fourzerotwo-si

fourzerotwo-si Ror API

Research Organisations (ROR): Identify universities, research institutes, funders and hospitals: search, match messy affiliation strings, look up by GRID/ISNI/Wikidata/Funder ID.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 5

GET /v1/ror/search Research Organisations (ROR): Search organisations #

GET /v1/ror/organisation Research Organisations (ROR): Organisation by ROR id #

GET /v1/ror/affiliation Research Organisations (ROR): Match an affiliation string #

GET /v1/ror/external-id Research Organisations (ROR): Lookup by external id #

GET /v1/ror/relationships Research Organisations (ROR): Parents & children #

Specifications

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OpenAPI

https://artifacts.apis.io/fourzerotwo-si/openapi/fourzerotwo-si-ror-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Fourzerotwo Si Ror API
  version: 1.1.0
  contact:
    url: https://fourzerotwo.si
  description: 'Operations tagged ror across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: openapi.json, fourzerotwo-si-openapi.json. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://fourzerotwo.si
tags:
- name: ror
  description: 'Research Organisations (ROR): Identify universities, research institutes, funders and hospitals: search, match messy affiliation strings, look up by GRID/ISNI/Wikidata/Funder ID.'
paths:
  /v1/ror/search:
    get:
      operationId: ror__search
      summary: 'Research Organisations (ROR): Search organisations'
      description: 'Find research organisations by name, acronym or keyword, optionally filtered by country and type. Price: $0.001 USDC per call via x402. Free within the daily allowance with a free key.'
      tags:
      - ror
      externalDocs:
        url: https://fourzerotwo.si/apis/ror/search
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Name, acronym or keyword
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 200
        example: imperial college
      - name: country
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 2-letter country code
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 2
        example: GB
      - name: type
        in: query
        required: false
        description: education, funder, healthcare, company, archive, nonprofit, government, facility, other
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 20
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The data (paid, or free tier).
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
      - {}
      - freeKey: []
      x-price-usd: '0.001000'
      x-free-tier: free
      x-mcp-tool: ror__search
    servers:
    - url: https://fourzerotwo.si
  /v1/ror/organisation:
    get:
      operationId: ror__organisation
      summary: 'Research Organisations (ROR): Organisation by ROR id'
      description: 'Full record: names and aliases, types, status, founding year, location, website, domains, external ids. Price: $0.0005 USDC per call via x402. Free within the daily allowance with a free key.'
      tags:
      - ror
      externalDocs:
        url: https://fourzerotwo.si/apis/ror/organisation
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: ROR id, e.g. 052gg0110 or https://ror.org/052gg0110
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 40
        example: 052gg0110
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The data (paid, or free tier).
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
      - {}
      - freeKey: []
      x-price-usd: '0.000500'
      x-free-tier: free
      x-mcp-tool: ror__organisation
    servers:
    - url: https://fourzerotwo.si
  /v1/ror/affiliation:
    get:
      operationId: ror__affiliation
      summary: 'Research Organisations (ROR): Match an affiliation string'
      description: 'Turn a free-text affiliation (as printed on a paper) into the matching organisation, with ROR''s confidence flag and candidates. Price: $0.001 USDC per call via x402. Free within the daily allowance with a free key.'
      tags:
      - ror
      externalDocs:
        url: https://fourzerotwo.si/apis/ror/affiliation
      parameters:
      - name: affiliation
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Affiliation text
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 500
        example: Dept. of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The data (paid, or free tier).
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
      - {}
      - freeKey: []
      x-price-usd: '0.001000'
      x-free-tier: free
      x-mcp-tool: ror__affiliation
    servers:
    - url: https://fourzerotwo.si
  /v1/ror/external-id:
    get:
      operationId: ror__external_id
      summary: 'Research Organisations (ROR): Lookup by external id'
      description: 'Find the organisation for a GRID id, ISNI, Wikidata QID or Crossref Funder ID. Price: $0.001 USDC per call via x402. Free within the daily allowance with a free key.'
      tags:
      - ror
      externalDocs:
        url: https://fourzerotwo.si/apis/ror/external-id
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: GRID, ISNI, Wikidata QID or Crossref Funder ID
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 40
        example: grid.4991.5
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The data (paid, or free tier).
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
      - {}
      - freeKey: []
      x-price-usd: '0.001000'
      x-free-tier: free
      x-mcp-tool: ror__external-id
    servers:
    - url: https://fourzerotwo.si
  /v1/ror/relationships:
    get:
      operationId: ror__relationships
      summary: 'Research Organisations (ROR): Parents & children'
      description: 'Parent, child and related organisations of a ROR record. Price: $0.001 USDC per call via x402. Free within the daily allowance with a free key.'
      tags:
      - ror
      externalDocs:
        url: https://fourzerotwo.si/apis/ror/relationships
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        description: ROR id, e.g. 052gg0110 or https://ror.org/052gg0110
        schema:
          type: string
          maxLength: 40
        example: 052gg0110
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The data (paid, or free tier).
          content:
            application/json: {}
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PaymentRequired'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      security:
      - {}
      - freeKey: []
      x-price-usd: '0.001000'
      x-free-tier: free
      x-mcp-tool: ror__relationships
    servers:
    - url: https://fourzerotwo.si
components:
  responses:
    PaymentRequired:
      description: x402 payment required. The body (also base64 in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header) lists accepted payments.
      headers:
        PAYMENT-REQUIRED:
          schema:
            type: string
          description: Base64 JSON x402 v2 PaymentRequired
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              x402Version:
                type: integer
              error:
                type: string
              accepts:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
    Error:
      description: 400 = invalid input, 404 = not found at the source, 502 = the source failed. Never charged.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              error:
                type: string
              charged:
                type: boolean
  securitySchemes:
    freeKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      description: Optional free key (fzt_…) for the free tier.
x-refined-from:
- openapi.json
- fourzerotwo-si-openapi.json