Package: scirate
sciratePython wrapper for extracting information from Scirate :microscope:This package provides a Python interface for theScirate website.DependenciesThis package depends on the following packages:bs4lxmlrequestsThey can be installed usingpip.sudo pip install -r requirements.txtIf you want to contribute to this package, you will need thenosepackage as well.InstallationThe preferred way to install thesciratepackage is viapipsudo pip install scirateAlternatively to install, you may also run the following command from the top-level package
directory.sudo python setup.py installExamplesThis package provides a Python interface for interfacing with the Scirate
website. Here are a few examples demonstrating how to access data on
Scirate.ClientsIn order to interface with the content on Scirate, we start off my
creating a client. This client will be responsible for requesting
information from Scirate and will serve as the intermediary for
requesting and obtaining data.fromscirate.clientimportScirateClientclient=ScirateClient()PapersLet us access a paper on Scirate via the arXiv identifier. Say we want to
access information via Scirate on the followinglisting 1509.01147.We can grab some of the basic information, such as the authors, title, abstract, arXiv category,
etc.>>>fromscirate.paperimportSciratePaper>>>paper=client.paper("1509.01147")>>>"The Information Paradox for Black Holes">>>paper.authors>>>['S. W. Hawking']>>>paper.abstract[0:50]>>>"I propose that the information loss paradox can be">>>paper.category>>>"hep-th"We can also grab some of the more Scirate-specific metrics. Such as the number of
scites for a given article, who scited the article, etc.>>>paper.scites>>>6>>>paper.scitors>>>['Andrew Childs','Jonny','Mehdi Ahmadi','Noon van der Silk','Ryan L. Mann','Tom Wong']Consult the documentation for further examples of information that can be obtained
from a paper.AuthorsYou can get information about an author as well.>>>fromscirate.authorimportScirateAuthor>>>author=client.author("Terrance","Tao","math.CO")>>>author>>>"Terrance Tao">>>author.papers[0]>>>"An inverse theorem for an inequality of Kneser">>>author.arxiv_ids[0]>>>"1711.04337"Using the arXiv identifier along with what we did in the Papers
section, we can obtain further information about that paper if
we wish>>>paper=client.paper(author.arxiv_ids[0])>>>paper.scites>>>0Note that the mathematician Terrance Tao published on multiple arXiv
categories. We can look up his papers under the math.NT category as
well.>>>author=client.author("Terrance","Tao","math.NT")>>>author.papers[0]>>>"Long gaps in sieved sets">>>author.category>>>math.NTCategoriesOne may also wish to look at papers under various arXiv identifier
listings on Scirate. For instance, one may wish to find all of the
papers posted under the ‘quant-ph’ category posted on September 7, 2017.>>>fromscirate.categoryimportScirateCategory>>>category=client.category("quant-ph","09-07-2017")>>>category.papers[0:2]>>>['Quantum Advantage from Conjugated Clifford Circuits','Extended Nonlocal Games from Quantum-Classical Games']DocumentationRead more about this packagehere.ContributionIf you find an API method that is not supported by this package, feel
free to create a Github issue. Also, you are more than welcome to submit
a pull request for a bug fix or additional feature.LicenseMIT License