Error running script

[LCaseiro]

Hello,

This script is exactly what I need, so I was happy to find it. However, I have been trying to run it without success... I am trying to run it in windows 10, with python 3.8.
When I try to run the script, I always get the following error:

C:\Users\###\citations> python analyze_papers.py zotero_file.csv
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "analyze_papers.py", line 199, in <module>
    titles_dict = read_titles(args.zotero_csv)
  File "analyze_papers.py", line 78, in read_titles
    for r in reader:
_csv.Error: iterator should return strings, not bytes (did you open the file in text mode?)

I am sorry if this is because of some error on my part, but I can't find the problem and I was really hoping to use your script. I hope you can help.

Thanks a lot!

[badarudduja]

I've run into the same problem. I think the python code only works for Python 2.7.
I am trying to run it by 'python2 analyze_papers.py zotero_file.csv' on shell, but its missing the pdfminer library.
Can't figure out how to install the pdfminer library specifically for python2.

[jaks6]

Hello, thanks for opening the issue.

The code was indeed not working properly in Python 3. I have made changes to now fully adapt to Python3, so the issue should be resolved for you @LCaseiro

@badarudduja to install the pdfminer library ( https://pypi.org/project/pdfminer/ ) try using pip.
If you are using PyCharm, it can give you some automatic fix suggestions to install the library if you open the file where pdfminer is imported (layout_scanner.py)

[badarudduja]

Thanks @jaks6! This is really helpful.