Paper Search MCP

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• paper_search_mcp/server.py:1066-1078 (handler)

  The download_dblp handler in server.py calls the DBLPSearcher.download_pdf method.

  async def download_dblp(paper_id: str, save_path: str = "./downloads") -> str:
      """Download PDF for a paper from dblp.
  
      Note: dblp doesn't provide direct PDF access.
      This function returns an informative message.
  
      Args:
          paper_id: dblp paper identifier.
          save_path: Directory to save the PDF (default: './downloads').
      Returns:
          str: Message indicating that direct PDF download is not supported.
      """
      return dblp_searcher.download_pdf(paper_id, save_path)

• paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/dblp.py:324-344 (handler)

  The DBLPSearcher.download_pdf method, which is invoked by the download_dblp handler, raises a NotImplementedError as dblp does not support direct PDF downloads.

  def download_pdf(self, paper_id: str, save_path: str) -> str:
      """
      Download PDF for a dblp paper.
  
      Note: dblp doesn't provide direct PDF access.
      This method tries to find PDF through DOI or other sources.
  
      Args:
          paper_id: dblp paper identifier
          save_path: Directory to save the PDF
  
      Returns:
          Path to the saved PDF file
  
      Raises:
          NotImplementedError: dblp doesn't support direct PDF downloads
      """
      raise NotImplementedError(
          "dblp doesn't provide direct PDF access. "
          "Use DOI to download from other sources (Crossref, publisher sites, etc.)."
      )