Renaming .scopus to .pybliometrics doesn't work

[raffaem]

I have pybliometrics 3.1.0:

$ python3
Python 3.10.0 (default, Oct  4 2021, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.2.1 20210728 (Red Hat 11.2.1-1)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import pybliometrics
>>> print(pybliometrics.__version__)
3.1.0

In the documentation there is written that I can rename the ~/.scopus folder into a ~/.pybliometrics folder.

I have tried that but pybliometrics ask me for the API key again and re-creates the ~/.scopus folder:

Please enter your API Key(s), obtained from http://dev.elsevier.com/myapikey.html.  Separate multiple keys by comma:
XXXXXXXX
API Keys are sufficient for most users.  If you have an InstToken, please enter the token now;otherwise just press Enter:

Configuration file successfully created at /home/<myusername>/.scopus/config.ini
For details see https://pybliometrics.rtfd.io/en/stable/configuration.html.

[Michael-E-Rose]

Since you're on Linux, you don't face the issue of leading dots in foldernames that plagues Windows.

And you're sure the filename is exactly .pybliometrics (no double dots, no trailing blank, no typo)?

[raffaem]

Yes

$ mv .scopus .pybliometrics

The .scopus folder is re-created, and it asks for the API key:

Please enter your API Key(s), obtained from http://dev.elsevier.com/myapikey.html.  Separate multiple keys by comma:

[raffaem]

I have found it.

Renaming the folder is not sufficient.

You need to edit the config.ini to change the variables in the [Directories] header to use the new folder.

For example you need to change

AuthorSearch = /home/user/.scopus/author_search

to

AuthorSearch = /home/user/.pybliometrics/author_search

[Michael-E-Rose]

Ah yes. pybliometrics creates the folder mentioned in the configuration file if necessary, and if this happens to be the .scopus folder, it takes precedence over the .pybliometrics folder.

I will update the docs.