1. Install requests, see http://requests.readthedocs.org/en/latest/user/install/

Use \cite{MR...} in your LaTeX file to cite articles on MathSciNet, where MR... is the MSC identifier. Then:

1. Run pdflatex (or similar) on your file to get an updated .aux file
2. Run python mscget.py (update the hardcoded filename: I'll have to implement parameters I realise now)
3. Appropriately import mr.bib and run bibtex

• Which assumptions did I make are actually wrong?
• Is there a documented API for msnmain? I guess fn=130 is "make a request", but are there other interesting functions?
• What are the possible commands that can appear in the .aux that indicate a citation?
• Can I improve on handing certain HTTP status codes?