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# BiblioMxWeb
> Not official and not
A system to extract data from a [BiblioMx](http://www.micla.org/freeware/bibliomx.html) system and display it on the Internet in a searchable fashion, trough a semi-automatic process
> **Notice**
>
> The GUI present in this software is in Italian, because of the primary audience of said software
> However, you may freely and easily fix this in your implementation
## Preamble
BiblioMx, despite being a pretty common library management software, saves data in custom binary files, and only allows to export data to CSV.
This is the major limitation that this project tries to address.
## Components
### Server
The server receives a CSV (trough chunking, if necessary) and concerts it into a sqllite database.
The PHP application provides a Web UI for searching and viewing books, including bibliographical data and availability
### Agent
The agent must be set to boot hidden at the start of the computer (functionality not included int the code)
``biblio.ini`` must be configured with the correct information, under the ``[DATA]`` section:
| Key | Value |
| ---- | ----- |
|databasePath|The path to the xbb database|
|csvPath|The path to the csv export file|
|serverUrl|The URL to ``up.php``|
|authCode|The authentication code for that server instance|
|significance|The number of action that must be taken before the server shall be synced again|
|verbose|Show verbose output|
|updateUserWait|After prompting the user to update the CSV, how much time (s) to wait before moving on and uploading the file, starts after pressing "OK"|
|chunkSize|Chunk size (rows) for uploading the CSV|
Once the librarian performs a set number of actions, they will be asked to export the database manually to a csv, then the agent will upload it accordingly
The upload will also trigger the refresh of the sqllite database on the server when ended