{"repo":"ltczding-gif/ref-downloader","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/ltczding-gif/ref-downloader","clone":"git clone https://github.com/ltczding-gif/ref-downloader.git","description":"Batch-download reference PDFs from a DOI or paper PDF using Crossref and your institutional Edge session.","language":"Python","stars":132,"topics":["academic-tools","agent-skills","claude-code","codex-skills","crossref","literature-review","pdf-downloader","playwright","python","zotero"],"license":"MIT","category":"scrapers-browser-automation","readme_excerpt":"ref-downloader Stop losing an afternoon to chasing dozens of reference PDFs by hand. One DOI in, every reference PDF out — using your existing institutional access. 中文完整文档 / Full Chinese version Status: beta (v0.4.1). Windows + Microsoft Edge verified path. macOS / Linux / Chromium untested. Expect rough edges around supplementary downloads and publisher-site changes. PR-worthy issues welcome. Heads up — not a paywall bypass. ref-downloader uses your institutional access. If your university or organization subscribes to a journal, those refs work. If they don't, those refs become manual pending for you to follow up on by hand. Demo (30-second console preview) Contents - What you get - Why not Zotero, scihub, or generic scrapers? - Quick start - Requirements - Install - Usage examples - Configuration - Architecture - Supported publishers - Known limitations - Contributing - Security - License What you get - Paywalled refs work without setup. Drives your real Microsoft Edge profile, so any institutional login already in your browser carries through. No API keys, no proxies, no reverse engineering. - One DOI in, every reference PDF out. Crossref-driven extraction + 17+ publisher-specific download paths (Wiley PDFDirect, Elsevier viewer, AIP loading-page wait — see per-publisher reliability tier), not generic scraping. - Two routing modes from an agent (v0.4.1+). Mode A : hand the agent one paper, get all of its references. Mode B : hand the agent a custom list — DOIs / titles / ","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/ltczding-gif","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/ltczding-gif/ref-downloader/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}