OpenAlex

Tools

• Add Collection Entities

  Bulk-add one or more matching OpenAlex entity IDs to an owned collection without duplicating existing memberships.

• Autocomplete Entities

  Resolve a partial name or title to likely OpenAlex entity IDs before filtering or retrieving metadata.

• Create Collection

  Create a private, single-entity-type OpenAlex collection, optionally with an initial bounded set of entity IDs.

• Delete Collection

  destructive

  Permanently delete exactly one owned private OpenAlex collection and all of its collection memberships. This does not delete the underlying OpenAlex entities.

• Download Work Content

  Download an OpenAlex-cached PDF or gzipped GROBID TEI file for a work. Choose the format matching the work's has_content flags. Each call currently costs $0.01, and source copyright terms still apply.

• Get Collection

  Get metadata for one private OpenAlex collection owned by the connected user.

• Get Metadata Entity

  Retrieve one OpenAlex work, author, source, institution, topic, keyword, publisher, funder, award, taxonomy item, country, continent, or language by its supported identifier. Returns the provider's entity object directly; use select to limi

• Get Rate Limit Status

  Validate the connected OpenAlex API key and inspect daily budget, prepaid balance, reset timing, and current endpoint costs before expensive queries or downloads.

• List Collection Entities

  List one page of entity IDs in an owned private collection together with collection metadata and page totals.

• List My Collections

  List private OpenAlex collections owned by the connected API-key user, optionally finding collections that contain an entity.

• Query Metadata Entities

  Search, filter, sort, sample, select, or group one OpenAlex metadata resource other than works, including authors, venues, organizations, taxonomy, geography, awards, and enumerations. Returns one cursor-controlled page.

• Query Works

  Search, filter, sort, sample, select, or group scholarly works. Returns one cursor-controlled page and its OpenAlex query cost; use the snapshot for whole-catalog exports.

• Remove Collection Entities

  destructive

  Bulk-remove one or more entity memberships from an owned private OpenAlex collection without deleting the underlying OpenAlex entities.

• Update Collection

  Update a private collection's name or description, or change its entity type while the collection is empty. Provide at least one of display_name, description, or entity_type.

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