CiteSeerExtractor

This code provides a RESTful API to the extraction code that is currently in use in the CiteSeerX academic digital library.

The code is still in development and is not feature complete yet and does not fail gracefully

The code is runnable as a stand-alone Web server.

Dependencies

• Python 2.7
• Java 6
• web.py python module
• String::Approx perl module
• xmltodict (for xml to json conversion)
• python-magic (magic.py) python module

Installation

1. Get the code
2. Install web.py pip install web.py
3. Install String::Approx cpan String::Approx
4. Install xmltodict pip install xmltodict
5. Install python-magic pip install python-magic

64-bit Architectures

On 64-bit systems you'll need support for 32-bit applications. Please install the appropriate package for your distribution.

Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install ia32-libs-multiarch

RHEL/CentOS: sudo yum install glibc.i686 libstdc++.i686

Run

python service.py [port] and navigate to http://localhost:port/extractor and follow the instructions for different types of extraction