Dowanload pdf reports from the Thomson ONE database from http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1423
You need a CWL (Campus Wide Login) account to access it.
Thomson One works with IE 10 & 11, so the script only works on Windows.
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Install git and clone this repo
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Install Python 3.7 and pip: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
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Add Python and Python/Scripts to PATH: https://datatofish.com/add-python-to-windows-path/
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Install dependencies:
pip install selenium
pip install pandas
pip install xlrd
pip install pywinauto==0.6.6
pip install pyautogui
- Add IEDriverServer to PATH, and configure IE per: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/wiki/InternetExplorerDriver#required-configuration
From cmd, execute python downloader.py
Make sure that no other instance of IE is running.