def get_folder(api, view):
"""Auxiliary function to get the cache folder belonging to a an API
and eventually create the folder.
"""
if not config.has_section('Directories'):
create_config()
try:
folder = config.get('Directories', api)
except NoOptionError:
folder = DEFAULT_PATHS[api]
folder = os.path.join(folder, view or '')
if not os.path.exists(folder):
os.makedirs(folder)
return folder
def get_folder(api, view):
"""Auxiliary function to get the cache folder belonging to an API,
eventually create the folder.
"""
if not config.has_section('Directories'):
create_config()
try:
folder = config.get('Directories', api)
except NoOptionError:
folder = DEFAULT_PATHS[api]
config.set('Directories', api, folder)
with open(CONFIG_FILE, 'w') as f:
config.write(f)
folder = os.path.join(folder, view or '')
if not os.path.exists(folder):
os.makedirs(folder)
return folder
def get_content(url, params={}, *args, **kwds):
"""Helper function to download a file and return its content.
Parameters
----------
url : string
The URL to be parsed.
params : dict (optional)
Dictionary containing query parameters. For required keys
and accepted values see e.g.
https://api.elsevier.com/documentation/AuthorRetrievalAPI.wadl
*args, **kwds : key-value parings, optional
Keywords passed on to as query parameters. Must contain fields
and values specified in the respective API specification.
Raises
------
ScopusHtmlError or HTTPError
If the status of the response is not ok.
ValueError
If the accept parameter is not one of the accepted values.
Returns
-------
resp : byte-like object
The content of the file, which needs to be serialized.
"""
from simplejson import JSONDecodeError
# Get credentials and set request headers
key = config.get('Authentication', 'APIKey')
header = {
'X-ELS-APIKey': key,
'Accept': 'application/json',
'User-Agent': user_agent
}
if config.has_option('Authentication', 'InstToken'):
token = config.get('Authentication', 'InstToken')
header.update({'X-ELS-APIKey': key, 'X-ELS-Insttoken': token})
# Perform request
params.update(**kwds)
# If config.ini has a section as follows:
#
# [Proxy]
# https = protocol://server:port
#
# it uses a proxy as defined
# see requests documentation for details
if config.has_section("Proxy"):
proxyDict = dict(config.items("Proxy"))
resp = requests.get(url,
headers=header,
proxies=proxyDict,
params=params)
else:
resp = requests.get(url, headers=header, params=params)
# Try raising ScopusError with supplied error message
# if no message given, do without supplied error message
# at least raise requests error
try:
error_type = errors[resp.status_code]
try:
reason = resp.json()['service-error']['status']['statusText']
except (JSONDecodeError, KeyError):
try:
reason = resp.json()['message']
except:
reason = ""
raise errors[resp.status_code](reason)
except KeyError:
resp.raise_for_status()
return resp
