OpenAlex.Net

C# API for accessing OpenAlex data.

Get started

Just add package to your project

dotnet add package OpenAlexNet --prerelease

Then you can create client to OpenAlex API using following commands

var httpClient = new HttpClient();
var api = new OpenAlexApi(httpClient);

How to search for an author

var httpClient = new HttpClient();
var api = new OpenAlexApi(httpClient);
var searchResponse = await api.SearchAuthorsAsync(authorName);
foreach (Author author in searchResponse.Results)
{
    PrintAuthor(author);
}

static void PrintAuthor(Author author)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"{author.Id} - {author.DisplayName} - ORCID: {author.Orcid} Last worket at: {author.LastKnownInstitution?.DisplayName} Works: {author.WorksCount}");
}

Supported entities

Entity	Status
Works	✅
Authors	✅
Sources	⬜
Institutions	✅
Concepts	⬜
Publishers	⬜
Funders	✅