IEEE Xplore searching

Usage

There are three command-line utilities. They all are implemented using yargs and include help descriptions by passing the -h or --help argument.

cli-search.js

Use to search inside IEEE Xplorer and saves the results into a JSON file. The output is an array of articles, where each article is an object containing the fields specified by the IEEE API

Examples:

cli-search.js 'optics AND nano' -o search1 -y 1990 -y 2000 -e
searches for "optics AND nano" between 1990 and 2000, and save the results in search1.json, and also search1.xls

cli-search.js 'h264 NEAR/3 cellular' -y 2005 -o search2.json
searches for "h264 NEAR/3 cellular" only on 2005, and save the results in search2.json

Windows issues:

The scripts only work on PowerShell, it won't work properly on Command Prompt. This is because Command Prompt doesn't handle single and double quotes together properly.

In fact, under PowerShell, if you want to use double quotes as part of the query, they have to be escaped with a backwards slash (\).

For example: cli-search.js 'optics AND \"nano\"' -o search1 -y 1990 -y 2000

cli-logic.js

The main use is for logic operations among JSON files returned by the search script. As a secondary use, it can also create an Excel file from a JSON one.

Examples:

cli-logic.js --merge file1.json file2.json file3.json --output output.json
merge file1.json, file2.json, file3.json and save into output.json

cli-logic.js --and file1.json file2.json --output output.json
file1.json AND file2.json -> output.json

cli-logic.js --or file1.json file2.json -not file3.json --output output.json
(file1.json OR file2.json) NOT file3.json -> output.json

cli-logic.js json2xls file.json
Converts file.json into file.xls

cli-count.js

A simple script that returns the number of results inside a JSON file returned by the search script.

Example:

cli-count.js file.json

License

GPL-3.0