0.5.3:

fix github issues #6 and #7 (Record date fields support datetime.date directly; ROR regular expression syntax warning)
address inconsistent JSON API PATCH endpoints.
fix output issue with examples/details.py code.

Signed-off-by: Neal Ensor <ensorn@osti.gov>

Author: nensor

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -146,3 +146,9 @@
 
 ## 0.5.2 - 8/8/2025
 - Fix issue with revision history WorkflowStatus (github #3)
+
+## 0.5.3 - 9/2/2025
+- Fix issue with ROR ID validation regular expression (github #7)
+- Add support for datetime.date on publication_date (github #6)
+- Consistently support JSON on various PATCH requests
+- fix log output issue on examples/details.py

examples/details.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def audit(logs):
                                                          log.audit_date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z"),
                                                          log.status))
         for message in log.messages if log.messages else []:
-            print ("  - {message}")
+            print (f"  - {message}")
 
 def print_person(p):
     """

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "elinkapi"
-version = "0.5.2" 
+version = "0.5.3" 
 authors = [
   { name="Neal Ensor", email="ensorn@osti.gov" },
   { name="Jacob Samar" }

src/elinkapi/elinkapi.py

@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def patch_record(self, osti_id, patch, state="save"):
                             "Authorization" : f"Bearer {self.token}",
                             "Content-Type": "application/json"
                         },
-                        data=str(patch))
+                        data=json.dumps(patch))
 
         Validation.handle_response(response)
 

src/elinkapi/record.py

@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ def parse_date(cls, value) -> date:
         """
         format_strings=["%m/%d/%Y", "%m/%d/%y", "%Y-%m-%d"]
 
+        # if already a date, we're done here
+        if isinstance(value, date):
+            return value
+
         # attempt each format to attempt parsing dates
         for format in format_strings:
             try:

src/elinkapi/utils.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from .exceptions import NotFoundException,ForbiddenException,UnauthorizedException,ServerException,ConflictException,BadRequestException
 
 class Validation:
-    _ROR_ID_PATTERN = re.compile("^(?:(?:(http(s?):\/\/)?(?:ror\.org\/)))?(0[a-hj-km-np-tv-z|0-9]{6}[0-9]{2})$")
+    _ROR_ID_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^(?:(?:(http(s?)://)?(?:ror\.org\/)))?(0[a-hj-km-np-tv-z|0-9]{6}[0-9]{2})$")
 
     @classmethod
     def find_ror_value(cls, value:str) -> str: