# PubMed Central (PMC) OA API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/nih/pubmed-central-pmc-oa-api/  
**Provider:** National Institutes of Health (NIH) — https://apis.io/providers/nih/  
**Base URL:** https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/  
**Documentation:** https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/developers/

PubMed Central (PMC) OA API is one of 15 APIs that [National Institutes of Health (NIH)](https://apis.io/providers/nih/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include PubMed Central, Open Access, Publications, and Literature. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

APIs for programmatic access to PubMed Central's Open Access content, including file validation, Open Access service, and an ID converter for translating between PMCID, PMID, Manuscript ID, and DOI identifiers.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/developers/

## Other National Institutes of Health (NIH) APIs (12)

- [NCBI E-utilities (Entrez Programming Utilities)](https://apis.io/apis/nih/ncbi-e-utilities-entrez-programming-utilities/)
- [PubChem Power User Gateway (PUG REST)](https://apis.io/apis/nih/pubchem-power-user-gateway-pug-rest/)
- [NIH RePORTER API](https://apis.io/apis/nih/nih-reporter-api/)
- [NCBI BLAST URL API](https://apis.io/apis/nih/ncbi-blast-url-api/)
- [National Institutes of Health (NIH) BioSample API](https://apis.io/apis/nih/nih-biosample-api/)
- [National Institutes of Health (NIH) Gene API](https://apis.io/apis/nih/nih-gene-api/)
- [National Institutes of Health (NIH) Genome API](https://apis.io/apis/nih/nih-genome-api/)
- [National Institutes of Health (NIH) Organelle API](https://apis.io/apis/nih/nih-organelle-api/)
- [National Institutes of Health (NIH) Prokaryote API](https://apis.io/apis/nih/nih-prokaryote-api/)
- [National Institutes of Health (NIH) Stats API](https://apis.io/apis/nih/nih-stats-api/)
- [National Institutes of Health (NIH) Studies API](https://apis.io/apis/nih/nih-studies-api/)
- [National Institutes of Health (NIH) Taxonomy API](https://apis.io/apis/nih/nih-taxonomy-api/)

## Tags

PubMed Central, Open Access, Publications, Literature

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