# Springer Nature Metadata API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/springer-nature/springer-nature-metadata-api/  
**Provider:** Springer Nature — https://apis.io/providers/springer-nature/  
**Base URL:** https://api.springernature.com  
**Documentation:** https://dev.springernature.com/docs/api-endpoints/metadata-api/

Springer Nature Metadata API is one of 4 APIs that [Springer Nature](https://apis.io/providers/springer-nature/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Books, Journals, Metadata, and Publications. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The legacy Metadata API provides metadata retrieval for Springer publications. Returns article and book metadata via DOI, journal name, ISSN, or keyword. Predecessor to the Meta API with slightly different response structure.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://dev.springernature.com/docs/api-endpoints/metadata-api/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/springer-nature/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Springer Nature APIs (3)

- [Springer Nature Full Text API](https://apis.io/apis/springer-nature/springer-nature-fulltext-api/)
- [Springer Nature Open Access API](https://apis.io/apis/springer-nature/springer-nature-open-access-api/)
- [Springer Nature Search API](https://apis.io/apis/springer-nature/springer-nature-search-api/)

## Tags

Books, Journals, Metadata, Publications

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/springer-nature/springer-nature-metadata-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/springer-nature/.