There are some scripts for downloading PDF's from ArXiv, so maybe looking at those will generate some ideas. I think the approach is to start an auto-file operation. Maybe Hazel can run a script to create a new record with dummy bibliography data and that then gives BD the appropriate auto-file location.
You can find the example scripts on the wiki, which I think you can get to from the help menu in BD. ———————— Adam M. Goldstein PhD, MSLIS -- [email protected] http://www.shiftingbalance.org http://www.twitter.com/z_californianus -- http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=180621 ---- Evolution: Education and Outreach Senior Handling Editor Reviews Editor http://evolution-outreach.com http://blogs.springeropen.com/eeo/ http://www.twitter.com/EEOBlogger > On Sep 26, 2014, at 8:41, Ken Mankoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes you can automate it with applescript, but I'm not very familiar with > that system so I can't offer more advice. > > -k. > > * On 2014-09-26 at 07:21, Antonio Fortin wrote: >> Thanks Ken. I’d like to be able to automate the importing of PDFs into >> BibDesk. I’m on a Mac, so what I do to add files to other apps is have >> Hazel (an automation assistant) monitor a folder and, depending on the >> tag a file has, it will open it in a specific app. That’s usually >> enough to import it into that app. However, with BibDesk, this doesn’t >> work - I get an error saying that the file isn’t a text file. I assume >> that this is because when one opens a file in BibDesk, it expects a >> library (.bib) rather than a binary file. Is there a different command >> I could use, or even an AppleScript, that would allow me to add a PDF? >> >> I’m currently migrating from Papers to BibDesk, so this would also be >> helpful for that. >> >> Antonio >> >> >>> On 26 Sep 2014, at 13:01, Ken Mankoff <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Drag and drop does this. Just drop between entries, not on a entry. >>> >>> Please excuse brevity. Sent from pocket computer with tiny non-haptic >>> feedback keyboard. >>> >>>> On Sep 26, 2014, at 6:44, Antonio Fortin <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Is there any way to import PDFs that don’t already have an entry in >>>> BibDesk? The idea would be that, if the PDF has no metadata (or that >>>> metadata is junk, which is usually the case, that this would just create a >>>> blank entry with the PDF attached to it. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Antonio >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer >>>> Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports >>>> Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? 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