import re
import sys
import json
import urllib.parse
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
RESEARCHSQUARE_REGEX = re.compile(r'"url":"(https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/.{1,50}/v\d+/Manuscript.pdf)"')
IEEEXPLORE_REGEX = re.compile(r'"pdfPath":"(/.*?\.pdf)"')
OVID_JOURNAL_URL_REGEX = re.compile(r'journalURL = "(http.*)";')
SCIENCEDIRECT_BOUNCE_URL_REGEX = re.compile(r"window.location = '(http.*)';")
def extract_fulltext_url(html_url, html_body):
"""
Takes an HTML document (and URL), assumed to be a landing page, and tries
to find a fulltext PDF url.
On error, or if fails to extract a URL, returns an empty dict.
"""
host_prefix = '/'.join(html_url.split('/')[:3])
try:
soup = BeautifulSoup(html_body, 'html.parser')
except TypeError as te:
print(f"{te} (url={html_url})", file=sys.stderr)
return dict()
except UnboundLocalError as ule:
print(f"{ule} (url={html_url})", file=sys.stderr)
return dict()
### General Tricks ###
# highwire-style meta tag
meta = soup.find('meta', attrs={"name":"citation_pdf_url"})
if not meta:
meta = soup.find('meta', attrs={"name":"bepress_citation_pdf_url"})
if not meta:
meta = soup.find('meta', attrs={"name":"wkhealth_pdf_url"})
if not meta:
# researchgate does this; maybe others also?
meta = soup.find('meta', attrs={"property":"citation_pdf_url"})
if not meta:
meta = soup.find('meta', attrs={"name":"eprints.document_url"})
# if tag is only partially populated
if meta and not meta.get('content'):
meta = None
# wiley has a weird almost-blank page we don't want to loop on
if meta and not "://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/" in html_url:
url = meta['content'].strip()
if '://doi.org/' in url:
print(f"\tdoi.org in citation_pdf_url (loop?): {url}", file=sys.stderr)
elif url.startswith('/'):
if host_prefix+url == html_url:
print(f"\tavoiding citation_pdf_url link-loop", file=sys.stderr)
else:
return dict(pdf_url=host_prefix+url, technique='citation_pdf_url')
elif url.startswith('http'):
if url == html_url:
print(f"\tavoiding citation_pdf_url link-loop", file=sys.stderr)
else:
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='citation_pdf_url')
else:
print("\tmalformed citation_pdf_url? {}".format(url), file=sys.stderr)
meta = soup.find('meta', attrs={"name":"generator"})
meta_generator = None
if meta and meta.get('content'):
meta_generator = meta['content'].strip()
### Publisher/Platform Specific ###
# research square (researchsquare.com)
if 'researchsquare.com/article/' in html_url:
# JSON in body with a field like:
# "url":"https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/4a57970e-b002-4608-b507-b95967649483/v2/Manuscript.pdf"
m = RESEARCHSQUARE_REGEX.search(html_body.decode('utf-8'))
if m:
url = m.group(1)
assert len(url) < 4096
return dict(release_stage="manuscript", pdf_url=url, technique='publisher')
# elseiver linking hub
# https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1569199319308975
if '://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/' in html_url:
#
redirect = soup.find("input", attrs={"name": "redirectURL"})
if redirect:
url = redirect['value'].strip()
if 'http' in url:
url = urllib.parse.unquote(url)
# drop any the query parameter
url = url.split('?via')[0]
return dict(next_url=url, technique="elsevier-linkinghub")
# sciencedirect PDF bounce page
# https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590109519300424/pdfft?md5=854f43a44de186eb58674b8e20631691&pid=1-s2.0-S2590109519300424-main.pdf
if '://www.sciencedirect.com/' in html_url and html_url.endswith(".pdf"):
# window.location = 'https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/320270/AIP/1-s2.0-S2590109519300424/main.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=[...]&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20200110T210936Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTY23CMDBNC%2F20200110%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=[...]&hash=[...]&host=[...]&pii=S2590109519300424&tid=spdf-74468ebd-6be6-43ac-b294-ced86e8eea58&sid=[...]&type=client';
m = SCIENCEDIRECT_BOUNCE_URL_REGEX.search(html_body.decode('utf-8'))
if m:
url = m.group(1)
assert len(url) < 4000
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique="sciencedirect-bounce")
# ieeexplore.ieee.org
# https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8730316
if '://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/' in html_url:
# JSON in body with a field like:
# "pdfPath":"/iel7/6287639/8600701/08730316.pdf",
m = IEEEXPLORE_REGEX.search(html_body.decode('utf-8'))
if m:
url = m.group(1)
assert len(url) < 4096
return dict(release_stage="published", pdf_url=host_prefix+url, technique="ieeexplore")
# https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=8730313
if '://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber' in html_url:
# HTML iframe like:
#
iframe = soup.find("iframe")
if iframe and '.pdf' in iframe['src']:
return dict(pdf_url=iframe['src'], technique="iframe")
# https://insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=00042307-202001000-00013
# Ovid is some kind of landing page bounce portal tracking run-around.
# Can extract actual journal URL from javascript blob in the HTML
if '://insights.ovid.com/crossref' in html_url:
# var journalURL = "https://journals.lww.com/co-urology/fulltext/10.1097/MOU.0000000000000689";
m = OVID_JOURNAL_URL_REGEX.search(html_body.decode('utf-8'))
if m:
url = m.group(1)
assert len(url) < 4096
return dict(next_url=url, technique='ovid')
# osf.io
# https://osf.io/8phvx/
# https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/8phvx/
# wow, they ship total javascript crud! going to just guess download URL
# based on URL for now. Maybe content type header would help?
if '://osf.io/' in html_url and not '/download' in html_url:
if not html_url.endswith("/"):
next_url = html_url+"/download"
else:
next_url = html_url+"download"
return dict(next_url=next_url, technique='osf-by-url')
# wiley
# https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-923X.12787
if "://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/" in html_url:
if b"/doi/pdfdirect/" in html_body:
next_url = html_url.replace('/doi/pdf/', '/doi/pdfdirect/')
return dict(next_url=next_url, technique='wiley-pdfdirect')
# arxiv abstract pages
if "://arxiv.org/abs/" in html_url:
url = html_url.replace("/abs/", "/pdf/")
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='arxiv-url')
# american archivist (OA)
# https://americanarchivist.org/doi/abs/10.17723/aarc.62.2.j475270470145630
if "://americanarchivist.org/doi/" in html_url and not "/doi/pdf" in html_url:
# use a more aggressive direct guess to avoid rate-limiting...
if "/doi/10." in html_url:
url = html_url.replace("/doi/10.", "/doi/pdf/10.")
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='archivist-url')
#
hrefs = soup.find_all('a', attrs={"target":"_blank"})
for href in hrefs:
url = href['href'].strip()
if "/doi/pdf/" in url:
if url.startswith('http'):
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='publisher-href')
elif url.startswith('/'):
return dict(pdf_url=host_prefix+url, technique='publisher-href')
# protocols.io
# https://www.protocols.io/view/flow-cytometry-protocol-mgdc3s6
if "://www.protocols.io/view/" in html_url and not html_url.endswith(".pdf"):
url = html_url + ".pdf"
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='protocolsio-url')
# degruyter.com
# https://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783486594621/9783486594621-009/9783486594621-009.xml
if "://www.degruyter.com/view/" in html_url and html_url.endswith(".xml"):
url = html_url.replace('/view/', '/downloadpdf/').replace('.xml', '.pdf')
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='degruyter-url')
# journals.lww.com (Wolters Kluwer)
# https://journals.lww.com/spinejournal/Abstract/publishahead/Making_the_Most_of_Systematic_Reviews_and.94318.aspx
# DISABLED: they seem to redirect our crawler back to a "Fulltext" page and
# we never get the content.
if "://journals.lww.com/" in html_url and False:
# data-pdf-url="https://pdfs.journals.lww.com/spinejournal/9000/00000/Making_the_Most_of_Systematic_Reviews_and.94318.pdf?token=method|ExpireAbsolute;source|Journals;ttl|1582413672903;payload|mY8D3u1TCCsNvP5E421JYK6N6XICDamxByyYpaNzk7FKjTaa1Yz22MivkHZqjGP4kdS2v0J76WGAnHACH69s21Csk0OpQi3YbjEMdSoz2UhVybFqQxA7lKwSUlA502zQZr96TQRwhVlocEp/sJ586aVbcBFlltKNKo+tbuMfL73hiPqJliudqs17cHeLcLbV/CqjlP3IO0jGHlHQtJWcICDdAyGJMnpi6RlbEJaRheGeh5z5uvqz3FLHgPKVXJzdiVgCTnUeUQFYzcJRFhNtc2gv+ECZGji7HUicj1/6h85Y07DBRl1x2MGqlHWXUawD;hash|6cqYBa15ZK407m4VhFfJLw=="
for line in html_body.split(b'\n'):
if b"data-pdf-url=" in line:
line = line.decode('utf-8')
url = line.strip().replace('data-pdf-url=', '').replace('"', '')
if url.startswith('http') and 'pdfs.journals.lww.com' in url:
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='journals.lww.com-jsvar')
# www.ahajournals.org
# https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.110.19.2977
if "://www.ahajournals.org/doi/" in html_url and not '/doi/pdf/' in html_url:
# PDF download
if b'/doi/pdf/10.' in html_body:
url = html_url.replace('/doi/10.', '/doi/pdf/10.')
url = url + "?download=true"
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='ahajournals-url')
# ehp.niehs.nih.gov
# https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP4709
# https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.113-a51
if "://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/" in html_url:
#
if b'/doi/pdf/10.' in html_body:
url = html_url.replace('/doi/full/10.', '/doi/pdf/10.').replace('/doi/10.', '/doi/pdf/10.')
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='ehp.niehs.nigh.gov-url')
# cogentoa.com
# https://www.cogentoa.com/article/10.1080/23311975.2017.1412873
if "://www.cogentoa.com/article/" in html_url and not ".pdf" in html_url:
# blech, it's a SPA! All JS
# https://www.cogentoa.com/article/10.1080/23311975.2017.1412873.pdf
url = html_url + ".pdf"
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='cogentoa-url')
# chemrxiv.org (likely to be other figshare domains also)
# https://chemrxiv.org/articles/Biradical_Formation_by_Deprotonation_in_Thiazole-Derivatives_The_Hidden_Nature_of_Dasatinib/10101419
if "://chemrxiv.org/articles/" in html_url or '.figshare.org/articles/' in html_url:
#
json_tag = soup.find('script', id="app-data", attrs={"type": "text/json"})
if json_tag and json_tag.string:
app_data = json.loads(json_tag.string)
# "exportPdfDownloadUrl": "https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/itempdf74155353254prod/10101419/Biradical_Formation_by_Deprotonation_in_Thiazole-Derivatives__The_Hidden_Nature_of_Dasatinib_v1.pdf"
url = app_data.get('article', {}).get('exportPdfDownloadUrl')
if url and url.startswith('http'):
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='figshare-json')
# CNKI COVID-19 landing pages
# http://en.gzbd.cnki.net/gzbt/detail/detail.aspx?FileName=HBGF202002003&DbName=GZBJ7920&DbCode=GZBJ
if '://en.gzbd.cnki.net/KCMS/detail/detail.aspx' in html_url:
# PDF Download
href = soup.find('a', attrs={"id":"pdfDown"})
if href:
url = href['href'].strip().replace('
', '')
if not url.startswith('http'):
url = host_prefix + url
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='cnki-href')
# RWTH AACHEN repository
if '://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/' in html_url:
record_id = html_url.split('/')[-1]
url = f"{html_url}/files/{record_id}.pdf"
if record_id.isdigit() and url.encode('utf-8') in html_body:
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='rwth-aachen-url')
# physchemaspects.ru
if '://physchemaspects.ru/' in html_url and soup:
for href in soup.find_all('a'):
if href.text == "download PDF file":
url = href['href']
if url.startswith('/'):
url = host_prefix + url
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='physchemaspects-href')
# OJS 3 (some)
if meta_generator and meta_generator.startswith("Open Journal Systems"):
href = soup.find('a', attrs={"class":"obj_galley_link file"})
if href and href.text and "pdf" in href.text.lower():
url = href['href'].strip()
if url.startswith('/'):
url = host_prefix + url
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='ojs-galley-href')
# ETH zurich e-periodica
if '://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view' in html_url:
url = html_url.replace('digbib/view', 'cntmng').split('#')[0]
if url.encode('utf-8') in html_body:
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='href-eperiodica')
# JMIR
# https://mhealth.jmir.org/2020/7/e17891/
if '.jmir.org/' in html_url and not "/pdf" in html_url and html_url.endswith("/"):
url = html_url + "pdf"
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='jmir-url')
### below here we are doing guesses
# generic guess: try current URL plus .pdf, if it exists in the HTML body
if not '.pdf' in html_url:
url = html_url + ".pdf"
if url.encode('utf-8') in html_body:
return dict(pdf_url=url, technique='guess-url-plus-pdf')
return dict()
def test_regex():
lines = """
blah
var journalURL = "https://journals.lww.com/co-urology/fulltext/10.1097/MOU.0000000000000689";
asdf"""
m = OVID_JOURNAL_URL_REGEX.search(lines)
assert m.group(1) == "https://journals.lww.com/co-urology/fulltext/10.1097/MOU.0000000000000689"
lines = """
window.onload = function () {
window.location = 'https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/320270/AIP/1-s2.0-S2590109519300424/main.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEH0aCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJGMEQCICBF0dnrtKfpcs3T1kOjMS9w9gedqiLBrcbp4aKQSP8fAiAT9G426t6FWXHO2zPSXRFLq2eiqgbew2vkNKbcn87teyq9Awj1%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAIaDDA1OTAwMzU0Njg2NSIMnZcTRhbvMwF%2F5PA5KpEDdN%2FDI4V%2BNMDWQDFeAdUc99Lyxak%2B6vhAsfCBCf8hhvrRpalz75e74%2FXMAQwMN9m6i98o0Ljv9od7cuQEy8t%2B0DLzjzX5n3%2FxmpttowhMUm1jc8tBniLKBjwhTyiSHwhdeaVZf6x2zCJ0EIOWMNJHp3iFEqpaFvkRZbC1KWK4XPNNKo72HCvXuG7xmGrdHByz91AP7UgIYCy4hT10fnM43gbOE4wW8fqpgnvwCId%2F2u8k4rQoCLBqLYZzqshCRm1DBbsXCQhTwDXiMC2Ek3f63yKgw7rRCAxvs0vqirG%2B4mJ6LADaztAFMtKDPfnd4e%2B7%2FvnKU2NeotrqrkRgOkIAoFumbQXf20ky6mKWyHBk%2FxirVp60vUcLQpUm2Pcp6ythYxUi9IJxRGX8EF6aV4UHuCpUDUE7o8N84KUXIedUpytUZx7Xoxfk9w%2BR3%2FgX4LEHfkrWgiFAS3bVxNGOeV7GTwcXdcAggbdCaiAe46dfv7DDedx0KhVKOPH7obfvShqd6TYc0BjrV4sx61594ZJ3%2FO0ws7Lj8AU67AF17%2B1NZ3Ugu%2BwG9Ys9s7OxG8E4kBJ58vEY1yuBOQK9y2we4%2FTGPuqSxCuezqA%2BseslXYP%2FRc%2FZL9xx%2FUYaSjZhk1p1mhojxgBrckJYU7d8c4ELMPmtVy6R1yd2VDUoawEU8SB7nbNnMKzqQ3RgGgqGJiELys6dt%2FIr%2BVhpqM%2FZT4zadvzs8P%2FLoGzUHJKNZt0f99wLvZilphV92E%2BOUnwC4wbg3i3af3zozULwgEr7T%2FX2VsyREgexlzk76qMALPn0lgnciUyyQXxyUWAilXYQ0mQdXefh9lFfycczvt0UEuarX9p1sMwl8Ve5aw%3D%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20200110T210936Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTY23CMDBNC%2F20200110%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=b43525576e1a0fdbab581481a3fe6db2862cbb2c69f2860b70cc8d444ccd73d5&hash=ccd128dfe597e704224bdfb4b3358de29b2be5d95887c71076bdab1236ba9e42&host=68042c943591013ac2b2430a89b270f6af2c76d8dfd086a07176afe7c76c2c61&pii=S2590109519300424&tid=spdf-74468ebd-6be6-43ac-b294-ced86e8eea58&sid=f9676d658285a749c46b6d081d965bb12aa8gxrqa&type=client';
refreshOriginalWindow();
}
"""
url = "https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/320270/AIP/1-s2.0-S2590109519300424/main.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEH0aCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJGMEQCICBF0dnrtKfpcs3T1kOjMS9w9gedqiLBrcbp4aKQSP8fAiAT9G426t6FWXHO2zPSXRFLq2eiqgbew2vkNKbcn87teyq9Awj1%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAIaDDA1OTAwMzU0Njg2NSIMnZcTRhbvMwF%2F5PA5KpEDdN%2FDI4V%2BNMDWQDFeAdUc99Lyxak%2B6vhAsfCBCf8hhvrRpalz75e74%2FXMAQwMN9m6i98o0Ljv9od7cuQEy8t%2B0DLzjzX5n3%2FxmpttowhMUm1jc8tBniLKBjwhTyiSHwhdeaVZf6x2zCJ0EIOWMNJHp3iFEqpaFvkRZbC1KWK4XPNNKo72HCvXuG7xmGrdHByz91AP7UgIYCy4hT10fnM43gbOE4wW8fqpgnvwCId%2F2u8k4rQoCLBqLYZzqshCRm1DBbsXCQhTwDXiMC2Ek3f63yKgw7rRCAxvs0vqirG%2B4mJ6LADaztAFMtKDPfnd4e%2B7%2FvnKU2NeotrqrkRgOkIAoFumbQXf20ky6mKWyHBk%2FxirVp60vUcLQpUm2Pcp6ythYxUi9IJxRGX8EF6aV4UHuCpUDUE7o8N84KUXIedUpytUZx7Xoxfk9w%2BR3%2FgX4LEHfkrWgiFAS3bVxNGOeV7GTwcXdcAggbdCaiAe46dfv7DDedx0KhVKOPH7obfvShqd6TYc0BjrV4sx61594ZJ3%2FO0ws7Lj8AU67AF17%2B1NZ3Ugu%2BwG9Ys9s7OxG8E4kBJ58vEY1yuBOQK9y2we4%2FTGPuqSxCuezqA%2BseslXYP%2FRc%2FZL9xx%2FUYaSjZhk1p1mhojxgBrckJYU7d8c4ELMPmtVy6R1yd2VDUoawEU8SB7nbNnMKzqQ3RgGgqGJiELys6dt%2FIr%2BVhpqM%2FZT4zadvzs8P%2FLoGzUHJKNZt0f99wLvZilphV92E%2BOUnwC4wbg3i3af3zozULwgEr7T%2FX2VsyREgexlzk76qMALPn0lgnciUyyQXxyUWAilXYQ0mQdXefh9lFfycczvt0UEuarX9p1sMwl8Ve5aw%3D%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20200110T210936Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTY23CMDBNC%2F20200110%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=b43525576e1a0fdbab581481a3fe6db2862cbb2c69f2860b70cc8d444ccd73d5&hash=ccd128dfe597e704224bdfb4b3358de29b2be5d95887c71076bdab1236ba9e42&host=68042c943591013ac2b2430a89b270f6af2c76d8dfd086a07176afe7c76c2c61&pii=S2590109519300424&tid=spdf-74468ebd-6be6-43ac-b294-ced86e8eea58&sid=f9676d658285a749c46b6d081d965bb12aa8gxrqa&type=client"
m = SCIENCEDIRECT_BOUNCE_URL_REGEX.search(lines)
assert m.group(1) == url