# URL to BibTeX Converter (url2bib)
`url2bib` is a commandline tool for converting URLs of papers into into BibTeX citations. It tries to use the publication information rather than the arXiv url.
![screenshot.png](screenshot.png)
## Installation
```bash
pip install url2bib
```
## Usage
```bash
url2bib https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.11477
```
## Features
- Extracts DOIs from URLs and retrieves BibTeX citations for those DOIs.
- Searches for publications of the paper.
- Generates a BibTeX entry with a unified ID in the format `{firstAuthorSurname}_{year}_{titleFirstWord}`.
## Contributing
Contributions to this project are welcome. If you have any suggestions or want to report issues, please open an issue or submit a pull request.
## License
This project is under the [GNU GPLv3](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/gpl-3.0) license.
## Acknowledgments
This script uses the `bibtexparser` library for parsing and generating BibTeX entries.
It also relies on external data sources such as doi.org and dblp.org to fetch BibTeX entries.
## Disclaimer
This script is provided as-is, and the accuracy of the generated BibTeX entries depends on the availability and quality of external data sources. Always double-check and edit citations as needed for your research papers and publications.
Happy citing with `url2bib`!
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