Command-Line-Interface¶
unpywall comes with a command-line-interface that can be used to quickly look up a PDF or to download free full-text articles to your device.
First of all, you need to set up your credentials to access the Unpaywall service.
$ export UNPAYWALL_EMAIL=nick.haupka@gmail.com
Basic commands¶
Obtain a PDF URL¶
Retrieve the URL of a PDF for a given DOI with the following command.
$ unpywall link 10.1038/nature12373
View a PDF¶
If you want to view a PDF in your Browser or on your system use view.
$ unpywall view 10.1038/nature12373 -m browser
PDF Download¶
Use download if you want to store a PDF on your machine.
$ unpywall download 10.1038/nature12373 -f article.pdf -p ./documents
