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Created October 24, 2023 02:10
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  1. Mearman created this gist Oct 24, 2023.
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    javascript: (function () {
    function fetchBibTeX(url) {
    fetch(url)
    .then((response) => response.json())
    .then((data) => {
    const authors = data.authorships
    .map((author) => author.raw_author_name)
    .join(" and ");
    const title = data.title;
    const journal = data.primary_location.source.display_name;
    const year = data.publication_year;
    const volume = data.biblio.volume;
    const pages = `${data.biblio.first_page}--${data.biblio.last_page}`;
    const doi = data.ids.doi.split("/").pop();
    const bibtex = `
    @article{${authors.replace(/ /g, "")}${year},
    author = {${authors}},
    title = {${title}},
    journal = {${journal}},
    year = {${year}},
    volume = {${volume}},
    pages = {${pages}},
    doi = {${doi}}
    }`;
    navigator.clipboard.writeText(bibtex).then(
    function () {
    alert("BibTeX entry copied to clipboard");
    },
    function () {
    prompt(
    "Failed to copy BibTeX entry to clipboard. You can copy it manually from here:",
    bibtex
    );
    }
    );
    });
    }

    const currentUrl = window.location.href;
    const openAlexUrlPattern = /https:\/\/api\.openalex\.org\/works\/(\w+)/;
    const match = openAlexUrlPattern.exec(currentUrl);

    if (match) {
    fetchBibTeX(currentUrl);
    } else {
    const workId = prompt("Enter the OpenAlex Work ID:");
    if (workId) {
    const url = `https://api.openalex.org/works/${workId}`;
    fetchBibTeX(url);
    }
    }
    })();