bibtex-dblp

Create and revise bibtex entries from DBLP.

Dependencies

• uses pybtex
• inspired from dblp-python

Installation

The package can be installed from PyPI with:

pip install bibtex-dblp

Manual installation is possible by cloning this repository and building the Python package:

pip install .

Usage

All relevant scripts can be found in the bin directory. Every script provides information about the expected input and additional arguments via --help.

Importing new publications from DBLP

The script bin/import_dblp.py searches for a new publication on DBLP and adds the corresponding bibtex entry to the bibliography.

Usage:

import_dblp [--query QUERY] [--bib BIBTEX] [--format FORMAT]

If the argument --query is not given, the search keywords can be given directly in the terminal. The script then queries the DBLP API and displays the possible matches. The correct publication number can be selected in the terminal (or 0 for abort). The bibtex entry of the selected publication is either appended to the given bibliography (if --bib is provided) or displayed on the terminal.

Converting between DBLP formats

The script bin/convert_dblp.py converts the complete bibliography between different DBLP formats.

Usage:

convert_dblp INPUT_BIB [--out OUTPUT_BIB] [--format FORMAT]

All bibtex entries with either the field biburl given or a bibtex name corresponding to a DBLP id are automatically converted into the desired format. All other entries are left unchanged.

Updating existing bibliography from DBLP

The script bin/update_from_dblp.py updates the entries in an existing bibliography by looking up the information from DBLP.

Usage:

update_from_dblp INPUT_BIB [--out OUTPUT_BIB] [--format FORMAT]

For each bibtex entry without a DBLP id, the scripts searches DBLP for a possible match. The user can select the correct entry from a list of possible matches and the bibliography is updated accordingly. Bibtex entries which already have a DBLP id are left unchanged.

Modifying bibliography

The script bin/modify_bibtex.py allows apply some modifications on the bibtex file:

• --no-escape removes the escape characters in front of underscores for fields url and doi. So \_ becomes _. Note that this requires the packages such as hyperref in LaTeX to properly compile.
• --no-timestamp, --no-biburl and --no-bibsource can be added to remove the corresponding fields timestamp, biburl and bibsource, respectively, from the bibtex file.

Supported DBLP formats

The following bibtex formats from DBLP are currently supported:

• condensed: Condensed format where e.g. journals and conferences are abbreviated. Default value.
• standard: Default format from DBLP.
• crossref: Extensive format in which conferences have their own bibtex entry
• condensed_doi: Corresponds to condensed but additionally includes the DOI