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Explore the docs, technical resources, examples and more that help developers integrate ScholarXIV APIs and tools to build production-ready applications.

01 /v1/papers/search

Papers API New

Search and retrieve metadata across more than 3 million research papers with a clean API surface.

3M+ papers

Metadata first

Advanced search

const { data } = await axios.post('/api/v1/papers/search', {

searchFilterString: { ti: 'graph neural networks', cat: 'cs.LG' },

maxResults: 10, sortBy: "submittedDate", sortOrder: "descending"

}, {

headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SCHOLARXIV_API_KEY}` }

});

const papers = data.data;

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02 /api/mcp

ScholarXIV MCP Available

Connect agents and developer tools to ScholarXIV research context through a focused MCP layer.

Agent ready

Tool calls

Paper context

const client = new Client({ name: 'app', version: '1.0.0' });

await client.connect(transport);

const result = await client.callTool({

name: 'search_papers', arguments: { query: 'battery cathodes' }

});

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03 /v1/router

Model Router New

Send a prompt, get the model that should answer it — classified, ranked and chosen per request.

Per-request

Plan aware

Cost capped

const res = await axios.post('/api/v1/router', {

prompt: 'Compare the endpoints across these three RCTs',

preset: 'balanced'

}, {

headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SCHOLARXIV_API_KEY}` }

});

const { model, fallbacks, task } = res.data;

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04 /v1/health/chat

Health API Available

Build with the health assistant, uploaded reports, medication and condition references, symptoms, and private health logs.

Read the Health API docs

File uploads

Symptom logs

Medication references

const res = await axios.post('/api/v1/health/chat', {

message: 'Explain this lab report',

attachment_ids: [uploadedFile.id]

}, {

headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.SCHOLARXIV_API_KEY}` }

});

const answer = res.data.text;

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05 /models/abstract

Abstract Model Coming soon

Give researchers a precise writing model for clearer, tighter abstracts built around paper structure.

Abstract draft

Tone control

Paper aware

import { generateText } from 'ai';

const { text } = await generateText({

model: 'scholarxiv/abstract-model',

system: 'Write concise technical paper abstracts.',

prompt: paperSummary

});

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