PubMed Search Scraper
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Search PubMed via the official NCBI API and extract article metadata, abstracts, DOI, authors, journals, MeSH terms, and keywords.
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You can access the PubMed Search Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
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Use normal PubMed syntax such as cancer immunotherapy, CRISPR[Title], or \"machine learning\"[MeSH Terms].", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxResultsPerQuery": { "title": "Maximum articles per query", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of PubMed records to save for each query.", "default": 100 }, "sort": { "title": "Sort order", "enum": [ "relevance", "pub_date", "author", "journal" ], "type": "string", "description": "PubMed result order to request from ESearch.", "default": "relevance" }, "minDate": { "title": "Minimum date", "type": "string", "description": "Optional lower date bound accepted by NCBI, e.g. 2024/01/01 or 2024." }, "maxDate": { "title": "Maximum date", "type": "string", "description": "Optional upper date bound accepted by NCBI, e.g. 2026/12/31. 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