elsevier
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
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| ERM_PDF_NAME | No | Template for naming downloaded PDFs. Default names are `{first_author} {year} - {title}.pdf`. | |
| ERM_CONFIG_FILE | No | Path to a different config file to use instead of the default. | |
| ELSEVIER_API_KEY | Yes | Your Elsevier API key, obtained from https://dev.elsevier.com. Can be saved in the config file (e.g. ~/.config/elsevier-research-mcp-utm/.env) or provided as an environment variable; environment variables win over the file. | |
| ERM_DOWNLOAD_DIR | No | Directory where downloaded PDFs are saved. | |
| ELSEVIER_INSTTOKEN | No | Optional Elsevier insttoken, available from your library, to enable abstracts and full text off-campus. | |
| ERM_WINDOW_MINUTES | No | Length of the download limit time window in minutes. | 15 |
| ERM_MAX_MB_PER_WINDOW | No | Maximum number of megabytes that may be downloaded per time window. | 100 |
| ERM_MIN_DELAY_SECONDS | No | Minimum delay in seconds between downloads. | 10 |
| ERM_MAX_ARTICLES_PER_DAY | No | Maximum number of articles that may be downloaded per day. | 20 |
| ERM_MAX_ARTICLES_PER_WINDOW | No | Maximum number of articles that may be downloaded per time window. | 5 |
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