SciHub to PDF(Beta)

Many thanks to bibcure for the original repository: https://github.com/bibcure/scihub2pdf

⛔ Disclaimer ⛔

I am not responsible for the illegitimate use of this tool. For example, the download of non-open-access papers or even those if this method is not allowed by the editors.

Install and Config

python install -r requirements.txt

If you want to download files from scihub you will need to

1. download chromwdriver, make sure the version same with the Google Chrome browser you used.
2. modify driver_path value in the config.py

The given title will be used as the pdf filename. Please note that the character ':' will be replaced by the character " -" because of the restricts of filename in Windows.

You can modify those configs in config.py if needed

Features and How to Use

Given a bibtex file

$ scihub2pdf -i input.bib

Given a DOI number...

$ scihub2pdf 10.1038/s41524-017-0032-0

Given a title...

$ scihub2pdf --title "An useful paper"

Arxiv...

$ scihub2pdf arxiv:0901.2686
$ scihub2pdf --title arxiv:Periodic table for topological insulators

Location folder as argument

$ scihub2pdf -i input.bib -l somefoler/

Use libgen instead sci-hub

$ scihub2pdf -i input.bib --uselibgen

Sci-hub:

• Stable
• Annoying CAPTCHA
• Fast

Libgen

• Unstalbe
• No CAPTCHA
• Slow

Download from list of items

Given a text file like

10.1038/s41524-017-0032-0
10.1063/1.3149495
.....

download all pdf's

$ scihub2pdf -i dois.txt --txt

Given a text file like

Some Title 1
Some Title 2
.....

download all pdf's

$ scihub2pdf -i titles.txt --txt --title

Given a text file like

arXiv:1708.06891
arXiv:1708.06071
arXiv:1708.05948
.....

download all pdf's

$ scihub2pdf -i arxiv_ids.txt --txt

Notes

• when get arxiv items by title, we want to use the first one directly instead of asking user to choose one by promoting an input, which will hang the download process. See the code below title2bib\crossref.py:

  def get_from_title(title, get_first=False):
      # ...
  
      if r.status_code == 200 and len(items) > 0:
          items = sort_items_by_title(items, title)
          # use the first item directly
          found = True
          item = items[0]
  
          # if get_first:
          #     found = True
          #     item = items[0]
          # else:
          #    found, item = ask_which_is(title, items)
  
      # ...