Update doc to rst format for generation with Sphinx

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 __pycache__
+docs/

database.py

@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 """
 This file contains the database schema in SQLAlchemy format.
 """
-from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String
+from sqlalchemy import event, Column, Integer, String
+from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 
 Base = declarative_base()
 
 
+@event.listens_for(Engine, "connect")
+def set_sqlite_pragma(dbapi_connection, connection_record):
+    """
+    Auto enable foreign keys for SQLite.
+    """
+    cursor = dbapi_connection.cursor()
+    cursor.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
+    cursor.close()
+
+
 class Paper(Base):
     __tablename__ = 'papers'
     id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)

main.py

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import bottle
 from bottle.ext import sqlalchemy
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine, event
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
-from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
 
 import database
 import routes
@@ -32,14 +31,6 @@ plugin = sqlalchemy.Plugin(
 app.install(plugin)
 
 
-# Auto enable foreign keys for SQLite
-@event.listens_for(Engine, "connect")
-def set_sqlite_pragma(dbapi_connection, connection_record):
-    cursor = dbapi_connection.cursor()
-    cursor.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")
-    cursor.close()
-
-
 # Routes
 app.get("/papers", callback=routes.get.fetch_papers)
 app.get("/papers/<id:int>", callback=routes.get.fetch_by_id)

reference_fetcher/arxiv.py

@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ def sources_from_arxiv(eprint):
     """
     Download sources on arXiv for a given preprint.
 
-    Params:
+    :param eprint: The arXiv id (e.g. ``1401.2910`` or ``1401.2910v1``).
-        - eprint is the arXiv id (e.g. 1401.2910 or 1401.2910v1).
+    :returns: A ``TarFile`` object of the sources of the arXiv preprint.
-
-    Returns a TarFile object of the sources of the arXiv preprint.
     """
     r = requests.get("http://arxiv.org/e-print/%s" % (eprint,))
     file_object = io.BytesIO(r.content)
@@ -27,10 +25,8 @@ def bbl_from_arxiv(eprint):
     """
     Get the .bbl files (if any) of a given preprint.
 
-    Params:
+    :param eprint: The arXiv id (e.g. ``1401.2910`` or ``1401.2910v1``).
-        - eprint is the arXiv id (e.g. 1401.2910 or 1401.2910v1).
+    :returns: A list of the ``.bbl`` files as text (if any) or ``None``.
-
-    Returns a list of the .bbl files as text (if any) or None.
     """
     tf = sources_from_arxiv(eprint)
     bbl_files = [i for i in tf.getmembers() if i.name.endswith(".bbl")]
@@ -43,10 +39,8 @@ def get_cited_dois(eprint):
     """
     Get the .bbl files (if any) of a given preprint.
 
-    Params:
+    :param eprint: The arXiv id (e.g. ``1401.2910`` or ``1401.2910v1``).
-        - eprint is the arXiv id (e.g. 1401.2910 or 1401.2910v1).
+    :returns: A dict of cleaned plaintext citations and their associated doi.
-
-    Returns a dict of cleaned plaintext citations and their associated doi.
     """
     bbl_files = bbl_from_arxiv(eprint)
     dois = {}
@@ -59,10 +53,8 @@ def get_arxiv_eprint_from_doi(doi):
     """
     Get the arXiv eprint id for a given DOI.
 
-    Params:
+    :param doi: The DOI of the resource to look for.
-        - doi is the DOI of the resource to look for.
+    :returns: The arXiv eprint id, or ``None`` if not found.
-
-    Returns the arXiv eprint id, or None if not found.
     """
     r = requests.get("http://export.arxiv.org/api/query",
                      params={
@@ -80,10 +72,8 @@ def get_doi(eprint):
     """
     Get the associated DOI for a given arXiv eprint.
 
-    Params:
+    :param eprint: The arXiv eprint id.
-        - eprint is the arXiv eprint id.
+    :returns: The DOI if any, or ``None``.
-
-    Returns the DOI if any, or None.
     """
     r = requests.get("http://export.arxiv.org/api/query",
                      params={

reference_fetcher/bbl.py

@@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ from . import tools
 
 def clean_bibitem(bibitem):
     """
-    Return a plaintext representation of the bibitem from the bbl file.
+    Return a plaintext representation of the bibitem from the ``.bbl`` file.
 
-    Params:
+    :param bibitem: The text content of the bibitem.
-        - bibitem is the text content of the bibitem.
+    :returns: A cleaned plaintext citation from the bibitem.
-
-    Returns a cleaned plaintext citation from the bibitem.
     """
     script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
     output = subprocess.check_output(["%s/opendetex/delatex" % (script_dir,),
@@ -31,12 +29,11 @@ def clean_bibitem(bibitem):
 
 def parse(bbl):
     """
-    Parse a *.bbl file to get a clean list of plaintext citations.
+    Parse a ``*.bbl`` file to get a clean list of plaintext citations.
 
-    Params:
+    :param bbl: Either the path to the .bbl file or the content of a ``.bbl`` \
-        - bbl is either the path to the .bbl file or the content of a bbl file.
+            file.
-
+    :returns:  A list of cleaned plaintext citations.
-    Returns a list of cleaned plaintext citations.
     """
     # Handle path or content
     if os.path.isfile(bbl):
@@ -59,11 +56,10 @@ def get_dois(bbl_input):
     """
     Get the papers cited by the paper identified by the given DOI.
 
-    Params:
+    :param bbl_input: Either the path to the .bbl file or the content of a \
-        - bbl_input is either the path to the .bbl file or the content of a bbl
+            bbl file.
-        file.
 
-    Returns a dict of cleaned plaintext citations and their associated doi.
+    :returns: A dict of cleaned plaintext citations and their associated doi.
     """
     cleaned_citations_with_URLs = parse(bbl_input)
     dois = {}

reference_fetcher/doi.py

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ from . import tools
 def extract_doi_links(urls):
     """
     Try to find a DOI from a given list of URLs.
+
+    :param urls: A list of URLs.
+    :returns: First matching DOI URL, or ``None``.
     """
     doi_urls = [url for url in urls if "/doi/" in url]
     if len(doi_urls) > 0:
@@ -22,6 +25,9 @@ def extract_doi_links(urls):
 def extract_arxiv_links(urls):
     """
     Try to find an arXiv link from a given list of URLs.
+
+    :param urls: A list of URLs.
+    :returns: First matching arXiv URL, or ``None``.
     """
     arxiv_urls = [url for url in urls if "://arxiv.org" in url]
     if len(arxiv_urls) > 0:
@@ -35,9 +41,14 @@ def match_doi_or_arxiv(text, only=["DOI", "arXiv"]):
     Search for a valid article ID (DOI or ArXiv) in the given text
     (regex-based).
 
-    Returns a tuple (type, first matching ID) or None if not found.
+    From \
-    From : http://en.dogeno.us/2010/02/release-a-python-script-for-organizing-scientific-papers-pyrenamepdf-py/
+    http://en.dogeno.us/2010/02/release-a-python-script-for-organizing-scientific-papers-pyrenamepdf-py/ \
-    and https://github.com/minad/bibsync/blob/3fdf121016f6187a2fffc66a73cd33b45a20e55d/lib/bibsync/utils.rb
+    and \
+    https://github.com/minad/bibsync/blob/3fdf121016f6187a2fffc66a73cd33b45a20e55d/lib/bibsync/utils.rb.
+
+    :param text: Input text on which matching is to be done.
+    :param only: List of matches to look for (DOI/arXiv).
+    :returns: a tuple ``(type, first matching ID)`` or ``None`` if not found.
     """
     text = text.lower()
     # Try to extract DOI
@@ -86,10 +97,8 @@ def get_oa_version(doi):
     """
     Get an OA version for a given DOI.
 
-    Params:
+    :param doi: A DOI or a dx.doi.org link.
-        - doi is a DOI or a dx.doi.org link.
+    :returns: The URL of the OA version of the given DOI, or ``None``.
-
-    Returns the URL of the OA version of the given DOI, or None.
     """
     # If DOI is a link, truncate it
     if "dx.doi.org" in doi:

reference_fetcher/tools.py

@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ This file contains various utility functions.
 """
 
 
-def replaceAll(text, dic):
+def replaceAll(text, replace_dict):
-    """Replace all the dic keys by the associated item in text"""
+    """
-    for i, j in dic.items():
+    Replace all the ``replace_dict`` keys by their associated item in ``text``.
+    """
+    for i, j in replace_dict.items():
         text = text.replace(i, j)
     return text
 
 
 def clean_whitespaces(text):
     """
-    Remove double whitespaces and trailing . and , from text.
+    Remove double whitespaces and trailing "." and "," from text.
     """
     return ' '.join(text.strip().rstrip(".,").split())

routes/get.py

@@ -11,15 +11,18 @@ def fetch_papers(db):
     """
     Fetch all matching papers.
 
-    ```
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
         GET /papers
         Accept: application/vnd.api+json
-    ```
 
-    Filtering is possible using `id=ID`, `doi=DOI`, `arxiv_id=ARXIV_ID` or any
-    combination of these GET parameters. Other parameters are ignored.
 
-    ```
+    Filtering is possible using ``id=ID``, ``doi=DOI``, ``arxiv_id=ARXIV_ID`` \
+    or any combination of these GET parameters. Other parameters are ignored.
+
+
+    .. code-block:: json
+
         {
             "data": [
                 {
@@ -38,7 +41,9 @@ def fetch_papers(db):
                 }
             ]
         }
-    ```
+
+    :param db: A database session, injected by the ``Bottle`` plugin.
+    :returns: An ``HTTPResponse``.
     """
     filters = {k: bottle.request.params[k]
                for k in bottle.request.params
@@ -55,12 +60,14 @@ def fetch_by_id(id, db):
     """
     Fetch a resource identified by its internal id.
 
-    ```
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
         GET /id/<id>
         Accept: application/vnd.api+json
-    ```
 
-    ```
+
+    .. code-block:: json
+
         {
             "data": {
                 {
@@ -79,7 +86,10 @@ def fetch_by_id(id, db):
                 }
             }
         }
-    ```
+
+    :param id: The id of the requested article.
+    :param db: A database session, injected by the ``Bottle`` plugin.
+    :returns: An ``HTTPResponse``.
     """
     resource = db.query(database.Paper).filter_by(id=id).first()
     if resource:

routes/post.py

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ def create_paper(db):
     """
     Create a new resource identified by its DOI or arXiv eprint id.
 
-    ```
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
         POST /papers
         Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
         Accept: application/vnd.api+json
@@ -26,9 +27,10 @@ def create_paper(db):
                 "arxiv_id": "1401.2910"
             }
         }
-    ```
 
-    ```
+
+    .. code-block:: json
+
         {
             "data": {
                 {
@@ -47,7 +49,9 @@ def create_paper(db):
                 }
             }
         }
-    ```
+
+    :param db: A database session, injected by the ``Bottle`` plugin.
+    :returns: An ``HTTPResponse``.
     """
     data = json.loads(bottle.request.body.read().decode("utf-8"))
     # Validate the request
@@ -83,7 +87,9 @@ def create_by_doi(doi, db):
     """
     Create a new resource identified by its DOI, if it does not exist.
 
-    Return None if insertion failed, the Paper object otherwise.
+    :param doi: The DOI of the paper.
+    :param db: A database session.
+    :returns: ``None`` if insertion failed, the ``Paper`` object otherwise.
     """
     paper = database.Paper(doi=doi)
 
@@ -110,7 +116,9 @@ def create_by_arxiv(arxiv, db):
     Create a new resource identified by its arXiv eprint ID, if it does not
     exist.
 
-    Return None if insertion failed, the Paper object otherwise.
+    :param arxiv: The arXiv eprint ID.
+    :param db: A database session.
+    :returns: ``None`` if insertion failed, the ``Paper`` object otherwise.
     """
     paper = database.Paper(arxiv_id=arxiv)
 

tools.py

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import json
 
 def pretty_json(data):
     """
-    Return pretty printed JSON-formatted string.
+    Return pretty-printed JSON-formatted string.
+
+    :param data: A string to be converted.
+    :returns: A pretty-printed JSON-formatted string.
     """
     return json.dumps(data,
                       sort_keys=True,