README.md

GO EPO-EPS

Go API Client for the European Publication Server Web Service

The European Publication Server's REST API enables access to XML, HTML, TIFF images, and PDF/A versions of European A and B publications.

Status

Alpha Version

⚠️ Experimental - Not ready for production.

Installation

Add the package to your project via the following command:

go get github.com/max-planck-innovation-competition/go-epo-eps

Usage

The following function calls can be used to retrieve the publication dates, the patent ids and the patent data.

Get publication dates

import eps
dates, err := eps.GetPublicationDates()

Get patents ids of a publication dates

import eps
patentIds, err := eps.GetPublicationDatePatents(date)

Get patent by id

import eps
patentXMLData, err := eps.GetPatentXML(patentID)
patentHTMLData, err := eps.GetPatentHTML(patentID)
patentZIPData, err := eps.GetPatentZIP(patentID)
patentPDFData, err := eps.GetPatentPDF(patentID)

Transform xml data to golang struct

import eps
epPatentDocumentSimple, err := eps.ProcessXMLSimple(patentXMLData)

Environment

PROXY=http...
HTTP_PROXY=http...