lukasschwab/arxiv.py

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Python client library wrapping the arXiv API for searching and retrieving academic paper metadata, PDFs, and source files. It provides a simple Search/Client interface with pagination, retries, and rate-limit handling.

Use cases

• search arxiv for papers matching a keyword
• download pdfs of arxiv papers programmatically
• fetch paper metadata by arxiv id
• build a literature review dataset from arxiv
• monitor new arxiv submissions in a research area
• feed arxiv papers into an llm or rag pipeline

When to choose

• you need programmatic access to arXiv search results in Python
• you want to bulk-download paper PDFs or source tarballs
• you need a maintained wrapper with retry and pagination handling

When to avoid

• you need full-text search of paper contents rather than arXiv metadata
• you work with other academic APIs like Semantic Scholar or Crossref
• you need a non-Python language

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-client search-engine pdf sdk apis developer-tools data-science python cross-platform arxiv academic-papers api-wrapper research metadata natural-language-processing

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