def get_ID_list(xml):
try:
root = ET.fromstring(xml)
ID_List_ofElements = root.findall("./IdList/Id")
ids = []
for element in ID_List_ofElements:
singleID_string = ET.tostring(element, method='text')
singleID_string_stripped = singleID_string.replace("\n", "")
ids.append(singleID_string_stripped)
except AttributeError:
ids = []
print("No Papers with both queries were found on PubMed")
PPI_cite_main.no_papers_with_queries("No Papers with both queries were found on PubMed", None, None, None, None, None)
existing_papers = [] # Use this in the future to make database of existing IDs
papers_to_download = []
for ind_id in ids:
papers_to_download.append(ind_id)
full_ID_List = {"existing_papers":existing_papers,
"papers_to_download":papers_to_download}
return full_ID_List
