DOI Resolver

A browser extension to resolve DOIs (digital object identifiers) to their web destinations. Available at:

• Chrome Web Store for Google Chrome
• Edge Add-ons for Microsoft Edge
• Firefox Add-ons for Firefox

Features

• Resolve DOIs and ShortDOIs via:
  • Extension button
  • Selected text context menu
  • Address bar with keyword: doi
    Address bar usage: Type doi and press space. Now you can input a DOI and press enter to navigate to the web destination.
• Maintain a history of visited DOIs along with their automatically fetched titles
• Generate QR codes which can be scanned by smart phones to share a publication
• Generate formatted citations for publications
• Automatically convert DOIs on web pages into links
• Use your own DOI resolver URL – useful if your institution provides a proxy service

Development

Clone git repository locally and then install npm packages

npm install

Available npm scripts:

• npm run lint - Lint source using eslint
• npm run format - Format source using prettier
• npm run build [chrome|edge|firefox] - Build the extension; output to dist/<browser>/
• npm run build-debug [chrome|edge|firefox] - Build the extension without HTML/CSS minification and include source maps in transpiled JS; output to dist/<browser>/
• npm run pkg [chrome|edge|firefox] - Compress built extension from dist/<browser>/ into a .zip file and output to pkg/
• npm run clean - Clear out the contents of dist/
• npm run release - Run lint, clean, build, and pkg scripts, in that order (builds for all browsers)

Languages

Internationalization is supported and contributions are welcome. Reference English UI strings and descriptions in messages.json. Create static/_locales/xx/manifest.json where xx is a supported locale code from chrome.i18n: Locales and prepare a pull request. Thanks!

Languages supported: English

License

Apache License, Version 2.0.

Copyright 2016 Matthew D. Mower (mdmower)