lib_springer_download: Download Resources from link.springer.com.

In jeksterslabds/jeksterslabRlib: Utility Functions to Organize my Personal Library

Description

Downloads pdf and epub files from link.springer.com using wget. It is assumed that you have access to the resources via your library. It also assumes that wget is installed in your system.

Usage

lib_springer_download(
  dir,
  doi = NULL,
  chkfiles = TRUE,
  args = "-nc",
  remove_files = TRUE,
  type = c("pdf", "epub", "both"),
  par = TRUE,
  ncores = NULL
)

Arguments

dir	Character string. Directory which contains target files.
doi	Character vector. A vector of Digital Object Identifiers.
chkfiles	Logical. Check available files in dir. If TRUE, the download queue will EXCLUDE dois from available files.
args	Character string. Arguments to pass to wget.
remove_files	Logical. Remove files that do not match the specified file type. BE CAREFUL WITH THIS OPTION AS FILES CAN BE DELETED FROM YOUR SYSTEM.
type	Character string. Type of ebooks to download.
par	Logical. If TRUE, use multiple cores.
ncores	Integer. Number of cores to use if par = TRUE. If unspecified, defaults to detectCores() - 1.

Author(s)

Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan

Examples

## Not run: 
# Single DOI
doi <- "10.1007/978-0-387-98141-3"
lib_springer_download(
  dir = getwd(),
  doi = doi,
  chkfiles = TRUE,
  type = "both",
  par = FALSE
)
# Vector of DOIs
doi <- c(
  "https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71762-3",
  "10.1007/978-0-387-98141-3"
)
lib_springer_download(
  dir = getwd(),
  doi = doi,
  chkfiles = TRUE,
  type = "both",
  par = FALSE
)

## End(Not run)

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