Semantic Scholar

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📸 Real response, captured by us

Not a mockup — this is what Semantic Scholar actually returned when we verified it on 23 Oct 2026 (in 911 ms).

{
  "message": "Too Many Requests. Please wait and try again or apply for a key for higher rate limits. https://www.semanticscholar.org/product/api#api-key-form",
  "code": "429"
}

💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call Semantic Scholar — pick your weapon.

// Semantic Scholar — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/search?query=black%20holes&limit=1&fields=title,year");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

# Semantic Scholar with Python requests
import requests

r = requests.get("https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/search?query=black%20holes&limit=1&fields=title,year")
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())

# Semantic Scholar from your terminal
curl "https://api.semanticscholar.org/graph/v1/paper/search?query=black%20holes&limit=1&fields=title,year"

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