Struct BiorxivClient 

pub struct BiorxivClient { /* private fields */ }

Client for bioRxiv.org preprint API

Provides methods to search for life sciences preprints, filter by category, and convert results to SemanticVector format for RuVector analysis.

Categories

• neuroscience
• genomics
• bioinformatics
• cancer-biology
• immunology
• microbiology
• molecular-biology
• cell-biology
• biochemistry
• evolutionary-biology
• and many more…

Rate Limiting

The client automatically enforces a rate limit of ~1 request per second. Includes retry logic for transient failures.

Implementations

impl BiorxivClient

pub fn new() -> Self

Create a new bioRxiv API client

Example

let client = BiorxivClient::new();

pub fn with_embedding_dim(embedding_dim: usize) -> Self

Create a new bioRxiv API client with custom embedding dimension

Arguments

• embedding_dim - Dimension for text embeddings (default: 384)

pub async fn search_recent( &self, days: u64, limit: usize, ) -> Result<Vec<SemanticVector>>

Get recent preprints from the last N days

Arguments

• days - Number of days to look back (e.g., 7 for last week)
• limit - Maximum number of results to return

Example

// Get preprints from the last 7 days
let recent = client.search_recent(7, 100).await?;

pub async fn search_by_date_range( &self, start_date: NaiveDate, end_date: NaiveDate, limit: Option<usize>, ) -> Result<Vec<SemanticVector>>

Search preprints by date range

Arguments

• start_date - Start date (inclusive)
• end_date - End date (inclusive)
• limit - Optional maximum number of results

Example

use chrono::NaiveDate;

let start = NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(2024, 1, 1).unwrap();
let end = NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(2024, 12, 31).unwrap();
let papers = client.search_by_date_range(start, end, Some(200)).await?;

pub async fn search_by_category( &self, category: &str, limit: usize, ) -> Result<Vec<SemanticVector>>

Search preprints by subject category

Arguments

• category - Subject category (e.g., “neuroscience”, “genomics”)
• limit - Maximum number of results to return

Categories

• neuroscience
• genomics
• bioinformatics
• cancer-biology
• immunology
• microbiology
• molecular-biology
• cell-biology
• biochemistry
• evolutionary-biology
• ecology
• genetics
• developmental-biology
• synthetic-biology
• systems-biology

Example

let neuroscience_papers = client.search_by_category("neuroscience", 100).await?;

Trait Implementations

impl Default for BiorxivClient

fn default() -> Self

Returns the “default value” for a type.