How to use API Access on OpenAlex server?

You can follow these examples to use API Access on OpenAlex server.

# Get a list of all OpenAlex works:
https://api.openalex.org/works

# Get works where the publication year is 2020
https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=publication_year:2020

# Get works with search term "dna" in the title, abstract, or fulltext:
https://api.openalex.org/works?search=dna

# Get the work with the OpenAlex ID W2741809807: 
https://api.openalex.org/works/W2741809807

# Get the work with this DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4375:
https://api.openalex.org/works/https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4375

# Get the work with PubMed ID: 4907713:
https://api.openalex.org/works/pmid:14907713

# Get a list of all OpenAlex sources:
https://api.openalex.org/sources

# Get the source with the OpenAlex ID S137773608:
https://api.openalex.org/sources/S137773608

# Get sources with search term "medicine"
https://api.openalex.org/sources?search=medicine

# Get the source with ISSN: 2041-1723:
https://api.openalex.org/sources/issn:2041-1723

# Get all authors in OpenAlex
https://api.openalex.org/authors

# Get authors with search term "Carl":
https://api.openalex.org/authors?search=carl

# Get the author with the OpenAlex ID A5023888391:
https://api.openalex.org/authors/A5023888391

# Get the author with this ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1298-3089:
https://api.openalex.org/authors/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1298-3089

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Responses of all API requests are in JSON format.

For more details, see OpenAlex Documentation.

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