My university has recently deprecated EZProxy as part of moving towards SSO across all systems. This is preventing me from being able to import restricted files into Paperpile.
There is also Nature listed. What exactly happens when you click on Nature? Are you taken directly to the Nature website or is there some login? Can you then access the PDF file on Nature?
Once authenticated there is a token redirect back to the article page and I can access the PDF for download.
NB: In Chrome I have a University of Melbourne plugin that automatically provides SSO redirect for sites that they have access to. If I do this in FireFox then I need to click the “Access through your institution” button in Nature to trigger the above process.
This is the full URL sequence looking at the browser history (SAML requests redacted):
Enter this in browser
https:// go . openathens . net/redirector/unimelb.edu.au?url=https://doi.org/10.1038/418244a?nosfx=y
Redirects to
https:// sso . unimelb . edu . au/login/login.htm?fromURI=%2Fapp%2Funiversityofmelbourne_openathens_1%2Fexk4hneffrVDsz6Z03l6%2Fsso%2Fsaml%3FSAMLRequest%3D*****%253D%26RelayState%3D%252Fsaml%252F2%252Fsso%252Funimelb.edu.au%252Fo%252F71685714%252Fc%252Foafed%253FSAMLRequest%253D*********%2526RelayState%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.nature.com%25252Farticles%25252F418244a
Redirects to
https:// sso . unimelb . edu . au/signin/refresh-auth-state/*****
Redirects to
https:// sso . unimelb . edu . au/
Enter authentication details
Redirects to
https:// sso . unimelb . edu . au/login/step-up/redirect?stateToken=*****
Redirects to
https:// login . openathens . net/saml/2/sso/unimelb.edu.au/o/71685714/c/oafed?SAMLRequest=*****&RelayState=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2F418244a
Redirects to
https:// www . nature . com/articles/418244a
Edit: had to remove links due to new user limits on links in forum.
Just my 2 cents, but OpenURL lookups are essential for me since they allow me to see whether a resource is available, either physically or electronically, through my university’s resources. If the resource is not available, I can automatically open our Interlibrary Loan page with much of the information needed for a request already filled in.
Thanks James - in a similar situation and also require OpenURL in order to access articles - any updates appreciated otherwise I am back to the dreaded Endnote.
Please implement this! My library also uses this and paperpile is fairly useless in comparison with competing products without this. @andreas@stefan
In fact, it’s very easy to implement.
The openurl resolver simply redirects the (logged in) user to where the file can actually be accessed. It’s a standardised system, and all you really need to process most requests is (for my case):
openurl resolver: http://ul2nb3kn6e.search.serialssolutions.com
university login (already in paperpile): http://proxy1-bib.sdu.dk:2048/login?url=
doi of file requested: 10.1177/10398562211014212
which forms a link (simplified for you using only doi. this link doesn’t require login to access): 360 Link
doi is simply url encoded, as you can see. All you need to use a openurl resolver is to append ?rft_id=info:doi%2F{url encoded doi} to the resolver url
There exists an openurl 0.1 and a 1.0 standard, for the 0.1 standard you use ?id=doi:{url encoded doi} instead, but you cannot use both ?id=doi: and ?rft_id=info:doi.
Please implement this ASAP! And maybe give me a permanent free paperpile account in return for this service
you’re apparently supposed to start with this parameter according to the docs (it communicates that it’s a 1.0 type request), but at my university and some other I tested, it seems to work fine without: ?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004
Any news on whether this is possible? At the moment I can’t really use paperpile or recommend it to students so am considering pulling the plug. I don’t feel that this is a marginal case so hope we can get an update many thanks!
We have not been able to consider solutions for this but expect to prioritize the matter (and other proxy connection methods like OpenAthens) by the end of this year. Our current focus is to push the updates on the pipeline; original plans have suffered delays but we’re working hard to catch up. Sorry I don’t have a workaround to offer in the meantime.
Welcome @Christopher_McMaster to the forum, and we are sorry for the inconvenience. The matter continues to be on our radar, but our dev team cannot work on resolving this issue until we have updated the web app (see @vicente’s post above). I have added your +1 to our internal tracker.
OpenAthens is not working for me This, combined with slow development on numerous other fronts is making me very concerned how long I will remain a user of paperpile (I’ve been a user for 8 years!).
@lalarabbit (and everybody), following some updates we’ve had other users successfully configure access to OpenAthens (manually via library Settings > Proxy Access) with a link resolver looking like:
You would need to replace the qut.edu.au bit with your own institution’s URL (or something like that). The most important thing is making sure to include?url=$@or/login?url=$@at the end of the link. Anybody who’s able to try this with their institutional login, please let us know if it works.
This, combined with slow development on numerous other fronts is making me very concerned how long I will remain a user of paperpile (I’ve been a user for 8 years!).