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Validate and lookup DOI/PMID with comprehensive error handling

Source: R/mod_references_fct_crossref.R
validate_and_lookup_identifier.Rd

Main function that validates input format, converts PMID to DOI if needed, looks up publication data from Crossref, and returns formatted results.

Usage

validate_and_lookup_identifier(input_string, access_date = Sys.Date())

Arguments

input_string

Character string containing DOI or PMID

access_date

Date to use for ACCESS_DATE field. Defaults to today's date.

Value

List with components:

  • success: Logical indicating whether lookup succeeded

  • data: Mapped field data (if success = TRUE) or NULL

  • message: Status message for user feedback

  • identifier_type: Type of identifier detected ("doi" or "pmid")

Details

This is the main entry point for DOI/PMID lookup functionality. It handles the complete workflow:

  1. Validate input format

  2. Convert PMID to DOI if necessary

  3. Query Crossref for publication data

  4. Map results to reference field format

See also

Other validate: validate_and_parse_bibtex(), validate_dataset_structure(), validate_doi_format(), validate_pmid_format()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  result <- validate_and_lookup_identifier("10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.01.001")
  result$data$TITLE
  result$identifier_type
} # }