pubmed-grabber

A command-line interface (CLI) tool written in Rust that retrieves the full text of open access papers from PubMed Central using a DOI.

Installation

To install and compile the CLI tool, you'll need to have Rust installed. You can install Rust from the official website.

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/pubmed-central-full-text-retriever.git

Change to the repository directory and build the project:

cd pubmed-central-full-text-retriever
cargo build --release

The compiled binary will be located in the ./target/release/ directory. You can add this directory to your system's PATH or copy the binary to a directory that is already in your PATH.

Usage

To use the CLI tool, run the following command, replacing your-doi with the DOI of the paper you want to retrieve: pubmed-central-full-text-retriever your-doi

This will output the full text of the paper if it's available as open access on PubMed Central.

Limitations

This tool currently only supports open access papers. Accessing papers behind a paywall or requiring university credentials is not supported.
The full text might be in different formats (e.g., HTML, XML, or PDF) depending on the paper. Handling and parsing these different formats is not currently implemented.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contributing