def detect_genders(results):
d = gender.Detector(case_sensitive=False)
genders = []
for record in results:
try:
for name in record['message']['author']:
name = HumanName(name['given'])
# Check for people with a first initial rather than a first name
if name.is_an_initial(name.first):
# These people may use a middle name as their given name
if len(name.middle) > 1:
genders.append(d.get_gender(name.middle))
else:
# Seems like a first name we can process
genders.append(d.get_gender(name.first))
except:
# No author record - possibly citing an organisation, or invalid DOI
pass
return genders
print('\n\n\tFound {} references.'.format(len(refs.entries)))
print('\tReferences without a DOI cannot be processed.\n\n')
for ref in refs.entries:
try:
doi = url.quote(ref['doi'])
query = 'https://api.crossref.org/works/{}'.format(doi)
r = requests.get(query, headers=headers)
try:
for author in r.json()['message']['author']:
name = author['given']
name = HumanName(name)
# Check for people with a first initial rather than a first name
if name.is_an_initial(name.first):
# These people may use a middle name as their given name
if len(name.middle) > 1:
genders.append(d.get_gender(name.middle))
else:
# Seems like a first name we can process
genders.append(d.get_gender(name.first))
except:
# No author record - possibly citing an organisation, or invalid DOI
pass
except:
# Call to Crossref has failed in a bad way
pass
