Scholar API

This project uses a home server cronjob to scrape Google Scholar data via the scholarly Python package and the Google Sheets to get the journal's impact factor (IF) and the publication's DOI.

The JSON can then be used, for example, by uploading the data to a publicly accessible server via Secure Copy (SCP) or rsync, which serves the JSON data via a Flask application.

Meltwater is the news gathering tool used by some universities. See also Zotera, an open source citation manager.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6+
• Flask
• scholarly
• Wikipedia

Setup

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.

2. Install the required packages.

3. Setup.

   git clone https://github.com/Luen/scholarly-api
   python -m venv scholar
   source scholar/bin/activate
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   playwright install

4. Test run.

   python main.py ynWS968AAAAJ

5. Set up cronjob.

   0 * * * * /path/to/your_bash_script.sh

Testing

Install pytest and run it using the command pytest.

Starting the flask app

Navigate to the project directory and run the Flask application: python ./serve.py

Index Welcome Message

URL: / Method: GET Description: Displays a welcome message in plain text. Example: /

Get Author Id

URL: /author_id Method: GET Description: Searches for authors by id. Parameter: id Example: /ynWS968AAAAJ