arXivemail_for_appscript.gs

function fetchArxivPapers() {
  var url = createQueryUrl();
  
  var xml = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getContentText();
  var document = XmlService.parse(xml);
  var root = document.getRootElement();
  
  var atom = XmlService.getNamespace('http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom');
  var arxiv = XmlService.getNamespace('http://arxiv.org/schemas/atom');
  
  var entries = root.getChildren('entry', atom);
  
  var message = 'Here is the weekly digest of ArXiv:\n\n';
  
  // Select a random index from the list of entries
  var luckyIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * entries.length);
  
  var luckyMessage = '';
  var otherMessages = '';
  
  for (var i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
    var arxivlink = entries[i].getChild('id', atom).getText();
    var title = entries[i].getChild('title', atom).getText();
    var abstract = entries[i].getChild('summary', atom).getText();
    var category = entries[i].getChild('primary_category', arxiv).getAttribute('term').getValue();
    
    var authors = entries[i].getChildren('author', atom);
    var author_names = [];
    for (var j = 0; j < authors.length; j++) {
      author_names.push(authors[j].getChild('name', atom).getText());
    }
    
    var paperMessage = '';
    if (i == luckyIndex) {
      // This is the lucky paper
      paperMessage += '🎉 Lucky Paper 🎉\n';
    } else {
      // Limit the abstract to 700 characters
      if (abstract.length > 700) {
        abstract = abstract.substring(0, 700) + '...';
      }
    }
    
    paperMessage += 'Title: ' + title + '\n';
    paperMessage += 'Authors: ' + author_names.join(', ') + '\n';
    paperMessage += 'Category: ' + category + '\n';
    paperMessage += 'Link: ' + arxivlink + '\n \n';
    paperMessage += 'Abstract: ' + abstract + '\n\n';
    
    if (i == luckyIndex) {
      luckyMessage += paperMessage;
    } else {
      otherMessages += paperMessage;
    }
  }
  
  message += luckyMessage + '\n' + otherMessages;
  
  sendEmails(message);
  console.log(message)
}

  
  
function createQueryUrl(maxResults = 100, sortBy = 'submittedDate', sortOrder = 'descending') {
    var baseUrl = 'http://export.arxiv.org/api/query?';
    
  // List of keywords
  var keywords = ['%22Higgs+Effective+Field%22']; 
  var keyAuthors = ['%22Zohar+Komargodski%22', '%22Edward+Witten%22']; 
  
  // Combine keywords using the OR operator
  var keywordQuery = '(' + keywords.join(' OR ') + ')';
  var authorQuery = '(' + keyAuthors.join(' OR ') + ')';
  
  // Set the date range to the last 1 week
  var today = new Date();
  var oneWeekAgo = new Date();
  oneWeekAgo.setDate(today.getDate() - 7);
  
  var todayStr = Utilities.formatDate(today, Session.getScriptTimeZone(), 'yyyyMMdd');
  var oneWeekAgoStr = Utilities.formatDate(oneWeekAgo, Session.getScriptTimeZone(), 'yyyyMMdd');
  
  var dateRangeQuery = 'submittedDate:[' + oneWeekAgoStr + '0630 TO ' + todayStr + '1645]';
  
  // Combine the category, keyword, and date range queries
  var searchQuery = "( (cat:hep-ph AND (ti:" + keywordQuery + " OR abs:" + keywordQuery + ") ) OR au:" + authorQuery + " ) AND " + dateRangeQuery;
  
    var query = 'search_query=' + searchQuery;
    maxResults = 'max_results=' + maxResults;
    sortBy = 'sortBy=' + sortBy;
    sortOrder = 'sortOrder=' + sortOrder;
    
    var url = baseUrl + query + '&' + maxResults + '&' + sortBy + '&' + sortOrder;
    //console.log(url)
    return url;
  }
  
  
function sendEmails(message) {
    var emailAddress = 'wrhitemyemail@gmail.com';
    var subject = 'ArXiv Weekly';
    MailApp.sendEmail(emailAddress, subject, message, {
      body: message,
    });
  }