/openalex/authors/search
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'access-token: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"count": 2,
"timeout": 300,
"search": "<string>",
"country_code": "<string>",
"last_known_institution_id": "<string>",
"affiliation_institution_id": "<string>",
"works_count": "<string>",
"cited_by_count": "<string>",
"h_index": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search"
payload = {
"count": 2,
"timeout": 300,
"search": "<string>",
"country_code": "<string>",
"last_known_institution_id": "<string>",
"affiliation_institution_id": "<string>",
"works_count": "<string>",
"cited_by_count": "<string>",
"h_index": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"access-token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
count: 2,
timeout: 300,
search: '<string>',
country_code: '<string>',
last_known_institution_id: '<string>',
affiliation_institution_id: '<string>',
works_count: '<string>',
cited_by_count: '<string>',
h_index: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'count' => 2,
'timeout' => 300,
'search' => '<string>',
'country_code' => '<string>',
'last_known_institution_id' => '<string>',
'affiliation_institution_id' => '<string>',
'works_count' => '<string>',
'cited_by_count' => '<string>',
'h_index' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"access-token: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"count\": 2,\n \"timeout\": 300,\n \"search\": \"<string>\",\n \"country_code\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_known_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"affiliation_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"works_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"cited_by_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"h_index\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("access-token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search")
.header("access-token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"count\": 2,\n \"timeout\": 300,\n \"search\": \"<string>\",\n \"country_code\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_known_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"affiliation_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"works_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"cited_by_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"h_index\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["access-token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"count\": 2,\n \"timeout\": 300,\n \"search\": \"<string>\",\n \"country_code\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_known_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"affiliation_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"works_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"cited_by_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"h_index\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body[
{
"id": "<string>",
"@type": "OpenalexAuthor",
"orcid": "<string>",
"display_name": "",
"display_name_alternatives": [],
"works_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 0,
"summary_stats": {
"@type": "OpenalexSummaryStats",
"two_year_mean_citedness": 123,
"h_index": 123,
"i10_index": 123
},
"affiliations": [],
"last_known_institutions": [],
"topics": [],
"topic_share": [],
"x_concepts": [],
"counts_by_year": [],
"works_api_url": "<string>",
"updated_at": "<string>",
"created_at": "<string>"
}
]{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}/openalex
/openalex/authors/search
Search OpenAlex authors by query and filters
Price: 5 credits per 200 results
POST
/
api
/
openalex
/
authors
/
search
/openalex/authors/search
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'access-token: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"count": 2,
"timeout": 300,
"search": "<string>",
"country_code": "<string>",
"last_known_institution_id": "<string>",
"affiliation_institution_id": "<string>",
"works_count": "<string>",
"cited_by_count": "<string>",
"h_index": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search"
payload = {
"count": 2,
"timeout": 300,
"search": "<string>",
"country_code": "<string>",
"last_known_institution_id": "<string>",
"affiliation_institution_id": "<string>",
"works_count": "<string>",
"cited_by_count": "<string>",
"h_index": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"access-token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
count: 2,
timeout: 300,
search: '<string>',
country_code: '<string>',
last_known_institution_id: '<string>',
affiliation_institution_id: '<string>',
works_count: '<string>',
cited_by_count: '<string>',
h_index: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'count' => 2,
'timeout' => 300,
'search' => '<string>',
'country_code' => '<string>',
'last_known_institution_id' => '<string>',
'affiliation_institution_id' => '<string>',
'works_count' => '<string>',
'cited_by_count' => '<string>',
'h_index' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"access-token: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"count\": 2,\n \"timeout\": 300,\n \"search\": \"<string>\",\n \"country_code\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_known_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"affiliation_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"works_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"cited_by_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"h_index\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("access-token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search")
.header("access-token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"count\": 2,\n \"timeout\": 300,\n \"search\": \"<string>\",\n \"country_code\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_known_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"affiliation_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"works_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"cited_by_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"h_index\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.anysite.io/api/openalex/authors/search")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["access-token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"count\": 2,\n \"timeout\": 300,\n \"search\": \"<string>\",\n \"country_code\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_known_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"affiliation_institution_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"works_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"cited_by_count\": \"<string>\",\n \"h_index\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body[
{
"id": "<string>",
"@type": "OpenalexAuthor",
"orcid": "<string>",
"display_name": "",
"display_name_alternatives": [],
"works_count": 0,
"cited_by_count": 0,
"summary_stats": {
"@type": "OpenalexSummaryStats",
"two_year_mean_citedness": 123,
"h_index": 123,
"i10_index": 123
},
"affiliations": [],
"last_known_institutions": [],
"topics": [],
"topic_share": [],
"x_concepts": [],
"counts_by_year": [],
"works_api_url": "<string>",
"updated_at": "<string>",
"created_at": "<string>"
}
]{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}Authorizations
API token from the dashboard
Headers
Body
application/json
Required range:
x >= 1Required range:
20 <= x <= 1500Available options:
relevance_score:desc, works_count:desc, cited_by_count:desc, summary_stats.h_index:desc Response
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