ACM Digital Library

ACM Digital Library Content Retrieval API

Individual publications, conference papers, and journal articles in the ACM Digital Library are accessible via persistent DOI-based URLs at dl.acm.org/doi/{doi}. ACM maintains DOI registration through CrossRef and operates its own DOI resolution service. As of January 2026, all ACM-published content is open access, making bibliographic metadata and many full-text articles freely available. The endpoint supports retrieval of article abstracts, author information, affiliation data, citation counts, and full-text PDF downloads where permitted.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://libraries.acm.org/digital-library/platform-and-features
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Authentication
https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/authentication

Other Resources

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OpenAccess
https://dl.acm.org/openaccess

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: acm:acm-content-retrieval-api
name: ACM Digital Library Content Retrieval API
description: Individual publications, conference papers, and journal articles in the ACM Digital Library
  are accessible via persistent DOI-based URLs at dl.acm.org/doi/{doi}. ACM maintains DOI registration
  through CrossRef and operates its own DOI resolution service. As of January 2026, all ACM-published
  content is open access, making bibliographic metadata and many full-text articles freely available.
  The endpoint supports retrieval of article abstracts, author information, affiliation data, citation
  counts, and full-text PDF downloads where permitted.
humanURL: https://dl.acm.org/
baseURL: https://dl.acm.org
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://libraries.acm.org/digital-library/platform-and-features
- type: OpenAccess
  url: https://dl.acm.org/openaccess
- type: Authentication
  url: https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/authentication
tags:
- Articles
- Content
- DOI
- Full Text
- Metadata
- Open Access
- Publications
- Retrieval
tags_raw:
- Articles
- Content
- DOI
- Full-Text
- Metadata
- Open Access
- Publications
- Retrieval