation="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-3 http://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-3.1/metadata.xsd" xmlns="http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <identifier identifierType="DOI">''' + doi + '''</identifier>
    <creators>
        <creator>
            <creatorName>Lastname, Name</creatorName>
        </creator>
    </creators>
    <titles>
        <title>DOI Simple Test</title>
    </titles>
    <publisher>Yet Another Repository</publisher>
    <publicationYear>2015</publicationYear>
</resource>
'''
url = 'http://nomad.physik.hu-berlin.de/gui#W4UV5CN78NC347934J9483CD3453' # NOT EXISTS, ONLY FOR TEST
doi_req = "doi="+doi+"\nurl="+url

h = httplib2.Http()

auth_string = base64.encodestring(login + ':' + password)

# First, save meta
response, content = h.request(endpoint_meta,
                              'POST',
                              body = meta_req.encode('utf-8'),
                              headers={'Content-Type':'application/xml;charset=UTF-8',
                                       'Authorization':'Basic ' + auth_string})

if response.status != 201: print str(response.status)
print content.decode('utf-8')

# Then, save its new ID
response, content = h.request(endpoint_mint,
                              'POST',
                              body = doi_req.encode('utf-8'),
                              headers={'Content-Type':'text/plain;charset=UTF-8',
                                       'Authorization':'Basic ' + auth_string})
if response.status != 201: print str(response.status)
print content.decode('utf-8')