Bibtex_to_SAFBuilder

gistfile1.txt

#python script to convert bibtex for SAFBuilder CSV
#Make Papers bibtex export available to be used with SAFBuilder to make a Simple Archive Format to be able to import in dSpace (I know! lol)


import bibtexparser
import csv
import urllib2

with open('cryptolibrary.bib') as bibtex_file:
    bibtex_str = bibtex_file.read()
    #print bibtex_str


#filename => parse local-url anything after last /
#dc.title =>title
#dc.date.issued => year
#dc.description.abstract => abstract
#dc.contributor.author => author
#dc.date.available => year
#dc.identifier.uri => link
bib_database = bibtexparser.loads(bibtex_str)
headers = [["filename","dc.title","dc.contributor.author","dc.date.issued","dc.identifier.uri","dc.description.abstract"]]
with open('test.csv', "w") as csvout:
    entity = csv.writer(csvout, delimiter=",")
    entity.writerows(headers)
    for paper in bib_database.entries:
        print paper
        try:
            author = paper['author'].encode('utf-8')
        except:
            author = "UNKNOWN"

        try:
            title = paper['title'].encode('utf-8')
        except:
            title = "UNKNOWN"

        try:
            year = paper['year'].encode('utf-8')
        except:
            year = "UNKNOWN"

        try:
            filename = paper['local-url'].split("/")[-1].encode('utf-8')
        except:
            filename = "UNKNOWN"

        try:
            abstract = paper['abstract'].encode('utf-8')
        except:
            abstract = ""

        try:
            author = paper['author'].encode('utf-8')
        except:
            author = "UNKNOWN"       

        try:
            uri = paper['link'].encode('utf-8')
        except:
            uri = "UNKNOWN" 
        one_item = [[urllib2.unquote(filename),title,author,year,uri,abstract]]
        print one_item
        entity.writerows(one_item)