A simple python CLI script to query inspirehep.net and populate bibliography databases.

An iNSPIRE CLI script using its REST API.

This script requires python 3.9 or above. The requirements can be installed via

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

or manually inspect the requirements.txt file.

Simply pass an iNSPIRE query to the command line and use the --display (-d) option to control the output:

When there are multiple matches, --size controls the number of records to retrieve and --sort the sorting order. The wanted entries can be easily selected from the menu:

The selected entries can be added to an existing bibliography by specifying the file with --bib (-b). Omitting the file name will use the default BibTeX file specified in the configuration:

We can also update all records of an existing BibTeX file by adding the --update (-u) option:

In the configuration file, you can also specify a default folder for PDF downloads. The option --pdf will try to find the PDF from arXiv and download it to that folder.

Check out help dialogue for usage and more information.

inspire.py -h