Reader

This module contains the Reader class, which is used to read the paper.

Classes

class chemdatawriter.reader.Reader(path_or_paper=None, doctype=None)

Reader class to process and retrieve details from the BDE document.

__init__(path_or_paper=None, doctype=None)

Initialize the Reader with a path or a paper.

Parameters:

• path_or_paper (str|dict) – The path to the document or the paper itself.

• doctype (str) – The type of the document (“bde” or “json”).

_load_bde()

Load BDE document.

_load_json()

Load JSON document.

_get(field, default_value='')

Generic getter for metadata.

Parameters:

• field (str) – Field from metadata to retrieve.

• default_value (str) – Default value to return if field is not present.

metadata

Retrieve the metadata from the document.

title

Retrieve the title.

authors

Retrieve the authors.

date

Retrieve the date.

abstract

Retrieve the abstract.

doi

Retrieve the DOI.

body

Retrieve the body of the document.