This tool provide a pipeline that can help you download PDF(s), merge them into a single file and rename it based on the venue, title and authors.

1. Write config.json at ${HOME}/.config/paper-down/config.json with the following format:

{
  "temp_filename_1": "__TEMP__1.pdf",
  "temp_filename_2": "__TEMP__2.pdf",
  "temp_filename": "__TEMP__.pdf",
  "save_root": REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_ROOT
}

2. Note that the save_root property is where PDFs save, such as /home/user/documents/papers/. In this directory, it should contain some directories like:

YOUR_ROOT
├── LLM
├── Image Generation 
├── 3D Reconstruction
├── Face Recognition
├── ...

3. Install paper-downloader:

pip install paper-downloader

4. Start!

pd

5. Input information

• First URL (required): The PDF URL
• Second URL (optional): Usually supplemental materials
• Title: Paper title
• Author name: Author's name
• Venue: venue

6. Choose Location

Choose a location that you want to save to based on the config.json file you created.

7. Confirm

Conform your inputs and choice.