EdgeChat Cite API
The Cite API from EdgeChat — 2 operation(s) for cite.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Edgepedia Cite API
version: '1'
description: Read-only JSON access to the Edgepedia encyclopedia articles. Keyless. 600 requests a minute and 100,000 a day per IP address (429 with Retry-After past that). Free with credit under the Edgepedia Community License 1.0; AI training is open to everyone.
license:
name: Edgepedia Community License 1.0
url: https://www.edgechat.ai/edgepedia/license
contact:
url: https://www.edgechat.ai/developers
name: EdgeChat
email: olivia.jin@biostate.ai
x-logo:
url: https://www.edgechat.ai/assets/edgechat-chestnut-orange-logo-v2.png
altText: EdgeChat
backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
href: https://www.edgechat.ai/developers
x-origin:
- format: openapi
version: '3.1'
url: https://www.edgechat.ai/openapi.json
servers:
- url: https://www.edgechat.ai/api/v1
tags:
- name: Cite
paths:
/cite/{slug}:
get:
operationId: citeArticle
summary: A reference to one article in a citation format
parameters:
- name: slug
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: koala
- name: format
in: query
schema:
type: string
enum:
- csl
- bibtex
- ris
- apa
- mla
- chicago
- harvard
default: csl
example: bibtex
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/fields'
responses:
'200':
description: The reference
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CiteArticleResponse'
examples:
live:
summary: GET https://www.edgechat.ai/api/v1/cite/koala?format=bibtex
description: 'A live answer of 2026-10-07: arrays cut to two items, long text cut with an ellipsis.'
value:
id: ep7rbwcy0a
slug: koala
title: Koala
url: https://www.edgechat.ai/koala
format: bibtex
citation: "@misc{edgepedia_koala,\n author = {{Edgepedia (EdgeChat)}},\n title = {{Koala}},\n journal = {Edgepedia},\n publisher = {EdgeChat},\n year = {2026},\n month = sep,\n url = {https://www.edgechat.ai/koala},\n urldate = {2026-10-07},\n note = {Edgepedia Community License 1.0}\n}"
credit: '"Koala", Edgepedia (EdgeChat), https://www.edgechat.ai/koala. Edgepedia Community License 1.0.'
credit_md: '"[Koala](https://www.edgechat.ai/koala)", Edgepedia (EdgeChat), [https://www.edgechat.ai/koala](https://www.edgechat.ai/koala). [Edgepedia Community License 1.0](https://www.edgechat.ai/edgepedia/license).'
credit_html: '"<a href="https://www.edgechat.ai/koala">Koala</a>", Edgepedia (EdgeChat), <a href="https://www.edgechat.ai/koala">https://www.edgechat.ai/koala</a>. <a href="https://www.edgechat.ai/edgepedia/license">Edgepedia Community License 1.0</a>.'
license:
name: Edgepedia Community License 1.0
url: https://www.edgechat.ai/edgepedia/license
summary: Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. For other uses, organizations over USD 100M in revenue or 100M monthly users license separately.
spdx: LicenseRef-Edgepedia-Community-1.0
headers:
RateLimit-Policy:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
ETag:
$ref: '#/components/headers/ETag'
Last-Modified:
$ref: '#/components/headers/Last-Modified'
Content-Digest:
$ref: '#/components/headers/Content-Digest'
Edgepedia-Corpus-Version:
$ref: '#/components/headers/Edgepedia-Corpus-Version'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/UnknownParameter'
'404':
description: An error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
headers:
RateLimit-Policy:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
'410':
description: An error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
headers:
RateLimit-Policy:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
'429':
description: An error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
headers:
RateLimit-Policy:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
RateLimit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
Retry-After:
description: Seconds to wait before the next request.
schema:
type: integer
tags:
- Cite
/cite:
get:
operationId: citeArticles
summary: References to up to 50 articles
parameters:
- name: ids
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Ids or addresses, comma-separated; each counts as one request.
example: koala,mount-fuji
- name: format
in: query
schema:
type: string
enum:
- csl
- bibtex
- ris
- apa
- mla
- chicago
- harvard
default: csl
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/fields'
responses:
'200':
description: The references by the id asked, and the ones not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CiteArticlesResponse'
examples:
live:
summary: GET https://www.edgechat.ai/api/v1/cite?ids=koala,mount-fuji
description: 'A live answer of 2026-10-07: arrays cut to two items, long text cut with an ellipsis.'
value:
format: csl
citations:
koala:
id: ep7rbwcy0a
slug: koala
title: Koala
url: https://www.edgechat.ai/koala
format: csl
citation:
id: edgepedia:koala
type: entry-encyclopedia
title: Koala
container-title: Edgepedia
publisher: EdgeChat
author:
- literal: Edgepedia (EdgeChat)
issued:
date-parts:
- - 2026
- 9
accessed:
date-parts:
- - 2026
- 10
URL: https://www.edgechat.ai/koala
language: en
credit: '"Koala", Edgepedia (EdgeChat), https://www.edgechat.ai/koala. Edgepedia Community License 1.0.'
credit_md: '"[Koala](https://www.edgechat.ai/koala)", Edgepedia (EdgeChat), [https://www.edgechat.ai/koala](https://www.edgechat.ai/koala). [Edgepedia Community License 1.0](https://www.edgechat.ai/edgepedia/license).'
credit_html: '"<a href="https://www.edgechat.ai/koala">Koala</a>", Edgepedia (EdgeChat), <a href="https://www.edgechat.ai/koala">https://www.edgechat.ai/koala</a>. <a href="https://www.edgechat.ai/edgepedia/license">Edgepedia Community License 1.0</a>.'
mount-fuji:
id: epew8wpqdv
slug: mount-fuji
title: Mount Fuji (富士山)
url: https://www.edgechat.ai/mount-fuji
format: csl
citation:
id: edgepedia:mount-fuji
type: entry-encyclopedia
title: Mount Fuji (富士山)
container-title: Edgepedia
publisher: EdgeChat
author:
- literal: Edgepedia (EdgeChat)
issued:
date-parts:
- - 2026
- 9
accessed:
date-parts:
- - 2026
- 10
URL: https://www.edgechat.ai/mount-fuji
language: en
credit: '"Mount Fuji (富士山)", Edgepedia (EdgeChat), https://www.edgechat.ai/mount-fuji. Edgepedia Community License 1.0.'
credit_md: '"[Mount Fuji (富士山)](https://www.edgechat.ai/mount-fuji)", Edgepedia (EdgeChat), [https://www.edgechat.ai/mount-fuji](https://www.edgechat.ai/mount-fuji). [Edgepedia Community License 1.0](https://www.edgechat.ai/edgepedia/license).'
credit_html: '"<a href="https://www.edgechat.ai/mount-fuji">Mount Fuji (富士山)</a>", Edgepedia (EdgeChat), <a href="https://www.edgechat.ai/mount-fuji">https://www.edgechat.ai/mount-fuji</a>. <a href="https://www.edgechat.ai/edgepedia/license">Edgepedia Community License 1.0</a>.'
missing: []
license:
name: Edgepedia Community License 1.0
url: https://www.edgechat.ai/edgepedia/license
summary: Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. For other uses, organizations over USD 100M in revenue or 100M monthly users license separately.
spdx: LicenseRef-Edgepedia-Community-1.0
headers:
RateLimit-Policy:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
ETag:
$ref: '#/components/headers/ETag'
Last-Modified:
$ref: '#/components/headers/Last-Modified'
Content-Digest:
$ref: '#/components/headers/Content-Digest'
Edgepedia-Corpus-Version:
$ref: '#/components/headers/Edgepedia-Corpus-Version'
'400':
description: An error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
headers:
RateLimit-Policy:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
'429':
description: An error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
headers:
RateLimit-Policy:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit-Policy'
RateLimit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimit'
Retry-After:
description: Seconds to wait before the next request.
schema:
type: integer
tags:
- Cite
components:
headers:
RateLimit-Policy:
description: 'The limiter''s two windows, per IP address and per server instance (IETF RateLimit header fields): 600 requests a minute and 100,000 a day.'
schema:
type: string
example: '"minute";q=600;w=60, "day";q=100000;w=86400'
RateLimit:
description: 'On a 429 only: the window that was exceeded, no requests remaining (r=0), and the seconds until it resets (t).'
schema:
type: string
example: '"minute";r=0;t=42'
Content-Digest:
description: sha-256 of the body (RFC 9530).
schema:
type: string
Edgepedia-Corpus-Version:
description: The corpus release that answered.
schema:
type: string
Last-Modified:
description: The corpus release date (informational; only the ETag validates).
schema:
type: string
ETag:
description: A hash of the body; send it back as If-None-Match for a 304.
schema:
type: string
schemas:
CiteArticlesResponse:
type: object
properties:
format:
type: string
citations:
type: object
additionalProperties:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Citation'
missing:
type: array
items:
type: string
license:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/License'
Error:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: string
message:
type: string
hint:
type: string
next:
type: string
format: uri
did_you_mean:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
slug:
type: string
title:
type: string
api_url:
type: string
required:
- code
- message
required:
- error
Citation:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
slug:
type: string
title:
type: string
url:
type: string
format:
type: string
citation:
oneOf:
- type: string
- type: object
description: CSL-JSON
credit:
type: string
credit_md:
type: string
credit_html:
type: string
CiteArticleResponse:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/Citation'
- type: object
properties:
license:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/License'
License:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
url:
type: string
format: uri
summary:
type: string
spdx:
type: string
example: LicenseRef-Edgepedia-Community-1.0
required:
- name
- url
responses:
UnknownParameter:
description: '`unknown_parameter`: the request carries a query parameter this route does not read (or one given twice). Each route reads only the parameters listed for it.'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
parameters:
fields:
name: fields
in: query
required: false
description: 'Comma-separated keys: each result (or the answer, when it has no results) keeps only these.'
schema:
type: string