pybtex_bibtex_parser_extract_authors_and_titles.py

1from pybtex.database.input import bibtex
2
3# Initialize the BibTeX parser
4parser = bibtex.Parser()
5
6# Parse a bib file (replace 'example.bib' with your actual file path)
7# For this example, we assume a file exists with standard BibTeX entries
8bib_data = parser.parse_file('example.bib')
9
10# Iterate through the entries in the database
11for key in bib_data.entries:
12    entry = bib_data.entries[key]
13    
14    # Get the title
15    title = entry.fields.get('title', 'No Title')
16    
17    # Get the authors (returned as a list of Person objects)
18    authors = entry.persons.get('author', [])
19    author_names = [str(author) for author in authors]
20    
21    print(f"Key: {key}")
22    print(f"Authors: {', '.join(author_names)}")
23    print(f"Title: {title}")
24    print("-" * 20)