How do I get started with the Google Scholar API?

Getting started is simple: Create a free Apify account. Open the Google Scholar Scraper. Enter your search queries. Customize parameters like time range or document type. Click "Start" and wait for extraction. Export your data in Excel, CSV, JSON, or other formats. You can also integrate it with other apps or use it programmatically via the Apify API with Python or Node.js.

Google Scholar API

Our Google Scholar API gives you programmatic access to Google Scholar data that isn't available through any official API. Get data on Publication titles, authors, citations, publication years, document types, and more. And the best part? You can try the Google Scholar API entirely for free, no credit card required.

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Access the Google Scholar API using Python, JavaScript, CLI, cURL, OpenAPI, or MCP. Choose your preferred option and start extracting Google Scholar data in minutes.

Python

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MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "keyword": "JavaScript",
10    "proxyOptions": { "useApifyProxy": True },
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("marco.gullo/google-scholar-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Google Scholar API in Python

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Get data with Google Scholar API

Extract Google Scholar data by providing search queries and optional parameters like time range and document type. The Google Scholar Scraper returns structured JSON data with article titles, authors, citations, publication years, document links, and attribution details.

Input

{
 "filter": "all",
 "sortBy": "date",
 "keyword": "COVID-19",
 "maxItems": 100,
 "newerThan": 2020,
 "articleType": "any",
 "proxyOptions": {
  "useApifyProxy": true
 },
 "enableDebugDumps": false
}

Output

[
 {
  "link": "https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/3251",
  "type": "ARTICLE",
  "year": 2024,
  "title": "OF THREE-TIME POINT ESTIMATION OF INFLAMMATORY MARKERS WITH THE SEVERITY AND OUTCOME IN PATIENTS OF COVID-19 IN A TERTIARY CARE",
  "source": "jpmi.org.pk",
  "aidCode": "rvTRXmkWdSIJ",
  "authors": "M Hussain, S Orakzai, MM Dawood, A Ijaz",
  "cidCode": "rvTRXmkWdSIJ",
  "didCode": "rvTRXmkWdSIJ",
  "lidCode": "",
  "versions": 2,
  "citations": 0,
  "publication": "Journal of Postgraduate",
  "resultIndex": 3,
  "searchMatch": "2 days ago - COVID-19 Quality & Clinical Research Collaborative. C-reactive protein as a prognostic indicator in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. fatalities caused by COVID-19: a",
  "documentLink": "N/A",
  "documentType": "N/A",
  "versionsLink": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=2482915411382891694&hl=en&scisbd=1&as_sdt=0,33",
  "citationsLink": "N/A",
  "fullAttribution": "M Hussain, S Orakzai, MM Dawood, A Ijaz - Journal of Postgraduate, 2024 - jpmi.org.pk",
  "relatedArticlesLink": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:rvTRXmkWdSIJ:scholar.google.com/&scioq=COVID-19&hl=en&scisbd=1&as_sdt=0,33"
 },
 {
  "link": "https://hspublishing.org/GRES/article/view/363",
  "type": "ARTICLE",
  "year": 2024,
  "title": "Environmental Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic in Owerri Metropolis, Imo State of Nigeria",
  "source": "hspublishing.org",
  "aidCode": "UZ71Uw_IxggJ",
  "authors": "CV Amadi, RF Njoku-Tony",
  "cidCode": "UZ71Uw_IxggJ",
  "didCode": "UZ71Uw_IxggJ",
  "lidCode": "",
  "versions": 0,
  "citations": 0,
  "publication": "Global Research in Environment and",
  "resultIndex": 4,
  "searchMatch": "2 days ago - environmental impact of COVID-19 in Owerri metropolis environmental impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in Owerri environmental impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Owerri",
  "documentLink": "N/A",
  "documentType": "N/A",
  "versionsLink": "N/A",
  "citationsLink": "N/A",
  "fullAttribution": "CV Amadi, RF Njoku-Tony - Global Research in Environment and, 2024 - hspublishing.org",
  "relatedArticlesLink": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:UZ71Uw_IxggJ:scholar.google.com/&scioq=COVID-19&hl=en&scisbd=1&as_sdt=0,33"
 },
 {
  "link": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53233-7",
  "type": "HTML",
  "year": 2024,
  "title": "Identification of factors affecting student academic burnout in online education during the COVID-19 pandemic using grey Delphi and grey-DEMATEL",
  "source": "nature.com",
  "aidCode": "M3C8n-b4NGsJ",
  "authors": "A Aria, P Jafari, M Behifar",
  "cidCode": "M3C8n-b4NGsJ",
  "didCode": "M3C8n-b4NGsJ",
  "lidCode": "",
  "versions": 0,
  "citations": 0,
  "publication": "Scientific Reports",
  "resultIndex": 5,
  "searchMatch": "2 days ago - Although after the end of Covid-19, most educational institutions have returned to the online education in the post-Covid-19 era by gaining valuable experience during the",
  "documentLink": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53233-7",
  "documentType": "HTML",
  "versionsLink": "N/A",
  "citationsLink": "N/A",
  "fullAttribution": "A Aria, P Jafari, M Behifar - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com",
  "relatedArticlesLink": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:M3C8n-b4NGsJ:scholar.google.com/&scioq=COVID-19&hl=en&scisbd=1&as_sdt=0,33"
 },
 {
  "link": "https://journals.ku.edu/jis/article/view/19739",
  "type": "ARTICLE",
  "year": 2024,
  "title": "Reframing the Service Environment in Collegiate Sport: A Transformative Sport Service Research Approach",
  "source": "journals.ku.edu",
  "aidCode": "X68f7LOXWUoJ",
  "authors": "Y Yang, E Gray, K Kinoshita",
  "cidCode": "X68f7LOXWUoJ",
  "didCode": "X68f7LOXWUoJ",
  "lidCode": "",
  "versions": 0,
  "citations": 0,
  "publication": "Journal of Intercollegiate",
  "resultIndex": 6,
  "searchMatch": "2 days ago - This study applies a transformative sport service research approach to examine student-athletes' wellness within a collegiate sport setting. Sixteen semi-structured",
  "documentLink": "N/A",
  "documentType": "N/A",
  "versionsLink": "N/A",
  "citationsLink": "N/A",
  "fullAttribution": "Y Yang, E Gray, K Kinoshita - Journal of Intercollegiate, 2024 - journals.ku.edu",
  "relatedArticlesLink": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:X68f7LOXWUoJ:scholar.google.com/&scioq=COVID-19&hl=en&scisbd=1&as_sdt=0,33"
 },
 {
  "link": "https://jurnal-assalam.org/index.php/JAS/article/view/703",
  "type": "ARTICLE",
  "year": 2024,
  "title": "THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MADRASA PRINCIPAL IN ENHANCING LEARNING QUALITY AMIDST COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN CENTRAL ACEH REGENCY",
  "source": "jurnal-assalam.org",
  "aidCode": "1fxjSu8kPT4J",
  "authors": "B Mizal, T Tathahira, RI Basith",
  "cidCode": "1fxjSu8kPT4J",
  "didCode": "1fxjSu8kPT4J",
  "lidCode": "",
  "versions": 2,
  "citations": 0,
  "publication": "Jurnal As-Salam",
  "resultIndex": 7,
  "searchMatch": "2 days ago - The COVID-19 pandemic is a scourge for education actors, especially school and the quality of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is classified as",
  "documentLink": "N/A",
  "documentType": "N/A",
  "versionsLink": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=4484781414094732501&hl=en&scisbd=1&as_sdt=0,33",
  "citationsLink": "N/A",
  "fullAttribution": "B Mizal, T Tathahira, RI Basith - Jurnal As-Salam, 2024 - jurnal-assalam.org",
  "relatedArticlesLink": "https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:1fxjSu8kPT4J:scholar.google.com/&scioq=COVID-19&hl=en&scisbd=1&as_sdt=0,33"
 }
]

How to use Google Trends API

Sign up for Apify account01

Creating an account is quick and free — no credit card required. Your account gives you access to more than 5,000 scrapers and APIs.

Get started for free

Get your Apify API token02

Go to settings in the Apify console and navigate to the “API & Integrations” tab. There, create a new token and save it for later.

Integrate Google Scholar API03

Navigate to the Google Scholar API page and click on the API dropdown menu in the top right corner. In the dropdown menu, you can see API clients, API endpoints, and more.

Open Google Scholar API

Get your Google Trends data via API04

Now, you can use the API and get the data you need from Google Trends.

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Frequently asked questions

No, Google Scholar does not provide an official API, which makes it challenging for researchers to directly access publication data. Since there isn't an official way to get data from Google Scholar, people use alternative methods like web scraping tools. This Google Scholar Scraper serves as an API alternative by visiting the Google Scholar website, conducting searches, and extracting article and author information from the results pages.

Yes, you can try the Google Scholar Scraper for free. Apify provides $5 in free usage credits every month on the Apify Free plan, which should be enough to test the scraper with a small sample of data. You can create a free Apify account, run test scrapes to estimate costs, and then scale up based on your needs.

You can extract comprehensive publication metadata including article titles, authors, citations count, publication years, document links, document types (PDF/HTML), full attribution, publication sources, search matches, links to citations, links to related articles, and version information. The data is returned in structured JSON format and can be exported as Excel, CSV, JSON, or HTML.

Yes, it is legal to scrape Google Scholar data for research and academic purposes. However, you should always comply with Google Scholar's terms of service and use the data responsibly. The scraper is designed to extract publicly available academic publication information, similar to how researchers would manually browse and collect this data.

Getting started is simple:

Create a free Apify account.
Open the Google Scholar Scraper.
Enter your search queries.
Customize parameters like time range or document type.
Click "Start" and wait for extraction.
Export your data in Excel, CSV, JSON, or other formats. You can also integrate it with other apps or use it programmatically via the Apify API with Python or Node.js.