Adds citation count next to references and citations on ACM Digital Library

acm.js

/* Created by Ray Berger https://github.com/RayBB/
This program works on the ACM digital library.
When looking looking at the references or cited by tab for any article, simply paste this code into the console.
It will put the number of citations next to each refence.
*/


function getURL(url, row) {
  var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
  request.open("GET", url, true);

  request.onload = function() {
    if (request.status >= 200 && request.status < 400) {
      // Success!
      var resp = request.responseText;
      let citations = getCitationCount(resp);
      row.innerHTML += "<td>" + citations + "</td>";
    } else {
      // We reached our target server, but it returned an error
    }
  };

  request.onerror = function() {
    console.log("There was a connection error of some sort");
  };

  request.send();
}

function getCitationCount(body) {
  let word = body.match(/Citation Count: \d*/)[0];
  word = word.match(/\d+/);
  return word;
}

function start() {
  let table = $("#references > div > table > tbody");
  if (table == null) {
    table = $("#citedby > div > table > tbody");
  }
  let limit = table.children.length;
  
  for (let i = 0; i < limit; i++) {
    let row = table.children[i];
    try { // try/catch is needed because not all rows in tables have links
      let url = row.querySelector("a").href;
      getURL(url, row);
    } catch (err) {
      console.log(err);
    }
  }
}

start();