Astro::ADS

Perl interface to the Harvard Astrophysics Data System (ADS) abstract service

Getting Started

1. You'll need an API key from NASA ADS labs. Sign up for the newest version of ADS search at https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu, visit account settings and generate a new API token. The official documentation is available at https://github.com/adsabs/adsabs-dev-api

2. When you get your API key, save it to a file called ~/.ads/dev_key or save it as an environment variable named ADS_DEV_KEY

3. From a terminal type cpan install Astro::ADS (or checkout cpanm)

4. Get the documentation using perldoc Astro::ADS or going to MetaCPAN

Acknowledgements

I've been cribbing documentation from Andy Casey's notes

Authors

Re-write for ADS Bumblebee by Boyd Duffee

Originally written by Alasdair Allan aa@astro.ex.ac.uk, of the University of Exeter Astrophysics Group (http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/) as part of his work for the eSTAR project with Tim Jenness timj@jach.hawaii.edu of the Joint Astronomy Centre (JAC) in Hawaii.

Terms and Conditions

Use of this library implies acceptance of the terms and conditions of use of the Astrophysical Data Service (ADS) Abstract Service, for full details see http://adswww.harvard.edu/use.html

License

Astro::ADS is licensed under the MIT licence.