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Elsevier Search API

The Search API from Elsevier — 3 operation(s) for search.

Elsevier Search API is one of 7 APIs that Elsevier publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.elsevier.com.

3 operations 3 paths 0 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Server
https://api.elsevier.com
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Elsevier Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-ELS-APIKey (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Search 3
GET
/content/search/scopus
Scopus Search
scopusSearch 8 params → 200400401429
GET
/content/search/author
Author Search
authorSearch 9 params → 200
GET
/content/search/affiliation
Affiliation Search
affiliationSearch 8 params → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

elsevier-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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