Search Academic
by api.x402node.dev in Search & web
Search academic papers across 240M+ publications via OpenAlex (free, no API key, no rate-limit issues). Returns papers with title, authors, abstract, year, citation count, DOI, PDF link. Use ?q=YOUR_QUERY and limit=10. Built for research agents and literature review workflows. Accepts payment on Base or Solana — either network works.
https://api.x402node.dev/search/academic- Price
- $0.008
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 167 ms
- 559 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 3 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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How to call it
GET https://api.x402node.dev/search/academic
Each call costs $0.008 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://api.x402node.dev/search/academic?limit=string&q=stringParameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | string | No | Max results (optional) |
q | string | Yes | Search query (required) |
Example response
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Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.008.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://api.x402node.dev/search/academic?limit=string&q=string'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://api.x402node.dev/search/academic?limit=string&q=string' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.008 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.008" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.008 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.x402node.dev%2Fsearch%2Facademic
const res = await pay("https://api.x402node.dev/search/academic?limit=string&q=string");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.008 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.008"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://api.x402node.dev/search/academic?limit=string&q=string")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 h ago | Passed | 402 | 559 ms | $0.008 |
| 9 h ago | Passed | 402 | 167 ms | $0.008 |
| 14 h ago | Passed | 402 | 509 ms | $0.008 |
| 18 h ago | Passed | 402 | 509 ms | $0.008 |
| 23 h ago | Passed | 402 | 550 ms | $0.008 |
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| 28 h ago | Passed | 402 | 165 ms | $0.008 |
| 33 h ago | Passed | 402 | 169 ms | $0.008 |
| 37 h ago | Passed | 402 | 545 ms | $0.008 |
| 42 h ago | Passed | 402 | 166 ms | $0.008 |
| 46 h ago | Passed | 402 | 521 ms | $0.008 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 541 ms | $0.008 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 267 ms | $0.008 |
| 2 days ago | Passed | 402 | 171 ms | $0.008 |
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 166 ms | $0.008 |
| 3 days ago | Passed | 402 | 167 ms | $0.008 |