Script to renew checked-out items on the Open Library Environment ILS. Just for personal use.

renew_items.php

<?php
# @name: renew_items.php
# @version: 0.3
# @creation_date: 2017-07-27
# @license: GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html>
# @author: Simon Barron <[email protected]>
# @purpose: Renew items for a user in OLE
?>
<?php

function renewItems(){
	$baseurl = 'https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:8443/olefs/circulation?';
	$service = 'lookupUser';
	$barcode = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
	$operator_id = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
	
	$fullurl = $baseurl . 'service=' . $service . '&patronBarcode=' . $barcode . '&operatorId=' . $operator_id;
	
	#GET user information inc. loans using cURL
	$ch = curl_init();
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $fullurl);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, FALSE);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'GET');
	$response = curl_exec($ch);
	curl_close($ch);
	
	$user_xml = new SimpleXMLElement($response);

	foreach ($user_xml->oleCheckedOutItems->checkedOutItems->checkedOutItem as $item){
		$service = 'renewItem';
		$item_barcode = $item->itemId;
		
		$fullurl = $baseurl . 'service=' . $service . '&patronBarcode=' . $barcode . '&operatorId=' . $operator_id . '&itemBarcode=' . $item_barcode;
		
		#POST renewal request using cURL
		$ch = curl_init();
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $fullurl);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, FALSE);
		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
		$response = curl_exec($ch);
		curl_close($ch);
		
		#send a response email to the user
        $to = $user_xml->patronEmail->emailAddress;
        $from = "[email protected]";
        $subject = "Your weekly renewals";
        $message = "Hi,". "<br /><br />" . "We tried to renew your books this week and it either succeeded or failed..." . "<br /><br />" . $response . "<br /><br />" . "Kind regards," . "<br /><br />" . "Soas's OLE Robot";
        $headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
        $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
        $headers .= "From:" . $from;
        mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
	}
}

renewItems();

?>