Bug 38864

Summary: API functionality needed in patron message to allow future connectivity with discovery systems
Product: Koha Reporter: Christopher Brannon <cbrannon>
Component: Architecture, internals, and plumbingAssignee: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: lisette, mathsabypro
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Christopher Brannon 2025-01-10 18:07:05 UTC
I would like to see API functionality added for patron messages (particularly the OPAC messages) so that down the road, discovery systems like Aspen could develop more connectivity with Koha and other ILS systems to allow those messages to have the option to notify patrons on their accounts in discovery.  Right now, that is a major gap when using a discovery system.  We can communicate with the patron in their account in the OPAC, but not through their account in Aspen, or other third party catalogs.

This would need to include a way for messages to be discovered by the discovery system and a way to set the read flag (a newer feature in Koha) so that patrons can mark the message as read and staff can see it has been read.