sample_illiad_request.py

from illiad.account import IlliadSession

#Establish an ILLiad session for a given user.
ill = IlliadSession('https://illiad.school.edu',
                     'your secret remote auth header',
                     'libraryusername')
#Log the user in.
ill.login()
#An OpenURL for the item to be requested.  In this case an article.
openurl = """
rft.jtitle=Facial plastic surgery : FPS&rft.atitle=Anatomy for blepharoplasty and brow-lift.&rft.pages=177-85&rft.date=2010&rft.volume=26&rft.end_page=85&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft.genre=article
"""
#Get the ILLiad request key for this item.
#This is found by issuing a GET request for the OpenURL and parsing
#the returned web form.
request_key = ill.get_request_key(openurl)
#Submit the request by posting the values to ILLiad.
submitted = ill.make_request(request_key)
#If all goes well, you will get a transaction number for the submission.
print submitted.get('transaction_number')
#If there is an error, a description of the error will be returned.
print submitted.get('message')
#Log the user out.
ill.logout()