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paper_read

Extract text content from academic paper PDFs using identifiers from arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, IACR, Semantic Scholar, or CrossRef sources.

Instructions

Read and extract text content from academic paper PDFs from multiple sources.

Input Constraints:

  • searcher: Required, must be one of: arxiv, pubmed, biorxiv, medrxiv, iacr, semantic, crossref

  • paper_id: Required, 1-200 characters, cannot be empty

Example:

arXiv

paper_read({"searcher": "arxiv", "paper_id": "2106.12345", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is arXiv ID.

PubMed

paper_read({"searcher": "pubmed", "paper_id": "32790614", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is PubMed ID (PMID).

bioRxiv

paper_read({"searcher": "biorxiv", "paper_id": "10.1101/2020.01.01.123456", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is bioRxiv DOI.

medRxiv

paper_read({"searcher": "medrxiv", "paper_id": "10.1101/2020.01.01.123456", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is medRxiv DOI.

IACR

paper_read({"searcher": "iacr", "paper_id": "2009/101", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is IACR paper ID.

Semantic Scholar

paper_read({"searcher": "semantic", "paper_id": "DOI:10.18653/v1/N18-3011", "save_path": "./downloads"}) where paper_id: Semantic Scholar paper ID, Paper identifier in one of the following formats: - Semantic Scholar ID (e.g., "649def34f8be52c8b66281af98ae884c09aef38b") - DOI: (e.g., "DOI:10.18653/v1/N18-3011") - ARXIV: (e.g., "ARXIV:2106.15928") - MAG: (e.g., "MAG:112218234") - ACL: (e.g., "ACL:W12-3903") - PMID: (e.g., "PMID:19872477") - PMCID: (e.g., "PMCID:2323736") - URL: (e.g., "URL:https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.15928v1")

CrossRef

paper_read({"searcher": "crossref", "paper_id": "10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2", "save_path": "./downloads"}) # paper_id is DOI.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
searcherYes
paper_idYesThe unique identifier of the paper to read (format depends on searcher)

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