List google scholar search results for csv usage: ./list.py > list.csv

list.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
"""
    scholar.py -c 1 --txt --phrase "Upper Echelons - The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers"
"""

import os
import re
import subprocess

directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

from os import listdir
from os.path import isfile, join
pdfs = [ f for f in listdir(directory) if isfile(join(directory,f)) and re.search(r"\.pdf$", f, re.IGNORECASE) ]

print 'title;url;year;citations;versions;cluster_id;citations_list;versions_list;citations;filename'

for pdf in pdfs:
	title = re.sub(r'(?i)\.pdf$','', pdf)
	p = subprocess.Popen(['python', directory+'/scholar.py', '-c', '1', '--csv','--txt', '--phrase', title], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
	out, err = p.communicate()
	print out.strip()+';'+pdf

scholar.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
"""
This module provides classes for querying Google Scholar and parsing
returned results. It currently *only* processes the first results
page. It is not a recursive crawler.
"""
# ChangeLog
# ---------
#
# 2.4:  Bugfixes:
#
#       - Correctly handle Unicode characters when reporting results
#         in text format.
#
#       - Correctly parse citation-only (i.e. linkless) results in
#         Google Scholar results.
#
# 2.3:  Additional features:
#
#       - Direct extraction of first PDF version of an article
#
#       - Ability to pull up an article cluster's results directly.
#
#       This is based on work from @aliparsai on GitHub -- thanks!
#
#       - Suppress missing search results (so far shown as "None" in
#         the textual output form.
#
# 2.2:  Added a logging option that reports full HTML contents, for
#       debugging, as well as incrementally more detailed logging via
#       -d up to -dddd.
#
# 2.1:  Additional features:
#
#       - Improved cookie support: the new --cookie-file options
#         allows the reuse of a cookie across invocations of the tool;
#         this allows higher query rates than would otherwise result
#         when invoking scholar.py repeatedly.
#
#       - Workaround: remove the num= URL-encoded argument from parsed
#         URLs. For some reason, Google Scholar decides to propagate
#         the value from the original query into the URLs embedded in
#         the results.
#
# 2.0:  Thorough overhaul of design, with substantial improvements:
#
#       - Full support for advanced search arguments provided by
#         Google Scholar
#
#       - Support for retrieval of external citation formats, such as
#         BibTeX or EndNote
#
#       - Simple logging framework to track activity during execution
#
# 1.7:  Python 3 and BeautifulSoup 4 compatibility, as well as printing
#       of usage info when no options are given. Thanks to Pablo
#       Oliveira (https://github.com/pablooliveira)!
#
#       Also a bunch of pylinting and code cleanups.
#
# 1.6:  Cookie support, from Matej Smid (https://github.com/palmstrom).
#
# 1.5:  A few changes:
#
#       - Tweak suggested by Tobias Isenberg: use unicode during CSV
#         formatting.
#
#       - The option -c|--count now understands numbers up to 100 as
#         well. Likewise suggested by Tobias.
#
#       - By default, text rendering mode is now active. This avoids
#         confusion when playing with the script, as it used to report
#         nothing when the user didn't select an explicit output mode.
#
# 1.4:  Updates to reflect changes in Scholar's page rendering,
#       contributed by Amanda Hay at Tufts -- thanks!
#
# 1.3:  Updates to reflect changes in Scholar's page rendering.
#
# 1.2:  Minor tweaks, mostly thanks to helpful feedback from Dan Bolser.
#       Thanks Dan!
#
# 1.1:  Made author field explicit, added --author option.
#
# Don't complain about missing docstrings: pylint: disable-msg=C0111
#
# Copyright 2010--2014 Christian Kreibich. All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
# met:
#
#    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
#       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
#
#    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
#       copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
#       disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
#       with the distribution.
#
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
# DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
# INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
# (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
# SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
# HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
# STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
# IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
# POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

import optparse
import os
import sys
import re

try:
    # Try importing for Python 3
    # pylint: disable-msg=F0401
    # pylint: disable-msg=E0611
    from urllib.request import HTTPCookieProcessor, Request, build_opener
    from urllib.parse import quote
    from http.cookiejar import MozillaCookieJar
except ImportError:
    # Fallback for Python 2
    from urllib2 import Request, build_opener, HTTPCookieProcessor
    from urllib import quote
    from cookielib import MozillaCookieJar

# Import BeautifulSoup -- try 4 first, fall back to older
try:
    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
except ImportError:
    try:
        from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
    except ImportError:
        print('We need BeautifulSoup, sorry...')
        sys.exit(1)

# Support unicode in both Python 2 and 3. In Python 3, unicode is str.
if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
    unicode = str # pylint: disable-msg=W0622
    encode = lambda s: s # pylint: disable-msg=C0103
else:
    encode = lambda s: s.encode('utf-8') # pylint: disable-msg=C0103


class Error(Exception):
    """Base class for any Scholar error."""


class FormatError(Error):
    """A query argument or setting was formatted incorrectly."""


class QueryArgumentError(Error):
    """A query did not have a suitable set of arguments."""


class ScholarConf(object):
    """Helper class for global settings."""

    VERSION = '2.4'
    LOG_LEVEL = 1
    MAX_PAGE_RESULTS = 20 # Current maximum for per-page results
    SCHOLAR_SITE = 'http://scholar.google.com'

    # USER_AGENT = 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100913 Firefox/3.6.9'
    # Let's update at this point (3/14):
    USER_AGENT = 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0'

    # If set, we will use this file to read/save cookies to enable
    # cookie use across sessions.
    COOKIE_JAR_FILE = None

class ScholarUtils(object):
    """A wrapper for various utensils that come in handy."""

    LOG_LEVELS = {'error': 1,
                  'warn':  2,
                  'info':  3,
                  'debug': 4}

    @staticmethod
    def ensure_int(arg, msg=None):
        try:
            return int(arg)
        except ValueError:
            raise FormatError(msg)

    @staticmethod
    def log(level, msg):
        if level not in ScholarUtils.LOG_LEVELS.keys():
            return
        if ScholarUtils.LOG_LEVELS[level] > ScholarConf.LOG_LEVEL:
            return
        sys.stderr.write('[%5s]  %s' % (level.upper(), msg + '\n'))
        sys.stderr.flush()


class ScholarArticle(object):
    """
    A class representing articles listed on Google Scholar.  The class
    provides basic dictionary-like behavior.
    """
    def __init__(self):
        self.attrs = {
            'title':         [None, 'Title',          0],
            'url':           [None, 'URL',            1],
            'year':          [None, 'Year',           2],
            'num_citations': [0,    'Citations',      3],
            'num_versions':  [0,    'Versions',       4],
            'cluster_id':    [None, 'Cluster ID',     5],
            'url_pdf':       [None, 'PDF link',       6],
            'url_citations': [None, 'Citations list', 7],
            'url_versions':  [None, 'Versions list',  8],
            'url_citation':  [None, 'Citation link',  9],
        }

        # The citation data in one of the standard export formats,
        # e.g. BibTeX.
        self.citation_data = None

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        if key in self.attrs:
            return self.attrs[key][0]
        return None

    def __len__(self):
        return len(self.attrs)

    def __setitem__(self, key, item):
        if key in self.attrs:
            self.attrs[key][0] = item
        else:
            self.attrs[key] = [item, key, len(self.attrs)]

    def __delitem__(self, key):
        if key in self.attrs:
            del self.attrs[key]

    def set_citation_data(self, citation_data):
        self.citation_data = citation_data

    def as_txt(self):
        # Get items sorted in specified order:
        items = sorted(list(self.attrs.values()), key=lambda item: item[2])
        # Find largest label length:
        max_label_len = max([len(str(item[1])) for item in items])
        fmt = '%%%ds %%s' % max_label_len
        res = []
        for item in items:
            if item[0] is not None:
                res.append(fmt % (item[1], item[0]))
        return '\n'.join(res)

    def as_csv(self, header=False, sep=';'):
        # Get keys sorted in specified order:
        keys = [pair[0] for pair in \
                sorted([(key, val[2]) for key, val in list(self.attrs.items())],
                       key=lambda pair: pair[1])]
        res = []
        if header:
            res.append(sep.join(keys))
        res.append(sep.join([unicode(self.attrs[key][0]) for key in keys]))
        return '\n'.join(res)

    def as_citation(self):
        """
        Reports the article in a standard citation format. This works only
        if you have configured the querier to retrieve a particular
        citation export format. (See ScholarSettings.)
        """
        return self.citation_data or ''


class ScholarArticleParser(object):
    """
    ScholarArticleParser can parse HTML document strings obtained from
    Google Scholar. This is a base class; concrete implementations
    adapting to tweaks made by Google over time follow below.
    """
    def __init__(self, site=None):
        self.soup = None
        self.article = None
        self.site = site or ScholarConf.SCHOLAR_SITE
        self.year_re = re.compile(r'\b(?:20|19)\d{2}\b')

    def handle_article(self, art):
        """
        The parser invokes this callback on each article parsed
        successfully.  In this base class, the callback does nothing.
        """

    def parse(self, html):
        """
        This method initiates parsing of HTML content, cleans resulting
        content as needed, and notifies the parser instance of
        resulting instances via the handle_article callback.
        """
        self.soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
        for div in self.soup.findAll(ScholarArticleParser._tag_checker):
            self._parse_article(div)
            self._clean_article()
            if self.article['title']:
                self.handle_article(self.article)

    def _clean_article(self):
        """
        This gets invoked after we have parsed an article, to do any
        needed cleanup/polishing before we hand off the resulting
        article.
        """
        if self.article['title']:
            self.article['title'] = self.article['title'].strip()

    def _parse_article(self, div):
        self.article = ScholarArticle()

        for tag in div:
            if not hasattr(tag, 'name'):
                continue

            if tag.name == 'div' and self._tag_has_class(tag, 'gs_rt') and \
                    tag.h3 and tag.h3.a:
                self.article['title'] = ''.join(tag.h3.a.findAll(text=True))
                self.article['url'] = self._path2url(tag.h3.a['href'])
                if self.article['url'].endswith('.pdf'):
                    self.article['url_pdf'] = self.article['url']

            if tag.name == 'font':
                for tag2 in tag:
                    if not hasattr(tag2, 'name'):
                        continue
                    if tag2.name == 'span' and \
                       self._tag_has_class(tag2, 'gs_fl'):
                        self._parse_links(tag2)

    def _parse_links(self, span):
        for tag in span:
            if not hasattr(tag, 'name'):
                continue
            if tag.name != 'a' or tag.get('href') is None:
                continue

            if tag.get('href').startswith('/scholar?cites'):
                if hasattr(tag, 'string') and tag.string.startswith('Cited by'):
                    self.article['num_citations'] = \
                        self._as_int(tag.string.split()[-1])

                # Weird Google Scholar behavior here: if the original
                # search query came with a number-of-results limit,
                # then this limit gets propagated to the URLs embedded
                # in the results page as well. Same applies to
                # versions URL in next if-block.
                self.article['url_citations'] = \
                    self._strip_url_arg('num', self._path2url(tag.get('href')))

                # We can also extract the cluster ID from the versions
                # URL. Note that we know that the string contains "?",
                # from the above if-statement.
                args = self.article['url_citations'].split('?', 1)[1]
                for arg in args.split('&'):
                    if arg.startswith('cites='):
                        self.article['cluster_id'] = arg[6:]

            if tag.get('href').startswith('/scholar?cluster'):
                if hasattr(tag, 'string') and tag.string.startswith('All '):
                    self.article['num_versions'] = \
                        self._as_int(tag.string.split()[1])
                self.article['url_versions'] = \
                    self._strip_url_arg('num', self._path2url(tag.get('href')))

            if tag.getText().startswith('Import'):
                self.article['url_citation'] = self._path2url(tag.get('href'))


    @staticmethod
    def _tag_has_class(tag, klass):

        """
        This predicate function checks whether a BeatifulSoup Tag instance
        has a class attribute.
        """
        res = tag.get('class') or []
        if type(res) != list:
            # BeautifulSoup 3 can return e.g. 'gs_md_wp gs_ttss',
            # so split -- conveniently produces a list in any case
            res = res.split()
        return klass in res

    @staticmethod
    def _tag_checker(tag):
        return tag.name == 'div' \
            and ScholarArticleParser._tag_has_class(tag, 'gs_r')

    @staticmethod
    def _as_int(obj):
        try:
            return int(obj)
        except ValueError:
            return None

    def _path2url(self, path):
        """Helper, returns full URL in case path isn't one."""
        if path.startswith('http://'):
            return path
        if not path.startswith('/'):
            path = '/' + path
        return self.site + path

    def _strip_url_arg(self, arg, url):
        """Helper, removes a URL-encoded argument, if present."""
        parts = url.split('?', 1)
        if len(parts) != 2:
            return url
        res = []
        for part in parts[1].split('&'):
            if not part.startswith(arg + '='):
                res.append(part)
        return parts[0] + '?' + '&'.join(res)


class ScholarArticleParser120201(ScholarArticleParser):
    """
    This class reflects update to the Scholar results page layout that
    Google recently.
    """
    def _parse_article(self, div):
        self.article = ScholarArticle()

        for tag in div:
            if not hasattr(tag, 'name'):
                continue

            if tag.name == 'h3' and self._tag_has_class(tag, 'gs_rt') and tag.a:
                self.article['title'] = ''.join(tag.a.findAll(text=True))
                self.article['url'] = self._path2url(tag.a['href'])
                if self.article['url'].endswith('.pdf'):
                    self.article['url_pdf'] = self.article['url']

            if tag.name == 'div' and self._tag_has_class(tag, 'gs_a'):
                year = self.year_re.findall(tag.text)
                self.article['year'] = year[0] if len(year) > 0 else None

            if tag.name == 'div' and self._tag_has_class(tag, 'gs_fl'):
                self._parse_links(tag)


class ScholarArticleParser120726(ScholarArticleParser):
    """
    This class reflects update to the Scholar results page layout that
    Google made 07/26/12.
    """
    def _parse_article(self, div):
        self.article = ScholarArticle()

        for tag in div:
            if not hasattr(tag, 'name'):
                continue
            if str(tag).lower().find('.pdf'):
                if tag.find('div', {'class': 'gs_ttss'}):
                    self._parse_links(tag.find('div', {'class': 'gs_ttss'}))

            if tag.name == 'div' and self._tag_has_class(tag, 'gs_ri'):
                # There are (at least) two formats here. In the first
                # one, we have a link, e.g.:
                #
                # <h3 class="gs_rt">
                #   <a href="http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=972384" class="yC0">
                #     <b>Honeycomb</b>: creating intrusion detection signatures using
                #        honeypots
                #   </a>
                # </h3>
                #
                # In the other, there's no actual link -- it's what
                # Scholar renders as "CITATION" in the HTML:
                #
                # <h3 class="gs_rt">
                #   <span class="gs_ctu">
                #     <span class="gs_ct1">[CITATION]</span>
                #     <span class="gs_ct2">[C]</span>
                #   </span>
                #   <b>Honeycomb</b> automated ids signature creation using honeypots
                # </h3>
                #
                # We now distinguish the two.
                try:
                    atag = tag.h3.a
                    self.article['title'] = ''.join(atag.findAll(text=True))
                    self.article['url'] = self._path2url(atag['href'])
                    if self.article['url'].endswith('.pdf'):
                        self.article['url_pdf'] = self.article['url']
                except:
                    # Remove a few spans that have unneeded content (e.g. [CITATION])
                    for span in tag.h3.findAll(name='span'):
                        span.clear()
                    self.article['title'] = ''.join(tag.h3.findAll(text=True))

                if tag.find('div', {'class': 'gs_a'}):
                    year = self.year_re.findall(tag.find('div', {'class': 'gs_a'}).text)
                    self.article['year'] = year[0] if len(year) > 0 else None

                if tag.find('div', {'class': 'gs_fl'}):
                    self._parse_links(tag.find('div', {'class': 'gs_fl'}))


class ScholarQuery(object):
    """
    The base class for any kind of results query we send to Scholar.
    """
    def __init__(self):
        self.url = None
        self.num_results = ScholarConf.MAX_PAGE_RESULTS

    def set_num_page_results(self, num_page_results):
        msg = 'maximum number of results on page must be numeric'
        self.num_results = ScholarUtils.ensure_int(num_page_results, msg)

    def get_url(self):
        """
        Returns a complete, submittable URL string for this particular
        query instance. The URL and its arguments will vary depending
        on the query.
        """
        return None


class ClusterScholarQuery(ScholarQuery):
    """
    This version just pulls up an article cluster whose ID we already
    know about.
    """
    SCHOLAR_CLUSTER_URL = ScholarConf.SCHOLAR_SITE + '/scholar?' \
        + 'cluster=%(cluster)s' \
        + '&num=%(num)s'

    def __init__(self, cluster=None):
        ScholarQuery.__init__(self)
        self.cluster = None
        self.set_cluster(cluster)

    def set_cluster(self, cluster):
        """
        Sets search to a Google Scholar results cluster ID.
        """
        msg = 'cluster ID must be numeric'
        self.cluster = ScholarUtils.ensure_int(cluster, msg)

    def get_url(self):
        if self.cluster is None:
            raise QueryArgumentError('cluster query needs cluster ID')

        urlargs = {'cluster': self.cluster,
                   'num': self.num_results or ScholarConf.MAX_PAGE_RESULTS}

        for key, val in urlargs.items():
            urlargs[key] = quote(str(val))

        return self.SCHOLAR_CLUSTER_URL % urlargs


class SearchScholarQuery(ScholarQuery):
    """
    This version represents the search query parameters the user can
    configure on the Scholar website, in the advanced search options.
    """
    SCHOLAR_QUERY_URL = ScholarConf.SCHOLAR_SITE + '/scholar?' \
        + 'as_q=%(words)s' \
        + '&as_epq=%(phrase)s' \
        + '&as_oq=%(words_some)s' \
        + '&as_eq=%(words_none)s' \
        + '&as_occt=%(scope)s' \
        + '&as_sauthors=%(authors)s' \
        + '&as_publication=%(pub)s' \
        + '&as_ylo=%(ylo)s' \
        + '&as_yhi=%(yhi)s' \
        + '&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&num=%(num)s'

    def __init__(self):
        ScholarQuery.__init__(self)
        self.words = None # The default search behavior
        self.words_some = None # At least one of those words
        self.words_none = None # None of these words
        self.phrase = None
        self.scope_title = False # If True, search in title only
        self.author = None
        self.pub = None
        self.timeframe = [None, None]

    def set_words(self, words):
        """Sets words that *all* must be found in the result."""
        self.words = words

    def set_words_some(self, words):
        """Sets words of which *at least one* must be found in result."""
        self.words_some = words

    def set_words_none(self, words):
        """Sets words of which *none* must be found in the result."""
        self.words_none = words

    def set_phrase(self, phrase):
        """Sets phrase that must be found in the result exactly."""
        self.phrase = phrase

    def set_scope(self, title_only):
        """
        Sets Boolean indicating whether to search entire article or title
        only.
        """
        self.scope_title = title_only

    def set_author(self, author):
        """Sets names that must be on the result's author list."""
        self.author = author

    def set_pub(self, pub):
        """Sets the publication in which the result must be found."""
        self.pub = pub

    def set_timeframe(self, start=None, end=None):
        """
        Sets timeframe (in years as integer) in which result must have
        appeared. It's fine to specify just start or end, or both.
        """
        if start:
            start = ScholarUtils.ensure_int(start)
        if end:
            end = ScholarUtils.ensure_int(end)
        self.timeframe = [start, end]

    def get_url(self):
        if self.words is None and self.words_some is None \
           and self.words_none is None and self.phrase is None \
           and self.author is None and self.pub is None \
           and self.timeframe[0] is None and self.timeframe[1] is None:
            raise QueryArgumentError('search query needs more parameters')

        urlargs = {'words': self.words or '',
                   'words_some': self.words_some or '',
                   'words_none': self.words_none or '',
                   'phrase': self.phrase or '',
                   'scope': 'title' if self.scope_title else 'any',
                   'authors': self.author or '',
                   'pub': self.pub or '',
                   'ylo': self.timeframe[0] or '',
                   'yhi': self.timeframe[1] or '',
                   'num': self.num_results or ScholarConf.MAX_PAGE_RESULTS}

        for key, val in urlargs.items():
            urlargs[key] = quote(str(val))

        return self.SCHOLAR_QUERY_URL % urlargs


class ScholarSettings(object):

    """
    This class lets you adjust the Scholar settings for your
    session. It's intended to mirror the features tunable in the
    Scholar Settings pane, but right now it's a bit basic.
    """
    CITFORM_NONE = 0
    CITFORM_REFWORKS = 1
    CITFORM_REFMAN = 2
    CITFORM_ENDNOTE = 3
    CITFORM_BIBTEX = 4

    def __init__(self):
        self.citform = 0 # Citation format, default none
        self.per_page_results = ScholarConf.MAX_PAGE_RESULTS
        self._is_configured = False

    def set_citation_format(self, citform):
        citform = ScholarUtils.ensure_int(citform)
        if citform < 0 or citform > self.CITFORM_BIBTEX:
            raise FormatError('citation format invalid, is "%s"' \
                              % citform)
        self.citform = citform
        self._is_configured = True

    def set_per_page_results(self, per_page_results):
        msg = 'page results must be integer'
        self.per_page_results = ScholarUtils.ensure_int(per_page_results, msg)
        self.per_page_results = min(self.per_page_results,
                                    ScholarConf.MAX_PAGE_RESULTS)
        self._is_configured = True

    def is_configured(self):
        return self._is_configured


class ScholarQuerier(object):

    """
    ScholarQuerier instances can conduct a search on Google Scholar
    with subsequent parsing of the resulting HTML content.  The
    articles found are collected in the articles member, a list of
    ScholarArticle instances.
    """

    # Default URLs for visiting and submitting Settings pane, as of 3/14
    GET_SETTINGS_URL = ScholarConf.SCHOLAR_SITE + '/scholar_settings?' \
        + 'sciifh=1&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5'

    SET_SETTINGS_URL = ScholarConf.SCHOLAR_SITE + '/scholar_setprefs?' \
        + 'q=' \
        + '&scisig=%(scisig)s' \
        + '&inststart=0' \
        + '&as_sdt=1,5' \
        + '&as_sdtp=' \
        + '&num=%(num)s' \
        + '&scis=%(scis)s' \
        + '%(scisf)s' \
        + '&hl=en&lang=all&instq=&inst=569367360547434339&save='

    # Older URLs:
    # ScholarConf.SCHOLAR_SITE + '/scholar?q=%s&hl=en&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2001&as_sdtp=on

    class Parser(ScholarArticleParser120726):
        def __init__(self, querier):
            ScholarArticleParser120726.__init__(self)
            self.querier = querier

        def handle_article(self, art):
            self.querier.add_article(art)

    def __init__(self):
        self.articles = []
        self.query = None
        self.cjar = MozillaCookieJar()

        # If we have a cookie file, load it:
        if ScholarConf.COOKIE_JAR_FILE and \
           os.path.exists(ScholarConf.COOKIE_JAR_FILE):
            try:
                self.cjar.load(ScholarConf.COOKIE_JAR_FILE,
                               ignore_discard=True)
                ScholarUtils.log('info', 'loaded cookies file')
            except Exception as msg:
                ScholarUtils.log('warn', 'could not load cookies file: %s' % msg)
                self.cjar = MozillaCookieJar() # Just to be safe

        self.opener = build_opener(HTTPCookieProcessor(self.cjar))
        self.settings = None # Last settings object, if any

    def apply_settings(self, settings):
        """
        Applies settings as provided by a ScholarSettings instance.
        """
        if settings is None or not settings.is_configured():
            return True

        self.settings = settings

        # This is a bit of work. We need to actually retrieve the
        # contents of the Settings pane HTML in order to extract
        # hidden fields before we can compose the query for updating
        # the settings.
        html = self._get_http_response(url=self.GET_SETTINGS_URL,
                                       log_msg='dump of settings form HTML',
                                       err_msg='requesting settings failed')
        if html is None:
            return False

        # Now parse the required stuff out of the form. We require the
        # "scisig" token to make the upload of our settings acceptable
        # to Google.
        soup = BeautifulSoup(html)

        tag = soup.find(name='form', attrs={'id': 'gs_settings_form'})
        if tag is None:
            ScholarUtils.log('info', 'parsing settings failed: no form')
            return False

        tag = tag.find('input', attrs={'type':'hidden', 'name':'scisig'})
        if tag is None:
            ScholarUtils.log('info', 'parsing settings failed: scisig')
            return False

        urlargs = {'scisig': tag['value'],
                   'num': settings.per_page_results,
                   'scis': 'no',
                   'scisf': ''}

        if settings.citform != 0:
            urlargs['scis'] = 'yes'
            urlargs['scisf'] = '&scisf=%d' % settings.citform

        html = self._get_http_response(url=self.SET_SETTINGS_URL % urlargs,
                                       log_msg='dump of settings result HTML',
                                       err_msg='applying setttings failed')
        if html is None:
            return False

        ScholarUtils.log('info', 'settings applied')
        return True

    def send_query(self, query):
        """
        This method initiates a search query (a ScholarQuery instance)
        with subsequent parsing of the response.
        """
        self.clear_articles()
        self.query = query

        html = self._get_http_response(url=query.get_url(),
                                       log_msg='dump of query response HTML',
                                       err_msg='results retrieval failed')
        if html is None:
            return

        self.parse(html)

    def get_citation_data(self, article):
        """
        Given an article, retrieves citation link. Note, this requires that
        you adjusted the settings to tell Google Scholar to actually
        provide this information, *prior* to retrieving the article.
        """
        if article['url_citation'] is None:
            return False
        if article.citation_data is not None:
            return True

        ScholarUtils.log('info', 'retrieving citation export data')
        data = self._get_http_response(url=article['url_citation'],
                                       log_msg='citation data response',
                                       err_msg='requesting citation data failed')
        if data is None:
            return False

        article.set_citation_data(data)
        return True

    def parse(self, html):
        """
        This method allows parsing of provided HTML content.
        """
        parser = self.Parser(self)
        parser.parse(html)

    def add_article(self, art):
        self.get_citation_data(art)
        self.articles.append(art)

    def clear_articles(self):
        """Clears any existing articles stored from previous queries."""
        self.articles = []

    def save_cookies(self):
        """
        This stores the latest cookies we're using to disk, for reuse in a
        later session.
        """
        if ScholarConf.COOKIE_JAR_FILE is None:
            return False
        try:
            self.cjar.save(ScholarConf.COOKIE_JAR_FILE,
                           ignore_discard=True)
            ScholarUtils.log('info', 'saved cookies file')
            return True
        except Exception as msg:
            ScholarUtils.log('warn', 'could not save cookies file: %s' % msg)
            return False

    def _get_http_response(self, url, log_msg=None, err_msg=None):
        """
        Helper method, sends HTTP request and returns response payload.
        """
        if log_msg is None:
            log_msg = 'HTTP response data follow'
        if err_msg is None:
            err_msg = 'request failed'
        try:
            ScholarUtils.log('info', 'requesting %s' % url)

            req = Request(url=url, headers={'User-Agent': ScholarConf.USER_AGENT})
            hdl = self.opener.open(req)
            html = hdl.read()

            ScholarUtils.log('debug', log_msg)
            ScholarUtils.log('debug', '>>>>' + '-'*68)
            ScholarUtils.log('debug', 'url: %s' % hdl.geturl())
            ScholarUtils.log('debug', 'result: %s' % hdl.getcode())
            ScholarUtils.log('debug', 'headers:\n' + str(hdl.info()))
            ScholarUtils.log('debug', 'data:\n' + html)
            ScholarUtils.log('debug', '<<<<' + '-'*68)

            return html
        except Exception as err:
            ScholarUtils.log('info', err_msg + ': %s' % err)
            return None


def txt(querier):
    articles = querier.articles
    for art in articles:
        print(encode(art.as_txt()) + '\n')

def csv(querier, header=False, sep=';'):
    articles = querier.articles
    for art in articles:
        result = art.as_csv(header=header, sep=sep)
        print(encode(result))
        header = False

def citation_export(querier):
    articles = querier.articles
    for art in articles:
        print(art.as_citation() + '\n')


def main():
    usage = """scholar.py [options] <query string>
A command-line interface to Google Scholar.

Examples:

# Retrieve one article written by Einstein on quantum theory:
scholar.py -c 1 --author "albert einstein" --phrase "quantum theory"

# Retrieve a BibTeX entry for that quantum theory paper:
scholar.py -c 1 -C 17749203648027613321 --citation bt

# Retrieve five articles written by Einstein after 1970 where the title
# does not contain the words "quantum" and "theory":
scholar.py -c 5 -a "albert einstein" -t --none "quantum theory" --after 1970"""

    fmt = optparse.IndentedHelpFormatter(max_help_position=50, width=100)
    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage, formatter=fmt)
    group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Query arguments',
                                 'These options define search query arguments and parameters.')
    group.add_option('-a', '--author', metavar='AUTHORS', default=None,
                     help='Author name(s)')
    group.add_option('-A', '--all', metavar='WORDS', default=None, dest='allw',
                     help='Results must contain all of these words')
    group.add_option('-s', '--some', metavar='WORDS', default=None,
                     help='Results must contain at least one of these words')
    group.add_option('-n', '--none', metavar='WORDS', default=None,
                     help='Results must contain none of these words')
    group.add_option('-p', '--phrase', metavar='PHRASE', default=None,
                     help='Results must contain exact phrase')
    group.add_option('-t', '--title-only', action='store_true', default=False,
                     help='Search title only')
    group.add_option('-P', '--pub', metavar='PUBLICATIONS', default=None,
                     help='Results must have appeared in this publication')
    group.add_option('--after', metavar='YEAR', default=None,
                     help='Results must have appeared in or after given year')
    group.add_option('--before', metavar='YEAR', default=None,
                     help='Results must have appeared in or before given year')
    group.add_option('-C', '--cluster-id', metavar='CLUSTER_ID', default=None,
                     help='Do not search, just use articles in given cluster ID')
    group.add_option('-c', '--count', type='int', default=None,
                     help='Maximum number of results')
    parser.add_option_group(group)

    group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Output format',
                                 'These options control the appearance of the results.')
    group.add_option('--txt', action='store_true',
                     help='Print article data in text format (default)')
    group.add_option('--csv', action='store_true',
                     help='Print article data in CSV form (separator is "|")')
    group.add_option('--csv-header', action='store_true',
                     help='Like --csv, but print header with column names')
    group.add_option('--citation', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
                     help='Print article details in standard citation format. Argument Must be one of "bt" (BibTeX), "en" (EndNote), "rm" (RefMan), or "rw" (RefWorks).')
    parser.add_option_group(group)

    group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Miscellaneous')
    group.add_option('--cookie-file', metavar='FILE', default=None,
                     help='File to use for cookie storage. If given, will read any existing cookies if found at startup, and save resulting cookies in the end.')
    group.add_option('-d', '--debug', action='count', default=0,
                     help='Enable verbose logging to stderr. Repeated options increase detail of debug output.')
    group.add_option('-v', '--version', action='store_true', default=False,
                     help='Show version information')
    parser.add_option_group(group)

    options, _ = parser.parse_args()

    # Show help if we have neither keyword search nor author name
    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
        parser.print_help()
        return 1

    if options.debug > 0:
        options.debug = min(options.debug, ScholarUtils.LOG_LEVELS['debug'])
        ScholarConf.LOG_LEVEL = options.debug
        ScholarUtils.log('info', 'using log level %d' % ScholarConf.LOG_LEVEL)

    if options.version:
        print 'This is scholar.py %s.' % ScholarConf.VERSION
        return 0

    if options.cookie_file:
        ScholarConf.COOKIE_JAR_FILE = options.cookie_file

    # Sanity-check the options: if they include a cluster ID query, it
    # makes no sense to have search arguments:
    if options.cluster_id is not None:
        if options.author or options.allw or options.some or options.none \
           or options.phrase or options.title_only or options.pub \
           or options.after or options.before:
            print 'Cluster ID queries do not allow additional search arguments.'
            return 1

    querier = ScholarQuerier()
    settings = ScholarSettings()

    if options.citation == 'bt':
        settings.set_citation_format(ScholarSettings.CITFORM_BIBTEX)
    elif options.citation == 'en':
        settings.set_citation_format(ScholarSettings.CITFORM_ENDNOTE)
    elif options.citation == 'rm':
        settings.set_citation_format(ScholarSettings.CITFORM_REFMAN)
    elif options.citation == 'rw':
        settings.set_citation_format(ScholarSettings.CITFORM_REFWORKS)
    elif options.citation is not None:
        print 'Invalid citation link format, must be one of "bt", "en", "rm", or "rw".'
        return 1

    querier.apply_settings(settings)

    if options.cluster_id:
        query = ClusterScholarQuery(cluster=options.cluster_id)
    else:
        query = SearchScholarQuery()
        if options.author:
            query.set_author(options.author)
        if options.allw:
            query.set_words(options.allw)
        if options.some:
            query.set_words_some(options.some)
        if options.none:
            query.set_words_none(options.none)
        if options.phrase:
            query.set_phrase(options.phrase)
        if options.title_only:
            query.set_scope(True)
        if options.pub:
            query.set_pub(options.pub)
        if options.after or options.before:
            query.set_timeframe(options.after, options.before)

    if options.count is not None:
        options.count = min(options.count, ScholarConf.MAX_PAGE_RESULTS)
        query.set_num_page_results(options.count)

    querier.send_query(query)

    if options.csv:
        csv(querier)
    elif options.csv_header:
        csv(querier, header=True)
    elif options.citation is not None:
        citation_export(querier)
    else:
        txt(querier)

    if options.cookie_file:
        querier.save_cookies()

    return 0

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sys.exit(main())