Hi Jason,
sure. My script takes a DOI from the clipboard, then add a new record as well
as grabbing the PDF from sci-hub. The latter part is done with a Ruby script.
Unfortunately it sometimes fail, in which case, I just open the sci-hub page in
Safari, and then I get the PDF manually, and drop it in the newly created
Bibdesk entry. You could easily edit my script to always do that. Here is the
Applescript part. Notice that I rely on the Applescript library _string. It can
still be found thanks to the wayback machine at
https://web.archive.org/web/20170816081647/http://applescript.bratis-lover.net/library/string/
I have a similar script automatically creating entries from an arxiv number
(this is a preprint server very popular with mathematicians and physicists).
Best wishes,
Luc
set _string to load script alias ((path to home folder as text) &
"Developer:AppleScript:_string.scpt")
property scihub : true
property debug : false
set myShellPrefs to load script file ((path to preferences as string) &
"org.ljbo3.shell.scpt")
set pdf to null
if scihub then
tell application "Finder" to get (container of (path to me)) as string
set here to POSIX path of result
try
do shell script (myShell of myShellPrefs) & " -c 'cd \"" & here
& "\"; cd ruby; rbenv exec bundler exe ruby download_from_sci_hub.rb " & (the
clipboard) & "'"
set pdf to result
on error errmsg number errno
tell application "Safari"
if debug then
display dialog "Download failed!"
end if
open location "https://sci-hub.tw/"; & (the clipboard)
activate
end tell
end try
end if
tell application "BibDesk"
try
set doc to get first document
on error errmsg number errno
display dialog "Please open a BibDesk document first!" buttons
{"OK"}
return
end try
set doi to the clipboard as text
set doi to _string's lstripString(_string's trimStart(doi),
"https://doi.org/";)
set pubs to (import doc from doi)
if length of pubs = 1 then
set pub to item 1 of pubs
else
display notification "I did not find any publication with that
DOI."
return
end if
tell pub
if pdf is not null then
add (POSIX file pdf) to beginning of linked files
auto file
end if
end tell
show pub
end tell
> On 13 Jul 2020, at 14:37, Craggs, Jason G. <crag...@health.missouri.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Luc,
>
> That sounds like a great script. The first thing that came to mind: could you
> add a timer of some sort and then refresh/reload?
>
> Any chance of sharing?
>
> Cheers,
> Jason
>
> Sent from my phone; please pardon any communication catastrophes.
>
> On Jul 13, 2020, at 7:27 AM, Luc Bourhis via Bibdesk-users
> <bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>
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> Hi,
>
> I have an AppleScript executing the following statements
>
> add (POSIX file pdf) to beginning of linked files
> auto file
>
> It works perfectly except that the thumbnail is not generated. I am talking
> about that which appears in the item windown and in the right panel of the
> main window. I get a generic white document icon instead. Right-clicking on
> it and choosing “Reload” does create the thumbnail fine. It would be nice if
> the script was able to do that without my intervention!
>
> Version 1.7.7 on MacOS 10.14.6.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Luc J Bourhis
>
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