Fetch the A&A submission status using python

aanda.py

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import argparse

def getData(author, article):
  with requests.Session() as session:
    # Fetch Data from server
    payload = {
      'codeauteur': author,
      'refarticle': article,
    }
    response = session.post('https://mms-aanda.obspm.fr/is/aa/detail.php', data=payload)

    # Find Table
    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
    table = soup.find_all("table")[-1]

    # Parse entries
    table = [[entry.text for entry in row.findAll('td')] for row in table.findAll('tr')]
    return table

if __name__ == "__main__":
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Fetch A&A submission status')
  parser.add_argument('author', help='The A&A author ID')
  parser.add_argument('article', help='The A&A article reference number')
  args = parser.parse_args()

  data = getData(args.author, args.article)
  print(f'{args.article} ({args.author})')
  print('\n'.join([f'{date}  {status}' for (date, status) in data[1:]]))
  print('----------')

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