Access data on a single medRxiv/bioRxiv record via the Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory API

Provides programmatic access to data on a single preprint identified by a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

Usage

mx_api_doi(doi, server = "medrxiv", clean = TRUE)

Arguments

doi

Digital object identifier of the preprint you wish to retrieve data on.

server

Specify the server you wish to use: "medrxiv" (default) or "biorxiv"

clean

Logical, defaulting to TRUE, indicating whether to clean the data returned by the API. If TRUE, variables containing absolute paths to the preprints web-page ("link_page") and PDF ("link_pdf") are generated from the "server", "DOI", and "version" variables returned by the API. The The "category", "authors" and "author_corresponding" variables are converted to title case. Finally, the "type" and "server" variables are dropped.

Value

Dataframe containing details on the preprint identified by the DOI.

See also

Other data-source: mx_api_content(), mx_snapshot()

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  mx_data <- mx_api_doi("10.1101/2020.02.25.20021568")
}