magpub.utils

Django-agnostic publication utilities.

Contains BibTeX parsing helpers, text normalization, similarity checks, and publication type inference.

Functions

decode_unicode_text(text)	Replace unicode characters with equivalent ASCII characters.
format_author_name(author)	Convert 'Last, First' into 'First Last'.
get_forum(bibtex_entry)	Build a comma-separated forum string from BibTeX fields.
get_link(bibtex_entry)	Extract a URL from a BibTeX entry dictionary.
get_month(bibtex_entry)	Extract a numeric month from a BibTeX entry dictionary.
get_pub_type(bibtex_entry)	Infer the canonical publication type from a BibTeX entry dictionary.
get_pub_type_from_str(value[, bibtex_source])	Normalize a plain-string publication type (e.g. from a UI dropdown).
how_similar(str1, str2)	Return difflib.SequenceMatcher ratio between two strings.
is_pub_similar(pub1, pub2)	Return True if two publications are likely duplicates.