# Datacite Ruby Client [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/datacite.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/datacite) This is a Ruby client for interfacing with the DataCite REST API. https://support.datacite.org/docs/api ## Installation Add this line to your application's Gemfile: ```ruby gem 'datacite' ``` And then execute: $ bundle install Or install it yourself as: $ gem install datacite ## Usage ### Initialize the client ```ruby client = Datacite::Client.new(username: "foo", password: "bar", host: "api.test.datacite.org") ``` ### Create a Draft DOI ```ruby result = client.register_doi(prefix: '10.0001', suffix: 'bc123df4567') result.either( -> response { response.doi }, -> response { raise("Something went wrong", response.status) } ) ``` #### Auto-generated DOI's ```ruby result = client.autogenerate_doi(prefix: '10.0001') result.either( -> response { response.doi }, -> response { raise("Something went wrong", response.status) } ) ``` ### Update DOI's ```ruby # See https://support.datacite.org/reference/dois-2#put_dois-id for the attributes attributes = { relatedIdentifiers: [ { relatedIdentifier: "https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx", relatedIdentifierType: "DOI", relationType: "References", resourceTypeGeneral: "Dataset" } ] } result = client.update(id: '10.0001/bc123df4567', attributes: attributes) result.either( -> response { response.doi }, -> response { raise("Something went wrong", response.status) } ) ``` ## Development After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake spec` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment. To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org). ## Contributing Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/sul-dlss/datacite-ruby.