Springer Nature Meta API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Springer Nature Meta API
  description: >-
    The Springer Nature Meta API (versioned metadata) provides comprehensive
    access to metadata for over 14 million scholarly documents including journal
    articles, book chapters, and conference papers. Supports search by keyword,
    author, journal, ISSN, ISBN, DOI, subject, and date range. Returns rich
    metadata including abstracts, author affiliations, funding, subject classification,
    and content links. Requires a free API key from dev.springernature.com.
  version: '2'
  contact:
    name: Springer Nature Developer Support
    url: https://dev.springernature.com/
  license:
    name: Springer Nature API Terms
    url: https://dev.springernature.com/terms-conditions/
servers:
  - url: https://api.springernature.com/meta/v2
    description: Springer Nature Meta API v2
security:
  - apiKey: []
paths:
  /json:
    get:
      operationId: searchMetadata
      summary: Search Publication Metadata
      description: >-
        Searches and retrieves metadata for Springer Nature publications. Returns
        paginated results with rich metadata including abstracts, authors, affiliations,
        DOIs, URLs, journal info, and subject classifications.
      tags:
        - Search
      parameters:
        - name: q
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
          description: >-
            Free-text search query. Supports field qualifiers: title:, doi:,
            author:, issn:, isbn:, journal:, subject:, onlinedatefrom:, onlinedateto:
        - name: s
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
            default: 1
          description: Start record number for pagination (1-based)
        - name: p
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
            minimum: 1
            maximum: 100
            default: 10
          description: Number of results per page (max 100)
        - name: api_key
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
          description: API key (alternative to header-based auth)
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Metadata search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetadataSearchResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing API key
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
  /pam:
    get:
      operationId: searchMetadataPam
      summary: Search Metadata (PAM Format)
      description: Returns publication metadata in PAM (Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata) format
      tags:
        - Search
      parameters:
        - name: q
          in: query
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: s
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 1
        - name: p
          in: query
          schema:
            type: integer
            default: 10
      responses:
        '200':
          description: PAM format metadata results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-ApiKey
  schemas:
    MetadataSearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        apiMessage:
          type: string
          description: API version message
        query:
          type: string
          description: Processed query string
        apiKey:
          type: string
        result:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResultSet'
        records:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicationRecord'
        facets:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Facet'
    ResultSet:
      type: object
      properties:
        total:
          type: string
          description: Total number of matching records
        start:
          type: string
        pageLength:
          type: string
        recordsDisplayed:
          type: string
    PublicationRecord:
      type: object
      properties:
        identifier:
          type: string
          description: Record identifier
        url:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              format:
                type: string
              platform:
                type: string
              value:
                type: string
        title:
          type: string
        creators:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Creator'
        publicationName:
          type: string
          description: Journal or book series name
        issn:
          type: string
        eissn:
          type: string
        isbn:
          type: string
        doi:
          type: string
          description: Digital Object Identifier
        publisher:
          type: string
        publicationDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        onlineDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        printDate:
          type: string
          format: date
        volume:
          type: string
        number:
          type: string
        startingPage:
          type: string
        endingPage:
          type: string
        copyright:
          type: string
        contentType:
          type: string
          description: Type of content (Article, Book, Chapter, etc.)
        abstract:
          type: string
          description: Article or chapter abstract
        subjects:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        keyword:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        openAccess:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the content is open access
    Creator:
      type: object
      properties:
        creator:
          type: string
          description: Author name (Last, First format)
        ORCID:
          type: string
          description: Author ORCID identifier
    Facet:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Facet field name (subject, type, year, journal, etc.)
        values:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              value:
                type: string
              count:
                type: string
tags:
  - name: Search