ORCID

ORCID External Identifiers API

The External Identifiers API from ORCID — 1 operation(s) for external identifiers.

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Operations 1

GET /{orcid_id}/external-identifiers Get linked external identifiers #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://info.orcid.org/documentation/features/public-api/
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Authentication
https://info.orcid.org/documentation/features/public-api/#easy-faq-2472
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GettingStarted
https://info.orcid.org/documentation/api-tutorials/api-tutorial-read-data-on-a-record/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/orcid/refs/heads/main/openapi/orcid-external-identifiers-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

orcid-external-identifiers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ORCID Public Address External Identifiers API
  description: The ORCID Public API allows reading publicly available data from ORCID records. Based on version 3.0 of the ORCID message schema.
  version: '3.0'
servers:
- url: https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0
  description: ORCID Public API v3.0
tags:
- name: External Identifiers
paths:
  /{orcid_id}/external-identifiers:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/OrcidId'
    get:
      summary: Get linked external identifiers
      operationId: getExternalIdentifiers
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Generic'
      tags:
      - External Identifiers
components:
  responses:
    Generic:
      description: Successful response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
        application/xml:
          schema:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
  parameters:
    OrcidId:
      name: orcid_id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: ORCID iD (e.g. 0000-0001-2345-6789)
      schema:
        type: string
x-generated-from: https://info.orcid.org/api/tutorial/read-orcid-records
x-generated-by: claude-crawl-2026-05-08