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springer.py
import sys
import csv
import requests
from pathlib import Path
if __name__ == '__main__':
with open(sys.argv[1]) as csv_file:
csv = csv.DictReader(csv_file, delimiter=",", quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL)
next(csv)
for row in csv:
print(f'Processing {row["Item Title"]} by {row["Authors"]}')
try:
print("Downloading PDF")
url = f'https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/{row["Item DOI"]}.pdf'
content = requests.get(url)
if len(content.content) < 500:
raise Exception("Not a PDF")
open(f'{Path(sys.argv[1]).parent}/{row["Item Title"]} - {row["Authors"]}.pdf', 'wb').write(content.content)
except:
print(f'Failed to download PDF for {row["Item Title"]} by {row["Authors"]}')
try:
print("Downloading EPUB")
url = f'https://link.springer.com/download/epub/{row["Item DOI"]}.epub'
content = requests.get(url)
if len(content.content) < 500:
raise Exception("Not a EPUB")
open(f'{Path(sys.argv[1]).parent}/{row["Item Title"]} - {row["Authors"]}.epub', 'wb').write(content.content)
except:
print(f'Failed to download EPUB for {row["Item Title"]} by {row["Authors"]}')
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madhead commented May 1, 2020

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