daily arxiv on the remarkable

arxivtorm.py

#!/home/aaron/miniconda3/bin/python

# How to:
# 1. Get python running on your computer
# 2. Install arxiv: $ pip install arxiv
# 3. Get pandoc running!
# 4. Install rmapi
# 5. change the rmapi variable to point to the rmapi executable (line 16)
# 6. Setup a cron job!

import arxiv
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import pytz
import os

rmapi = '/home/aaron/bin/rmapi'  # CHANGE to the install directory of rmapi
today = datetime.now()

def get_results():
    delta_yest = 1 if today.isoweekday() != 1 else 3  # account for weekends!
    yesterday = today - timedelta(days=delta_yest)
    yesterday = yesterday.replace(minute=0, hour=18, second=0, microsecond=0)
    delta_q = 1 if yesterday.isoweekday() != 1 else 3  # account for weekends!
    q_day = (yesterday - timedelta(days=delta_q))

    timezone = pytz.timezone("GMT")
    q_day = timezone.localize(q_day)

    search = arxiv.Search(
        query = 'cat:astro-ph.EP',
        max_results = 100,
        sort_by = arxiv.SortCriterion.SubmittedDate
    )
    filtered = [result for result in search.results() if result.published > q_day]
    return filtered, yesterday, q_day


def upload(filtered, yesterday, q_day, delete=True):
    with open('arxiv.txt','w') as f:
        f.write(f"\n\n=================================================\n\n")
        f.write(f"Submissions to Earth and Planetary Astrophysics\n\n")
        f.write(f"received from {q_day.strftime('%d.%m.%Y, %H:%M')} to {yesterday.strftime('%d.%m.%Y, %H:%M')} GMT\n")
        f.write(f"\n\n=================================================\n\n")

        for res in filtered:
            f.write(f"\n\n----------------------------------------------\n\n")
            f.write(f"**{res.title}**\n\n")
            f.write(f"*{', '.join([str(a) for a in res.authors])}*\n\n")
            f.write(f"{res.summary}\n")

    r = os.system('pandoc arxiv.txt -o arxiv.pdf -f gfm --pdf-engine=xelatex')
    if r != 0:
        print('something went wrong, when creating the pdf')
    if delete:
        os.system('rm arxiv.txt')
    os.system(f'{rmapi} rm arxiv')
    os.system(f'{rmapi} put arxiv.pdf')


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if today.isoweekday() in range(1,6):
        filtered, yesterday, q_day = get_results()
        upload(filtered, yesterday, q_day)
        print(f"received from {q_day.strftime('%d.%m.%Y, %H:%M')} to {yesterday.strftime('%d.%m.%Y, %H:%M')} GMT\n")
    else:
        print('Weekend!')