robustify

Author: jannisborn

paperscraper/citations/entity/researcher.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import os
 from typing import Any, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple
+from time import sleep
 
 from semanticscholar import SemanticScholar
 
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ async def _self_references_async(
         self, verbose: bool = False
     ) -> List[ReferenceResult]:
         """Async version of self_references."""
+        if self.ssid == '-1':
+            return []
         self.ssids = await get_papers_for_author(self.ssid)
 
         results: List[ReferenceResult] = await self_references_paper(

paperscraper/citations/utils.py

@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ async def get_title_and_id_from_doi(doi: str) -> Dict[str, str] | None:
 
 
 @optional_async
-async def author_name_to_ssaid(author_name: str) -> Optional[Tuple[str, str]]:
+@retry_with_exponential_backoff(max_retries=10, base_delay=1.0)
+async def author_name_to_ssaid(author_name: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     """
     Given an author name, returns the Semantic Scholar author ID.
 
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ async def author_name_to_ssaid(author_name: str) -> Optional[Tuple[str, str]]:
         logger.error(
             f"Error in retrieving name from SS Author ID: {response.status_code} - {response.text}"
         )
+    return ('-1', 'N.A.')
 
 
 def determine_paper_input_type(input: str) -> Literal["ssid", "doi", "title"]: