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Openalex Get Author

Get a single OpenAlex author by Author ID (A...). You can pass either the short ID (e.g., "A5001226970") or the full URL (e.g., "https://openalex.org/A5001226970").

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 108msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 108ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "author_id": {
      "description": "OpenAlex Author ID (A...) or full OpenAlex URL.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "mailto": {
      "description": "Optional contact email for OpenAlex polite pool.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "author_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Openalex Get Author call

public-safeinput

{
  "author_id": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_openalex_get_author
Tool name: openalex_get_author
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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