Scripting test cases in Aleph

During evaluation of new software releases, I often find myself punching in test cases for hours. The Aleph Circulation GUI, while an easy access for librarians at the booking desk, doesn't really support repetitive tasks, and so I'd like to delegate at least the less creative ones to a script on the server.

Is it possible to add fees like 100 fees of 1ct to a test user by script while maintaining the integrity of logfiles? I know that I could just add those fees by means of SQL, but that wouldn't go through the booking procedure, and might not produce valid test cases.

How are other libraries handling these tasks?

Tatjana Heuser

• aleph

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Answer by dsalo

Aleph has an API that they call X-Services, with a documentation and user-scripts website. With any luck at all, there will be a fee-and-fine hook in there somewhere. Good luck!

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• Tatjana Heuser: Thanks, this sounds like the route to go. I'll check and report.
• Tatjana Heuser: I've found a bit of documentation, and it looks like I cannot use this, since it seems to require a separate Web Server to be started by Aleph.