Metadata API

Overview

The Metadata API is the original API, offering access to detailed metadata for over 16 million online documents, including journal articles, book chapters, and protocols. Although new users are encouraged to use the updated meta/v1 API, the Metadata API remains widely used for essential metadata retrieval.

Endpoints

  • /metadata: The main endpoint for retrieving foundational metadata for documents such as articles, chapters, and protocols.

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Example Request and Response

Request

bash
GET https://api.springernature.com/metadata/v1/articles?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=doi%3DYOUR_DOI

Response

json
{
  "apiMessage": "This JSON was provided by Springer Nature",
  "query": "keyword: test",
  "apiKey": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "nextPage": "/metadata/json?q=keyword: test&s=1&p=4&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY",
  "result": [
    {
      "total": "100010",
      "start": "1",
      "pageLength": "10",
      "recordsDisplayed": "10"
    }
  ],
  "records": [
    {
      "title": "A study on renewable energy...",
      "doi": "10.1007/s12345-67890",
      "abstract": "This paper explores...",
      "publicationDate": "2023-05-01",
      "journalTitle": "Nature Energy"
    }
  ]
}

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