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Elsevier Search API

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

Elsevier Search API is one of 10 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 3.2.0, 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 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
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 ↑

Other APIs Elsevier publishes across the network.

Elsevier Scopus APIs
Elsevier ScienceDirect APIs
Elsevier SciVal API
Elsevier Engineering Village API
Elsevier Embase API
Elsevier Retrieval APIs
Elsevier Metadata APIs
Elsevier COUNTER SUSHI API
Elsevier Abstract API
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