ads_cli

Command-line interface to astrophysics data system.

Usage

There are two commands: ads and adscli.

For ads, check out its --help documentation.

# export multiple papers to bibtex
# other export formats can be specified as -f <format>
ads export 2014AJ....147..124M 2012ApJ...759....6E '2013A&A...558A..33'

# by default returns 10 entries to stdout
ads search -q 'author:"^huchra, j."'

# If no query is given, you will be prompted.
ads search    # you will be prompted.
Query: [put query here and hit <META-ENTER>]

adscli launches a terminal app.

Key bindings:

cursor	key	what it does
in search bar	C-s	Do search
in search bar	C-j	When cursor is in search bar, go to entries frame
in item list	j,k	Go to next/previous entry
in item list	h,l	Go to previous/next page
in item list	o	Open article in ADS
in item list	p	Open publisher PDF file for the entry
in item list	e	Open arxiv PDF for the entry

To go back to search, go to top entry and hit k.

Installation

pip [-e] git+https://github.com/smoh/ads-cli#egg=ads-cli

Requirements

• Andy Casey's ADS python
• click probably v7.0 and up
• prompt_toolkit probably v2 but not v3.