EasyCite

A simple Python script to download bibtex citations and paper PDFs. Bibtex files pulled from http://dx.doi.org and PDFs downloaded using scidownl.

How to use

First set up where you want your pdf and bib files to be saved. This is done in the config.py file. Each bibliogrpahy is stored as a nested dictionary. When the program starts it will ask you which bibliogrpahy you want to use (i.e. where will the files be saved).

directoryDict = {
    'Bibliography1': {
        'bib':'/path/to/directory/where/bib/files/saved/bib',
        'pdf':'/path/to/directory/where/pdf/files/saved/pdf'
        },
    'Bibliography2': {
        'bib':'/path/to/directory/where/bib/files/saved/bib',
        'pdf':'/path/to/directory/where/pdf/files/saved/pdf'
        }
}

Next execute the script with python EasyCite.py. Then just copy a doi to the clipboard and press enter.

To quit just type q.

Dependencies

• pyperclip
• bibtexparser
• termcolor