biblib 0.1.dev4

Usage example

The following code will add a citation by their DOI:

import biblib

# create database from BibTeX file
dbObj = biblib.db_from_file('bibtex.bib')

# retrieve bibliographic meta data by DOI
entryObj = biblib.entry_from_doi('10.1088/0959-5309/43/5/301')

# add new entry to database
dbObj.add_entry(entryObj)

# write database to a new BibTeX file
biblib.db_to_file(dbObj,'new.bib')

Requirements

• currently only Python 2

• isbnlib for retreving citation entries via ISBN number

• python-magic for detecting character encoding

Installation

You can install the latest version from the Python package index. From the command line, enter (in some cases you have to precede the command with sudo):

$ pip install biblib --pre

To install it manual, download the archive, unpack it, and type (in some cases you have to precede the command with sudo):

$ python setup.py install

Documentation

Documentation including installation procedure, tutorial and API: http://pythonhosted.org/biblib/

Source

The complete source code will soon be available on sourceforge.

Thanks

Thanks to Jackalope for his support while planing and designing the biblib, and for his future contributions.