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IEEE Xplore Metadata Search API

Query and retrieve metadata records and abstracts for IEEE documents

IEEE Xplore Metadata Search API is one of 5 APIs that IEEE Xplore publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://ieeexploreapi.ieee.org/api/v1.

1 operations 1 paths 4 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://ieeexploreapi.ieee.org/api/v1/search/articles
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

IEEE Xplore Metadata Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as apikey (ApiKeyQuery). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyQuery — API key obtained by registering at https://developer.ieee.org/member/register. Must be appended to every request as the apikey query parameter.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Metadata Search 1

Query and retrieve metadata records and abstracts for IEEE documents

GET
/search/articles
Search IEEE Xplore article metadata
searchArticles 27 params → 200400401403429500

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Article (34 properties), Author (4 properties), SearchResponse (3 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Article
object
Metadata record for a single IEEE document.
34 properties
SearchResponse
object
Response envelope for article search results.
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response returned for failed API requests.
2 properties
Author
object
Author metadata for a document contributor.
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ieee-metadata-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs IEEE Xplore publishes across the network.

IEEE Xplore Metadata Search API
IEEE Xplore DOI API
IEEE Xplore Open Access API
IEEE Xplore Full-Text Access API