Connector issue: not able to save with "Web of Science Nextgen.js"

alexdai039 · May 19, 2022

Already submit the debug info.

URL: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000790826400003

Name of the translator: Web of Science Nextgen

debugID: D1508426505

Error message:
An error occurred saving with Web of Science Nextgen.
https://snipboard.io/rwMu9q.jpg

I test this translator in Scaffold, it works fine besides a slow speed of loading:
https://snipboard.io/RCF1fA.jpg

So the problem seems not the translator itself.

Anyway, a strange problem. Please kindly help. Thanks!

alexdai039 · May 19, 2022

more specific, the error from the script is:

[JavaScript Error: "HTTP POST https://www.webofscience.com/api/wosnx/indic/export/saveToFile failed with status code 500"]

alexdai039 · June 6, 2022

@dstillman , could you please take a look? Thanks!

alexdai039 · June 17, 2022

It turns out the problem comes from the session control or internal token issue from new version WOS website. The way "Web of Science Nextgen.js" download .ris file from WOS gets stuck every around 5 to 10 minutes, which is very annoying.

I rewrite the scrape function of the translator file, and try to parse all tags directly from the page. This way is much faster than the original translator. And this actually can offer some extra information, such as journal impact factor, total cited times, etc. There is one field missing, which is the publication aberration. But that's anyway not used by me.

For people who have the same issue, I share my personal code here:

"https://github.com/alialili/zotero/blob/48d335c01a2cd6b8eb700ae6290e1e81ce8c9d28/Web of Science (page%20reader).js"

This code is tailored to my needs, so please use at your own risk.