pubscout v1.0.2

PubScout

A simple yet effective means of extracting meaningful data from NCBI and PubMed.

Please note that PubScout is designed to be used as a tool alongside PubAnalyst. PubAnalyst requires Python 3 and SpaCy in order to run.

Usage

1. Have Node installed.
2. Install PubScout globally.

# For yarn
yarn global add pubscout

# For npm
sudo npm install pubscout --global

3. Command line usage:

# Help menu
pubscout --help

# Scan a specific keyword on PubMed, make sure to put your search query in double quotes
pubscout --scan "late stage cancer"

# Return only 100 results
pubscout --scan "cancer" --amount 100

# Scan PMC instead of PubMed
pubscout --scan "cancer" --db pmc

# Download contents of research article by its ID
pubscout --download --index 9001

Additional Notes

• MIT Licensed :heart:
• Any questions, email hello@chriscates.ca