Hi Prachi, Koha's SRU protocol implementation is probably the closest thing to a search API: https://koha-community.org/manual/17.05/html/18_miscellaneous.html#using-the... That manual page also describes other web services that Koha provides but none are specifically search. Is there a reason why searching on the Koha website couldn't fulfill your client's needs? I must admit I don't really see the value in designing an app to accomplish something that the website already does. Best, ERIC PHETTEPLACE Systems Librarian libraries.cca.edu | vault.cca.edu | 510.594.3660 5212 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618 1111 8th St., San Francisco, CA 94107 Preferred Pronoun(s): he/him :(){ :|: & };: On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 5:38 AM, prachim <prachi.m@nextremer.com> wrote:

Hi,

One of our client is a college. They are already using Koha for their library management. We are developing an android application for their students using which they can search for a book in first phase. This android app will send user queries to our back-end server, the back-end is developed in Java. We are expected to take input criteria specified by student (e.g.title, author, publisher etc.) and search for the book and its availability. So is there any web service API or search API by Koha for searching books on different input parameters? What kind of authentication need to be provided to access data specific to this college?

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