Unpaywall public source websiteURL format

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Robert Keith

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Nov 6, 2023, 2:26:45 PM11/6/23
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Hi,
We been trying to import publications using the api and have noticed that public sources via the new 'Unpaywall' source appear to be unnecessarily long.

For example, the 'Open PDF' link in the following resource https://europepmc.org/article/MED/32723405

can be loaded via this URL
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C80E1B3CDB42E62C33DC3FF63544DE93/S2056472420000654a.pdf

but the request takes this form (which includes the article title with markup)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/C80E1B3CDB42E62C33DC3FF63544DE93/S2056472420000654a.pdf/div-class-title-mapping-uk-mental-health-services-for-adults-with-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-national-survey-with-comparison-of-reporting-between-three-stakeholder-groups-div.pdf

I'd like to ask if this is this intended behaviour for this type of link?

Kind regards
  Bob Keith

Michael Parkin

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Nov 7, 2023, 6:13:55 AM11/7/23
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For the benefit of all on the forum, this looks to be an issue with Unpaywall's URL scraping, as this is the URL returned via their API: https://api.unpaywall.org/v2/10.1192/bjo.2020.65?email=liter...@ebi.ac.uk

We recommend contacting Unpaywall support.

Kind regards,
Michael

Robert Keith

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Nov 7, 2023, 6:42:48 AM11/7/23
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Thank you Michael, I appreciate the response and the link with the example.

I'll raise this with Unpaywall and report back with any relevant updates.

Regards
 Bob

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