PatronValidate

Validate that a patron is part of the Polaris database.

GET

/public/1 {Version}/{LangID}/{AppID}/{OrgID}/patron/{PatronBarcode}

Authorization required?

Yes

URI Parameters

Name	Required	Description/Notes
PatronBarcode	Yes	Barcode of patron
PreferAssociatedPatron	No	When true, if the patron has an associated patron registered at the requested organization, return that associated patron’s data instead. Default value : false

XML Elements Returned

Name	Description/Notes
PAPIErrorCode	PAPI Error code: Negative values represent errors and are defined elsewhere. Note: On successful completion, the PAPI error code is populated with a positive integer representing the number of rows returned.
ErrorMessage	Error or information message
Barcode	Patron's barcode
ValidPatron	Does patron exist in the Polaris database? false - No true - Yes
PatronID	Patron's record ID
PatronCodeID	Patron’s patron code ID
AssignedBranchID	ID of the branch to which the patron is assigned
PatronBarcode	Barcode of patron.
AssignedBranchName	Name of the branch to which the patron is assigned
ExpirationDate	Patron's registration expiration date
OverridePasswordUsed	Was the staff override passwordused. Set only if nValidationTypeID = 3.

Example

Return - Success

Return - Failed