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Elsevier Retrieval APIs

The Retrieval APIs return a single record by identifier across the Elsevier corpus — abstracts, full-text articles, article objects, entitlements, author profiles and affiliation profiles — reachable interchangeably by DOI, EID, PII, PubMed ID or Scopus ID. 41 paths on api.elsevier.com/content.

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Elsevier Retrieval APIs is one of 10 APIs that Elsevier publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Retrieval, Full Text, and Research. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 41 operations across 41 paths, organized into 7 resource areas, and defines 19 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.elsevier.com/content.

41 operations 41 paths 19 schemas 41 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content
Resource Areas
7

Paths & Operations 41

Across 41 paths, the API surfaces 41 operations — 41 GET. They span 7 resource areas: Abstract_Retrieval, Affiliation_Retrieval, Article_Entitlement_Retrieval, Article_Retrieval, Author_Retrieval, Engineering_Village_Retrieval, Object_Retrieval. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Abstract_Retrieval 6

Abstract Retrieval API

GET
/abstract/doi/{doi}
Abstract Retrieval API
AbstractRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/abstract/eid/{eid}
Abstract Retrieval API
AbstractRetrievalEID 5 params → 200
GET
/abstract/pii/{pii}
Abstract Retrieval API
AbstractRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/abstract/pubmed_id/{pubmed_id}
Abstract Retrieval API
AbstractRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/abstract/pui/{pui}
Abstract Retrieval API
AbstractRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/abstract/scopus_id/{scopus_id}
Abstract Retrieval API
AbstractRetrieval 5 params → 200
Affiliation_Retrieval 2

Affiliation Retrieval API

GET
/affiliation/affiliation_id/{affiliation_id}
Affiliation Retrieval API
AffiliationRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/affiliation/eid/{eid}
Affiliation Retrieval API
AffiliationRetrieval 5 params → 200
Article_Entitlement_Retrieval 5

Article Entitlement Retrieval API

GET
/article/entitlement/doi/{doi}
Article Entitlement Retrieval API
ArticleEntitlementRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/article/entitlement/eid/{eid}
Article Entitlement Retrieval API
ArticleEntitlementRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/article/entitlement/pii/{pii}
Article Entitlement Retrieval API
ArticleEntitlementRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/article/entitlement/pubmed_id/{pubmed_id}
Article Entitlement Retrieval API
ArticleEntitlementRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/article/entitlement/scopus_id/{scopus_id}
Article Entitlement Retrieval API
ArticleEntitlementRetrieval 5 params → 200
Article_Retrieval 4

Article Retrieval API

GET
/article/doi/{doi}
Article Retrieval API
ArticleRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/article/eid/{eid}
Article Retrieval API
ArticleRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/article/pii/{pii}
Article Retrieval API
ArticleRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/article/pubmed_id/{pubmed_id}
Article Retrieval API
ArticleRetrieval 5 params → 200
Author_Retrieval 2

Author Retrieval API

GET
/author/eid/{eid}
Author Retrieval API
AuthorRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/author/author_id/{author_id}
Author Retrieval API
AuthorRetrievalid 5 params → 200
Engineering_Village_Retrieval 1

Engineering Village Retrieval API

GET
/ev/records
Engineering Village Retrieval API
fetchRecordUsingGET 4 params → 200400401500403429
Object_Retrieval 21

Object Retrieval API

GET
/object/doi/{doi}
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/object/doi/{doi}/ref/{ref}
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 7 params → 200
GET
/object/doi/{doi}/ref/{ref}/high
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200
GET
/object/doi/{doi}/ref/{ref}/standard
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200
GET
/object/doi/{doi}/ref/{ref}/thumbnail
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200
GET
/object/eid/{eid}
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/object/pii/{pii}
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/object/pii/{pii}/ref/{ref}
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 7 params → 200
GET
/object/pii/{pii}/ref/{ref}/high
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200
GET
/object/pii/{pii}/ref/{ref}/standard
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200
GET
/object/pii/{pii}/ref/{ref}/thumbnail
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200
GET
/object/pubmed_id/{pubmed_id}
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/object/pubmed_id/{pubmed_id}/ref/{ref}
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 7 params → 200
GET
/object/pubmed_id/{pubmed_id}/ref/{ref}/high
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200
GET
/object/pubmed_id/{pubmed_id}/ref/{ref}/standard
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200
GET
/object/pubmed_id/{pubmed_id}/ref/{ref}/thumbnail
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200
GET
/object/scopus_id/{scopus_id}
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 5 params → 200
GET
/object/scopus_id/{scopus_id}/ref/{ref}
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 7 params → 200
GET
/object/scopus_id/{scopus_id}/ref/{ref}/high
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200
GET
/object/scopus_id/{scopus_id}/ref/{ref}/standard
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200
GET
/object/scopus_id/{scopus_id}/ref/{ref}/thumbnail
Object Retrieval API
ObjectRetrieval 6 params → 200

Schemas 19

The contract defines 19 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CitationEiDoc (9 properties), ContributorInfo (5 properties), DocID (4 properties), PageContainerItems (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PageContainer
object
1 property
Status
object
2 properties
DocID
object
4 properties
ServiceError
object
1 property
PageContainerItems
object
3 properties
PageResults
object
1 property
FT
object
1 property
DocProperties
object
1 property
Afs
object
1 property
CitationEiDoc
object
9 properties
PageEntry
object
1 property
Efs
object
1 property
Eds
object
1 property
ContributorInfo
object
5 properties
Database
object
2 properties
ServiceErrorWrap
object
1 property
ContributorAffiliation
object
1 property
Aus
object
1 property
Affiliation
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

elsevier-retrieval-swagger.json Raw ↑

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Base URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content
Docs
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