BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
api.base-search.net · Science
One of the world's most comprehensive search engines for academic web resources. Indexes 300+ million documents from 10,000+ content providers. Solr-based API, no key required.
Authentication
No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.
Sample Requests
GET
Search academic documents
Search across 300M+ academic documents.
https://api.base-search.net/cgi-bin/BaseHttpSearchInterface.fcgi?func=PerformSearch&hits=5&query=neural networks&format=json
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curl -X GET "https://api.base-search.net/cgi-bin/BaseHttpSearchInterface.fcgi?func=PerformSearch&hits=5&query=neural%20networks&format=json"
import requests
params = {
"func": "PerformSearch",
"hits": "5",
"query": "neural networks",
"format": "json"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.base-search.net/cgi-bin/BaseHttpSearchInterface.fcgi",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.base-search.net/cgi-bin/BaseHttpSearchInterface.fcgi');
url.searchParams.set('func', 'PerformSearch');
url.searchParams.set('hits', '5');
url.searchParams.set('query', 'neural networks');
url.searchParams.set('format', 'json');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.base-search.net/cgi-bin/BaseHttpSearchInterface.fcgi")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("func", "PerformSearch")
q.Set("hits", "5")
q.Set("query", "neural networks")
q.Set("format", "json")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.base-search.net/cgi-bin/BaseHttpSearchInterface.fcgi")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"func" => "PerformSearch",
"hits" => "5",
"query" => "neural networks",
"format" => "json"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.base-search.net/cgi-bin/BaseHttpSearchInterface.fcgi?" . http_build_query([
"func" => "PerformSearch",
"hits" => "5",
"query" => "neural networks",
"format" => "json"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Postman Setup Guide
- No API key needed
- Try GET https://api.base-search.net/cgi-bin/BaseHttpSearchInterface.fcgi?func=PerformSearch&query=quantum+computing&format=json&hits=5
- Add &dcterms_type=article to filter by article type
- Supports Solr query syntax for advanced searches