views.py

from .models import Researcher 
from django.shortcuts import render 
from serpapi import GoogleSearch

def get_researchers_citations(request, author_gs_url):
  context = {}
  author_gs_id = author_gs_url.partition('user=')[2][:12] # this to get only the id part from the given url
  params = {
    "engine": "google_scholar_author",
    "author_id": author_gs_id,
    "api_key": "<your-api-key>"
  }
  search = GoogleSearch(params)
  results = search.get_dict()
  if 'author' in results : # this check if the id is valid 
    author_citations = results["cited_by"]["table"][0]["citations"]["all"]
    context["author_name"] = results["author"]["name"]
    context["author_citations"] = author_citations
  else:
    context["error"] = "the author id not valid"
  return render(request , 'template.html' , context)