Download pdf files from arxiv based on a search query. https://github.com/lukasschwab/arxiv.py

arxiv_query.py

import time, os
import arxiv

QUERY = 'ECB'
NUM_RESULTS = 10 # 
SLEEPTIME = 0.1 # seconds
savedir = './arxiv_papers/{}/'.format(QUERY)

if not os.path.exists(savedir):
    os.makedirs(savedir)

# Query for a paper of interest, then download
papers = arxiv.query(search_query=QUERY, max_results=NUM_RESULTS)

# download papers
for paper in papers:
    try:
        arxiv.download(paper, dirname=savedir, slugify=True)
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
    # be gentle to the api
    time.sleep(SLEEPTIME)