Api Endpoint

scholar-search

Search the scholarly literature by keyword or topic and get a ranked list of works with core metadata. Optional filters for year range, open-access only, concept and institution. Powered by OpenAlex. A cheap first step before /scholar/paper.

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Offering

Provider: api.agentstools.dev
Method: GET
Offering type: Api Endpoint
Transport type: http
Category: Science And Education
Delivery: Not provided
Pricing model: Not provided
x402 version: 2

Endpoint context

URL: https://api.agentstools.dev/scholar/search
MIME type: application/json
First seen: 2026-10-16T01:50:45.949Z
Last seen: 2026-11-04T06:52:12.493Z
Tags: scholar, Research, Search, literature, openalex, papers, lit-review, Discovery, metadata

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Payment pricing

x402 payment terms are the authoritative price for calling this endpoint.

Payment option 1: 0.01 USDC
Atomic price: 10000 · Network: eip155:8453 · Asset: USDC · Scheme: exact

Raw x402 terms

[
  {
    "scheme": "exact",
    "network": "eip155:8453",
    "asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
    "amount": "10000",
    "payTo": "0xF22e558a00D91Ee12A1F50C52186FecB8dDFf493"
  }
]

Observed health

Status: Healthy
Latest latency: 365 ms
Average latency: 712 ms
HTTP status: 402
Last checked: 2026-11-04T06:52:12.487Z
Reachability: 100% over 11 checks

Latency is measured to the first response headers. A reachable result does not verify response accuracy or merchant identity.

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "GET",
        "HEAD",
        "DELETE"
      ]
    },
    "queryParams": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "query": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Keyword or topic search terms"
        },
        "year_from": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Earliest publication year to include"
        },
        "year_to": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Latest publication year to include"
        },
        "oa_only": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "Restrict to open-access works when true"
        },
        "concept": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Filter by a subject concept name"
        },
        "institution": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Filter by an author institution name"
        },
        "limit": {
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": 1,
          "maximum": 50,
          "description": "Max items to return, default 10"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "query"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "method": {
          "enum": [
            "GET",
            "HEAD",
            "DELETE"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "queryParams": {
          "properties": {
            "concept": {
              "description": "Filter by a subject concept name",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "institution": {
              "description": "Filter by an author institution name",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "limit": {
              "description": "Max items to return, default 10",
              "maximum": 50,
              "minimum": 1,
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "oa_only": {
              "description": "Restrict to open-access works when true",
              "type": "boolean"
            },
            "query": {
              "description": "Keyword or topic search terms",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "year_from": {
              "description": "Earliest publication year to include",
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "year_to": {
              "description": "Latest publication year to include",
              "type": "integer"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "query"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "http",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "method"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "output": {
      "properties": {
        "example": {
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "input"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}