Summer 2021: Original PyPaperBot has been updated, I have not implemented these changes here yet. I'll try to come up with a graphical user interface if time permits.

PyPaperBot_Adapted

This is a fork of PyPaperBot. PPB is a Python tool for downloading scientific papers using Google Scholar, Crossref, and SciHub.

Adapted for easier use from the original by:

• cli-driven menu.
• automatically finding a valid SciHub-server
• Adding info from latest download to results.csv (instead of replacing results.csv)
• Adding info from latest download to Bibtex (instead of replacing bibtex)
• Added preferences which can be stored between uses for download-location and list of SciHub-servers (to save time)

Features

• Download papers given a query
• Download papers given paper's DOIs
• Download papers given a Google Scholar link
• Generate Bibtex of the downloaded paper

Installation

Clone or download this fork.

How to use

run program

python __main__CLI.py

choose options:

1. Search with title: enter a query (f.i. title or title + (first) author)
2. Search with DOI (often available in description on sites like Pubmed)
3. Change Download location (default is ''./papers/'') (don't forget '/' at the end)
4. Update list of Sci-Hub Servers: fetches a moderated list from a website, checks these ands saves them to preferences.
5. Quit: quit program

On first-run the download-dir, results.csv and bitex.bib are made.

SchiHub access

If access to SciHub is blocked in your country, consider using a free VPN service like ProtonVPN or a paid service like Mullvad

Disclaimer

This application is for educational purposes only. I do not take responsibility for what you choose to do with this application.