Book lists connection information
Portfolio connects to a specific book lists server to display bestseller lists from different publications and, for Symphony users, custom book lists. Figure 4-1 below describes the connections needed to display book lists in Enterprise and should help you configure your system correctly:
Figure 4-1:
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The communication between Enterprise, the book lists server, and Symphony is done over http/https and via the usual ports (80, 443). |
Displaying bestseller lists
The setup described above goes through the following process to display a bestseller list from a particular publication:
- The book lists server queries publication sources like the New York Times several times a day.
- The book lists server stores the results it receives for each query.
- When a user makes a request for one of these bestseller lists, Enterprise directs the request to the book lists server.
- The server returns the results of its most recent query to the publications bestseller list service.
- Enterprise displays those results in the book list and/or book river.
Displaying custom lists for Symphony
The setup described above goes through the following process to display a custom Symphony book list:
- An Enterprise user inputs information that points to a custom book list that has been created in Symphony.
- Enterprise builds a request containing the information about the Symphony book list and sends the request to the book lists server.
- The book lists server gets the custom book list from Symphony.
- After getting the custom book list, the book list server normalizes the data and sends the information back to Enterprise.