Academic Literature Search

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Search scholarly literature via OpenAlex: works with metadata and abstracts. POST /v1/literature with a {query} and optional limit and get matching works as one JSON object. Deterministic per index vintage. Pay per request in USDC; no account, no API key.

Endpoint: POST https://agent.pocket.network/v1/literature-search/v1/literature
Price per call: $0.005 USD
Networks payable on: Base (eip155:8453), Tempo (eip155:4217)
Protocol: rest

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Example request

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curl -X POST https://agent.pocket.network/v1/literature-search/v1/literature \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"query":"aspirin","limit":2}'

Example response

The response this call returned, captured 2026-09-21 23:47:58 UTC.

{
  "portal": {
    "provenance": "third-party-supplier",
    "serviceId": "literature-search",
    "schemaCheck": "unchecked"
  },
  "data": {
    "query": "aspirin",
    "works": [
      {
        "title": "Inhibition of Prostaglandin Synthesis as a Mechanism of Action for Aspirin-like Drugs",
        "year": 1971,
        "doi": "https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio231232a0",
        "cited_by": 8640,
        "authors": [
          "John R. Vane"
        ],
        "venue": "Nature New Biology",
        "open_access": false,
        "id": "https://openalex.org/W2008574207"
      },
      {
        "title": "Aspirin plus Clopidogrel as Secondary Prevention after Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis",
        "year": 2014,
        "doi": "https://doi.org/10.1159/000369778",
        "cited_by": 11556,
        "authors": [
          "Qinghua Zhang",
          "Chao Wang",
          "Maoyong Zheng"
        ],
        "venue": "Cerebrovascular Diseases",
        "open_access": true,
        "id": "https://openalex.org/W1480729244"
      }
    ],
    "count": 2,
    "total_available": 410830,
    "as_of": "2026-09-21",
    "source": "api.openalex.org (CC0 index)"
  }
}

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EndpointRequest body

Supported methods

Methods the registry lists for this service. The portal forwards any call as sent; the supplier decides what it answers, and a delivered answer is settled.

Methods Academic Literature Search accepts, and whether each reads or writes.
Method	Effect
`GET /v1/health`	read
`GET /v1/version`	read
`POST /v1/literature`	read

Schemas

Published by the service itself. The example above is generated from these.

Request schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "A search over scholarly works.",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search terms, e.g. aspirin."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Maximum works to return."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ]
}

Response schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "For POST /v1/literature, a JSON object with a `works` array (metadata and abstracts). The exact shape is the service's own and is not pinned here; errors return a JSON object with an `error` field, and the GET routes return their own small JSON documents."
}