Added JSON support

scholar.py

@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import re
+import json
 
 try:
     # Try importing for Python 3
@@ -327,6 +328,16 @@ def as_citation(self):
         """
         return self.citation_data or ''
 
+    def as_json(self):
+        # Get items sorted in specified order:
+        items = sorted(list(self.attrs.values()), key=lambda item: item[2])
+        # Find largest label length:
+        res = {}
+        for item in items:
+            if item[0] is not None:
+                res[item[1]] = item[0]
+        return res
+
 
 class ScholarArticleParser(object):
     """
@@ -1109,6 +1120,11 @@ def citation_export(querier):
     for art in articles:
         print(art.as_citation() + '\n')
 
+def to_json(querier):
+    articles = querier.articles
+    for art in articles:
+        print(json.dumps(art.as_json(),indent=4) + '\n')
+
 
 def main():
     usage = """scholar.py [options] <query string>
@@ -1171,6 +1187,8 @@ def main():
     group.add_option('--citation', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
                      help='Print article details in standard citation format. Argument Must be one of "bt" (BibTeX), "en" (EndNote), "rm" (RefMan), or "rw" (RefWorks).')
     parser.add_option_group(group)
+    group.add_option('--json', action='store_true',
+                     help='Print article data in json format')
 
     group = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Miscellaneous')
     group.add_option('--cookie-file', metavar='FILE', default=None,
@@ -1263,6 +1281,8 @@ def main():
         csv(querier, header=True)
     elif options.citation is not None:
         citation_export(querier)
+    elif options.json:
+        to_json(querier)
     else:
         txt(querier, with_globals=options.txt_globals)