Paper Search MCP

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• paper_search_mcp/academic_platforms/iacr.py:194-221 (handler)

  The actual download_pdf method of IACRSearcher class which performs the PDF file download from IACR ePrint Archive.

  def download_pdf(self, paper_id: str, save_path: str) -> str:
      """
      Download PDF from IACR ePrint Archive
  
      Args:
          paper_id: IACR paper ID (e.g., "2025/1014")
          save_path: Path to save the PDF
  
      Returns:
          str: Path to downloaded file or error message
      """
      try:
          pdf_url = f"{self.IACR_BASE_URL}/{paper_id}.pdf"
  
          response = self.session.get(pdf_url)
  
          if response.status_code == 200:
              filename = f"{save_path}/iacr_{paper_id.replace('/', '_')}.pdf"
              os.makedirs(save_path, exist_ok=True)
              with open(filename, "wb") as f:
                  f.write(response.content)
              return filename
          else:
              return f"Failed to download PDF: HTTP {response.status_code}"
  
      except Exception as e:
          logger.error(f"PDF download error: {e}")
          return f"Error downloading PDF: {e}"

• paper_search_mcp/server.py:508-517 (handler)

  The tool handler function download_iacr which calls the underlying iacr_searcher.download_pdf implementation.

  async def download_iacr(paper_id: str, save_path: str = "./downloads") -> str:
      """Download PDF of an IACR ePrint paper.
  
      Args:
          paper_id: IACR paper ID (e.g., '2009/101').
          save_path: Directory to save the PDF (default: './downloads').
      Returns:
          Path to the downloaded PDF file.
      """
      return iacr_searcher.download_pdf(paper_id, save_path)