.. _sru: Search/Retrieval via URL (SRU) Support ====================================== pycsw supports the `Search/Retrieval via URL`_ search protocol implementation as per subclause 8.4 of the OpenGIS Catalogue Service Implementation Specification. SRU support is enabled by default. HTTP GET requests must be specified with ``mode=sru`` for SRU requests, e.g.: .. code-block:: bash http://localhost/pycsw/csw.py?mode=sru&operation=searchRetrieve&query=foo See http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/simple.html for example SRU requests. .. _`Search/Retrieval via URL`: http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/