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Inspect or read a paper
Inspect paper metadata by id, or add a query parameter to read the most relevant full-text passages for a question. Accepted ids include canonical paperId values and source-specific primaryId values (e.g. arxiv:1706.03762). For a workflow overview, see the Research Index guide.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

id
string
required

Paper reference: a canonical paperId or source-specific primaryId.

Query Parameters

query
string

When present, returns the top matching full-text passages for this question. Omit it to inspect metadata only.

Minimum string length: 1
k
integer
default:4

Passage count for read mode. Only valid when query is present.

Required range: 1 <= x <= 50

Response

Paper metadata or read-mode passages.

success
boolean
required
paper
object
required