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@AlexJSully AlexJSully released this 25 Aug 21:35
· 3 commits to master since this release

The Publication Figures Web Scraper has been renamed to Publication Figure Retrieval as it no longer scrapes data from the web. Instead, it retrieves data from the NCBI API. This major change was done to comply with the NCBI's terms of service and policies.

Feature:

  • No longer scrapes data from the web, instead retrieves data from the NCBI API

Optimization:

  • Added TypeScript support and reorganized the codebase

Security:

  • Update Axios package to fix security vulnerabilities

Documentation:

  • Rewrote README.md to reflect the changes

Update:

  • Updated packages, including Axios & ESLint (removed Sentry)