+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# Frédérick Capovilla, 2011 - Libéo
+#
+# This file is part of Koha.
+#
+# Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# Koha is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with Koha; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+use strict;
+#use warnings; FIXME - Bug 2505
+use CGI;
+use CGI::Cookie;
+use JSON;
+use C4::Auth;
+use C4::Items;
+use C4::Context;
+
+my $input = new CGI;
+print $input->header('application/json');
+
+# Check the user's permissions
+my %cookies = fetch CGI::Cookie;
+my $sessid = $cookies{'CGISESSID'}->value || $input->param('CGISESSID');
+my ($auth_status, $auth_sessid) = C4::Auth::check_cookie_auth($sessid, {acquisition => 'order_manage'});
+if ($auth_status ne "ok") {
+ print to_json({status => 'UNAUTHORIZED'});
+ exit 0;
+}
+
+my $json;
+
+#Check if the barcodes already exist.
+my @barcodes = $input->param('barcodes');
+foreach my $barcode (@barcodes) {
+ my $existing_itemnumber = GetItemnumberFromBarcode($barcode);
+ if ($existing_itemnumber) {
+ $json->{status} = "DUPLICATES";
+ push @{$json->{barcodes}}, $barcode;
+ }
+}
+
+$json->{status} = 'OK' unless defined $json->{status};
+print to_json($json);
+