Google Scholar Cite API
Google Scholar Cite API allows a user to scrape the citation results of a Googles Scholar Author search.
Engine: google_scholar_cite
API Parameters
Searchdata Parameters
engine
Required
The engine of the API. Needs to be set to google_scholar_cite for this request.
api_key
Required
Your API Key
device
Optional
The device used for your google search. Can be set to desktop
, mobile
or tablet
.
Search Query
q
Required
The citation that you are searching for (the query).
Google Scholar Cite API examples
Example for q
:"FDc6HiktlqEJ"

GET
https://api.searchdata.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ
Code to integrate
curl --request GET --url "https://api.searchdata.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ"
const http = require("https");
const options = {
"method": "GET",
"hostname": "api.searchdata.io",
"port": null,
"path": "/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ",
"headers": {}
};
const req = http.request(options, function (res) {
const chunks = [];
res.on("data", function (chunk) {
chunks.push(chunk);
});
res.on("end", function () {
const body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
console.log(body.toString());
});
});
req.end();
import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.searchdata.io")
conn.request("GET", "/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ")
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.searchdata.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.searchdata.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(res)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.searchdata.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ")
.asString();
var client = new RestClient("https://api.searchdata.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'
url = URI("https://api.searchdata.io/v1?engine=google_scholar_cite&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=FDc6HiktlqEJ")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
Json Example
{
"search_parameters": {
"google_url": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com&output=cite&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8",
"engine": "google_scholar_cite",
"google_domain": "scholar.google.com",
"device": "desktop",
"query": "FDc6HiktlqEJ"
},
"citations": [
{
"title": "MLA",
"snippet": "Schwertmann, U. T. R. M., and Reginald M. Taylor. \"Iron oxides.\" Minerals in soil environments 1 (1989): 379-438."
},
{
"title": "APA",
"snippet": "Schwertmann, U. T. R. M., & Taylor, R. M. (1989). Iron oxides. Minerals in soil environments, 1, 379-438."
},
{
"title": "Chicago",
"snippet": "Schwertmann, U. T. R. M., and Reginald M. Taylor. \"Iron oxides.\" Minerals in soil environments 1 (1989): 379-438."
},
{
"title": "Harvard",
"snippet": "Schwertmann, U.T.R.M. and Taylor, R.M., 1989. Iron oxides. Minerals in soil environments, 1, pp.379-438."
},
{
"title": "Vancouver",
"snippet": "Schwertmann UT, Taylor RM. Iron oxides. Minerals in soil environments. 1989 Jan 1;1:379-438."
}
],
"links": [
{
"name": "BibTeX",
"link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.bib?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=CgVZ4FBiGAA:AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoREOhWGSEQolJxcNMAraGUolUmLw6&scisig=AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoRP3-8nWDCT-_ICEcbyAKFuUy8_v1&scisf=4&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
},
{
"name": "EndNote",
"link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.enw?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=CgVZ4FBiGAA:AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoREOhWGSEQolJxcNMAraGUolUmLw6&scisig=AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoRP3-8nWDCT-_ICEcbyAKFuUy8_v1&scisf=3&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
},
{
"name": "RefMan",
"link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.ris?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=CgVZ4FBiGAA:AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoREOhWGSEQolJxcNMAraGUolUmLw6&scisig=AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoRP3-8nWDCT-_ICEcbyAKFuUy8_v1&scisf=2&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
},
{
"name": "RefWorks",
"link": "https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar.rfw?q=info:FDc6HiktlqEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&scisdr=CgVZ4FBiGAA:AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoREOhWGSEQolJxcNMAraGUolUmLw6&scisig=AAGBfm0AAAAAYQvoRP3-8nWDCT-_ICEcbyAKFuUy8_v1&scisf=1&ct=citation&cd=-1&hl=en"
}
]
}