PMC Article Downloader

This Python script retrieves PMC article identifiers (PMCIDs) based on a search term, downloads the corresponding PDF files from the NCBI FTP server, and extracts the downloaded data.

Features

• Retrieves PMC article identifiers based on a search term using NCBI's E-utilities.
• Downloads PDF files from the NCBI FTP server.
• Extracts and cleans up the downloaded files.

Requirements

• Python 3.12
• Required Python libraries:
  • requests
  • pandas
  • beautifulsoup4
  • tarfile (included in Python standard library)
  • shutil (included in Python standard library)
  • os (included in Python standard library)

You can install the required libraries using pip:

pip install requests pandas beautifulsoup4