A Python-based script to check the status of transactions and journals on Manuscript Central
The script has been tested on Python 3.6 with ChromeDriver 98.0.4758.102
Requirements:
- Python >=3.6
- Selenium (
pip install selenium) - ChromeDriver (https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads)
After installing the required packages, place the ChromeDriver in the same folder of the script and run the script as follows:
python msc_script.py -j websites.json -t timeout
where:
- -j JSON, --json JSON: a json file containing the list of websites to check along with username, password, and the number of max entries to report [optional] (a template json file is provided)
- -t TIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUT: [optional] timeout waiting for website response (default=2)
This tool has been tested on:
- Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC) (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tetc-cs)
- IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (JBHI) (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jbhi-embs)
- Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS) (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tpds-cs)
- Computing Surveys (CSUR) (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/csur)
- Transactions on Computers (TC) (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tc-cs)
- IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (TVLSI) (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tvlsi-ieee)