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GET /v1/search

Search researchers

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api.oanor.com/orcid-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/orcid-api/v1/search" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/orcid-api/v1/search", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/orcid-api/v1/search");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/orcid-api/v1/search",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "count": 20,
        "query": "family-name:Smith",
        "start": 0,
        "total": 23740,
        "researchers": [
            {
                "name": "Andy Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0002-6814-660X",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": []
            },
            {
                "name": "Geoff Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0003-2450-4150",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": []
            },
            {
                "name": "Joshua Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0002-0208-6974",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": []
            },
            {
                "name": "Stuart Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0003-2533-9265",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": []
            },
            {
                "name": "M.A. (Peggy) Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0001-7474-940X",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": [
                    "Lakehead University",
                    "University of Toronto"
                ]
            },
            {
                "name": "Erica Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0002-7713-2189",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": []
            },
            {
                "name": "Cynthia Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0001-7134-8010",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": []
            },
            {
                "name": "Julie Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0001-5588-3638",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": []
            },
            {
                "name": "Steven Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0003-2612-2201",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": []
            },
            {
                "name": "Callie Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0003-0388-4019",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": []
            },
            {
                "name": "Tyler Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0002-6543-9562",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": []
            },
            {
                "name": "Jamison Smith",
                "orcid": "0000-0003-2675-4858",
                "credit_name": null,
                "other_names": [],
                "institutions": [
                    "Blue World Research Institute",
                    "Flor
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