searxng/searx/engines/semantic_scholar.py
Markus Heiser 4b4bf0ecaf [mod] Semantic Scholar engine: revision of the engine (Paper result)
Revision of the engine / use of the result type Paper as well as other
typifications.

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
2025-09-20 10:56:46 +02:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
"""`Semantic Scholar`_ provides free, AI-driven search and discovery tools, and
open resources for the global research community. `Semantic Scholar`_ index
over 200 million academic papers sourced from publisher partnerships, data
providers, and web crawls.
.. _Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/about
Configuration
=============
To get in use of this engine add the following entry to your engines list in
``settings.yml``:
.. code:: yaml
- name: semantic scholar
engine: semantic_scholar
shortcut: se
Implementations
===============
"""
import typing as t
from datetime import datetime
from lxml import html
from flask_babel import gettext # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownVariableType]
from searx.network import get
from searx.utils import eval_xpath_getindex, html_to_text
from searx.enginelib import EngineCache
from searx.result_types import EngineResults
if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
from searx.extended_types import SXNG_Response
from searx.search.processors import OnlineParams
about = {
"website": "https://www.semanticscholar.org/",
"wikidata_id": "Q22908627",
"official_api_documentation": "https://api.semanticscholar.org/",
"use_official_api": True,
"require_api_key": False,
"results": "JSON",
}
categories = ["science", "scientific publications"]
paging = True
search_url = "https://www.semanticscholar.org/api/1/search"
base_url = "https://www.semanticscholar.org"
CACHE: EngineCache
"""Persistent (SQLite) key/value cache that deletes its values after ``expire``
seconds."""
def setup(engine_settings: dict[str, t.Any]) -> bool:
global CACHE # pylint: disable=global-statement
CACHE = EngineCache(engine_settings["name"])
return True
def get_ui_version() -> str:
ret_val: str = CACHE.get("X-S2-UI-Version")
if not ret_val:
resp = get(base_url)
if not resp.ok:
raise RuntimeError("Can't determine Semantic Scholar UI version")
doc = html.fromstring(resp.text)
ret_val = eval_xpath_getindex(doc, "//meta[@name='s2-ui-version']/@content", 0)
if not ret_val:
raise RuntimeError("Can't determine Semantic Scholar UI version")
# hold the cached value for 5min
CACHE.set("X-S2-UI-Version", value=ret_val, expire=300)
logger.debug("X-S2-UI-Version: %s", ret_val)
return ret_val
def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
params["url"] = search_url
params["method"] = "POST"
params["headers"].update(
{
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"X-S2-UI-Version": get_ui_version(),
"X-S2-Client": "webapp-browser",
}
)
params["json"] = {
"queryString": query,
"page": params["pageno"],
"pageSize": 10,
"sort": "relevance",
"getQuerySuggestions": False,
"authors": [],
"coAuthors": [],
"venues": [],
"performTitleMatch": True,
}
def response(resp: "SXNG_Response") -> EngineResults:
res = EngineResults()
json_data = resp.json()
for result in json_data["results"]:
url: str = result.get("primaryPaperLink", {}).get("url")
if not url and result.get("links"):
url = result.get("links")[0]
if not url:
alternatePaperLinks = result.get("alternatePaperLinks")
if alternatePaperLinks:
url = alternatePaperLinks[0].get("url")
if not url:
url = base_url + "/paper/%s" % result["id"]
publishedDate: datetime | None
if "pubDate" in result:
publishedDate = datetime.strptime(result["pubDate"], "%Y-%m-%d")
else:
publishedDate = None
# authors
authors: list[str] = [author[0]["name"] for author in result.get("authors", [])]
# pick for the first alternate link, but not from the crawler
pdf_url: str = ""
for doc in result.get("alternatePaperLinks", []):
if doc["linkType"] not in ("crawler", "doi"):
pdf_url = doc["url"]
break
# comments
comments: str = ""
if "citationStats" in result:
comments = gettext(
"{numCitations} citations from the year {firstCitationVelocityYear} to {lastCitationVelocityYear}"
).format(
numCitations=result["citationStats"]["numCitations"],
firstCitationVelocityYear=result["citationStats"]["firstCitationVelocityYear"],
lastCitationVelocityYear=result["citationStats"]["lastCitationVelocityYear"],
)
res.add(
res.types.Paper(
title=result["title"]["text"],
url=url,
content=html_to_text(result["paperAbstract"]["text"]),
journal=result.get("venue", {}).get("text") or result.get("journal", {}).get("name"),
doi=result.get("doiInfo", {}).get("doi"),
tags=result.get("fieldsOfStudy"),
authors=authors,
pdf_url=pdf_url,
publishedDate=publishedDate,
comments=comments,
)
)
return res