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Google Scholar Author Profile

GET https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en

Returns a Google Scholar author profile: name, affiliations, verified email domain, website, interests and thumbnail, the cited-by metrics table (citations, h-index and i10-index, all and recent), the annual citation graph, public-access counts when the author page shows them, the co-author preview on the profile page, and the article list. Articles support offset pagination via start and num, and title or publication-date sorting via sort.

Google Scholar Author Profile 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
user = LSsXyncAAAAJ
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "search_parameters": {
            "engine": "google_scholar_author",
            "user": "LSsXyncAAAAJ",
            "hl": "en",
            "start": 0,
            "num": 20,
            "sort": null
        },
        "author": {
            "name": "Cliff Meyer",
            "affiliations": "Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health",
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

4 optional filters available.

user string Required

Google Scholar author ID, e.g. the LSsXyncAAAAJ in /citations?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ.

Example value LSsXyncAAAAJ
hl string Optional

Two-letter interface language, optionally with a region. Defaults to en.

Example value en
start integer Optional

Zero-based article offset from 0 to 990. Defaults to 0.

Example value 0
num integer Optional

Articles per request from 1 to 100. Defaults to 20.

Example value 10
sort string Optional

Order articles by title or by publication date (pubdate). Defaults to Scholar relevance order.

Example value relevance

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
PHP
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en"
C#
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/google/scholar/author?user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&hl=en")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

success data meta
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "search_parameters": {
            "engine": "google_scholar_author",
            "user": "LSsXyncAAAAJ",
            "hl": "en",
            "start": 0,
            "num": 20,
            "sort": null
        },
        "author": {
            "name": "Cliff Meyer",
            "affiliations": "Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health",
            "website": null,
            "interests": [
                {
                    "title": "Computational Biology",
                    "link": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&hl=en&mauthors=label:computational_biology"
                }
            ],
            "thumbnail": null
        },
        "cited_by": {
            "citations": {
                "all": 42528,
                "since": 20877
            },
            "h_index": {
                "all": 58,
                "since": 45
            },
            "i10_index": {
                "all": 84,
                "since": 70
            }
        },
        "graph": [
            {
                "year": 2006,
                "citations": 150
            }
        ],
        "public_access": {
            "available": 74,
            "not_available": 1
        },
        "articles": [
            {
                "title": "Model-based analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)",
                "link": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=LSsXyncAAAAJ&citation_for_view=LSsXyncAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC",
                "citation_id": "LSsXyncAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC",
                "authors": "Y Zhang, T Liu, CA Meyer, J Eeckhoute, DS Johnson, BE Bernstein, ...",
                "publication": "Genome biology 9 (9), R137, 2008",
                "cited_by": {
                    "value": 21495,
                    "link": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&hl=en&cites=14252090027271643524",
                    "cites_id": "14252090027271643524"
                },
                "year": 2008
            }
        ],
        "co_authors": [
            {
                "name": "Xiaole Shirley Liu",
                "affiliation": "CEO, GV20 Therapeutics",
                "verified_email": "ds.dfci.harvard.edu",
                "link": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8XNfVucAAAAJ&hl=en"
            }
        ],
        "pagination": {
            "start": 0,
            "num": 20,
            "next_start": 20
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "duration_ms": 974
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

Validation Error

One or more author parameters are invalid. This response is not billable.

Author Not Found

Google Scholar does not know this author ID. This response is not billable.

Unexpected Source Response

Scholar markup could not be normalized safely. This response is not billable.

Scholar Unavailable

The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.

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