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| -rw-r--r-- | rank.py | 19 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ def getPageForTitle(title, cache=True, update=True, save=True): title = re.sub("'\/", " ", title) # We rely on google scholar to return the article with this exact title - gurl = "http://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_epq=%s&as_occt=title" + gurl = "http://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_q=&as_epq=%s&as_occt=title" + url = gurl % quote(title) # Access cache or network @@ -138,8 +139,20 @@ def TestScholarFormat(): # We need to ensure that Google Scholar does not change its page format under our feet # Use some cases to check if all is good print "Checking google scholar formats..." - assert(getCite("Stop-and-Go MIXes: Providing Probabilistic Anonymity in an Open System", False)[0] > 0) - assert(getCite("Mixes protected by Dragons and Pixies: an empirical study", False, save=False)[0] == None) + stopAndGoCites = getCite("Stop-and-Go MIXes: Providing Probabilistic Anonymity in an Open System", False)[0] + dragonCites = getCite("Mixes protected by Dragons and Pixies: an empirical study", False, save=False)[0] + + if stopAndGoCites in (0, None): + print """OOPS.\n +It looks like Google Scholar changed their URL format or their output format. +I went to count the cites for the Stop-and-Go MIXes paper, and got nothing.""" + sys.exit(1) + + if dragonCites != None: + print """OOPS.\n +It looks like Google Scholar changed their URL format or their output format. +I went to count the cites for a fictitious paper, and found some.""" + sys.exit(1) def urlIsUseless(u): if u.find("freehaven.net/anonbib/") >= 0: |