[Tex/LaTex] Convert RIS or NBIB or JSON to bibtex

bibtexjson

This article is not in Google Scholar, and they offer citations in RIS, NBIB, and JSON.

So the big question is, how can I convert this to bibtex?

Here is how it looks in JSON:

{"source":"PMC","accessed":{"date-parts":[[2015,9,29]]},"id":"aiid:181008","title":"The Genome Sequence of <i>Yersinia pestis</i> Bacteriophage φA1122 Reveals an Intimate History with the Coliphage T3 and T7 Genomes","author":[{"family":"Garcia","given":"Emilio"},{"family":"Elliott","given":"Jeffrey M."},{"family":"Ramanculov","given":"Erlan"},{"family":"Chain","given":"Patrick S. G."},{"family":"Chu","given":"May C."},{"family":"Molineux","given":"Ian J."}],"container-title-short":"J Bacteriol","container-title":"Journal of Bacteriology","publisher":"American Society for Microbiology","ISSN":"0021-9193","issued":{"date-parts":[[2003,9]]},"page":"5248-5262","volume":"185","issue":"17","PMID":"12923098","PMCID":"PMC181008","DOI":"10.1128/JB.185.17.5248-5262.2003","type":"article-journal"}

or in pretty print:

{
"DOI": "10.1128/JB.185.17.5248-5262.2003",
"ISSN": "0021-9193",
"PMCID": "PMC181008",
"PMID": "12923098",
"accessed": {
    "date-parts": [
        [
            2015,
            9,
            29
        ]
    ]
},
"author": [
    {
        "family": "Garcia",
        "given": "Emilio"
    },
    {
        "family": "Elliott",
        "given": "Jeffrey M."
    },
    {
        "family": "Ramanculov",
        "given": "Erlan"
    },
    {
        "family": "Chain",
        "given": "Patrick S. G."
    },
    {
        "family": "Chu",
        "given": "May C."
    },
    {
        "family": "Molineux",
        "given": "Ian J."
    }
],
"container-title": "Journal of Bacteriology",
"container-title-short": "J Bacteriol",
"id": "aiid:181008",
"issue": "17",
"issued": {
    "date-parts": [
        [
            2003,
            9
        ]
    ]
},
"page": "5248-5262",
"publisher": "American Society for Microbiology",
"source": "PMC",
"title": "The Genome Sequence of <i>Yersinia pestis</i> Bacteriophage \u03c6A1122 Reveals an Intimate History with the Coliphage T3 and T7 Genomes",
"type": "article-journal",
"volume": "185"
}

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You sure about that?

@article{garcia2003genome,
  title={The genome sequence of Yersinia pestis bacteriophage $\varphi$A1122 reveals an intimate history with the coliphage T3 and T7 genomes},
  author={Garcia, Emilio and Elliott, Jeffrey M and Ramanculov, Erlan and Chain, Patrick SG and Chu, May C and Molineux, Ian J},
  journal={Journal of bacteriology},
  volume={185},
  number={17},
  pages={5248--5262},
  year={2003},
  publisher={Am Soc Microbiol}
}

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[Tex/LaTex] Ways to parse JSON in LaTeX

Although the question is about parsing JSON in LaTeX, since the OP wants to "have my own style, which can be change very fast", I'll give a ConTeXt solution for its simplicity.

ConTeXt already comes up with a parser for JSON. To use it, simply load

\usemodule[json]

Then, you can use the Lua function utilities.json.tolua to convert JSON string to Lua table and the Lua function utilities.json.tostring to convert a Lua table to a JSON string.

It is very simple to typeset Lua tables using ConTeXt Lua Document. Here is a complete example:

\usemodule[json]
\startluacode

  userdata = userdata or {}
  local json = utilities.json

  userdata.show_recipe = function(recipe)

  local lua_recipe  = json.tolua(recipe).recipe
  local ingredients = lua_recipe.ingredients
  local cooking     = lua_recipe.cooking

  context.subject(lua_recipe.title)

  local show_value = function(value)
    context.NC() context(value) 
    context.EQ() context(lua_recipe[value])
    context.NC() context.NR()
  end

  context.starttabulate()
    show_value("source")
    show_value("carbs")
    show_value("protein")
    show_value("cal")
  context.stoptabulate()

  context.subsubject("Ingredients")
  context.startitemize{"packed, intro"}
  for i = 1,#ingredients do
    context.startitem()
    context(ingredients[i].item)
    context.stopitem()
  end
  context.stopitemize()

  context.subsubject("Cooking")
  context.startitemize{"packed, intro"}
  for i = 1,#cooking do
    context.startitem()
    context(cooking[i].step)
    context.stopitem()
  end
  context.stopitemize()

  end
\stopluacode

Now you can simply define a TeX macro to pass its argument to the Lua function.

% Note that I use the braces around #1 to make the input
% syntax slightly simpler
\define[1]\Recipe
    {\ctxlua{userdata.show_recipe([==[{#1}]==])}}

Let's add some minimal styling to format the section heads. As with all ConTeXt documents, you can change the format by using appropriate \setup... command.

\setuphead[subject][style=\bfb]
\setuphead[subsubject][style=\bfa]

Finally, the main document

\starttext

\Recipe
    {
      "recipe": {
          "title":"First recipe",
          "source":"My first cookbook",
          "carbs":"1 oz",
          "fat":"1 oz",
          "protein":"1 oz",
          "cal":"100 kcal",
          "ingredients": [
              {"item":"Eggs"},
              {"item":"Oil"},
              {"item":"Nuts"}
          ],
          "cooking": [
              {"step":"Mix eggs and oil"},
              {"step":"Add nuts"}
          ]
      }
    } 

\stoptext

which gives

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[Tex/LaTex] API JSON in Latex

I would recommend against trying to import data directly into LaTeX from a REST/JSON API. This would in any case require outside tools as LaTeX cannot open network connections. I'd suggest to use a language like Python or Ruby to query the API and to transform the JSON data into something that is easier to process with LaTeX.

A great tool for transforming JSON data is jq - I'm using it to trim down JSON data to the bits that I need in a document in combination with Curl to retrieve the data from a REST API.

Here is code using Curl, jq, and the API from above. It emits

\geo{37.4220352}%
     {-122.0841244}

which would be easy to parse in LaTeX by creating a command \geo.

#! /bin/sh

URL="http://216.58.210.138/maps/api/geocode/json?address=1600+Amphitheatre+Parkway,+Mountain+View,+CA&sensor=false"

curl -s "$URL" | jq -r '"
\\geo{\(.results[0].geometry.location.lat)}%
     {\(.results[0].geometry.location.lng)}
"'

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