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List of APIs for Scholarly Resources

A list of commonly used scholarly resources API

Alpha Vantage API

Financial and statistical database covering 20+ years of historical global equity prices, company fundamentals, economic indicators, foreign exchange rates, and cryptocurrency data feeds. For HTTP access, please refer to this financial data guide for sample Python code scripts. For spreadsheet access, please refer to the integration guide for Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.

Requirements

You need to sign up for an account and get an API Key. This will grant you access to the basic API access.

Return Format

The API returns data in JSON format. Integration to Excel or Google Sheets is available as well.

Limitations

5 API requests per minute and 500 requests per day. To get an academic access with higher limits, please send your request via email to the Business Librarian, Tee Lip Hwee (lhtee@smu.edu.sg).  

Useful Links

New York Times API

New York Times API allows you to programmatically access New York Times data for use in your own applications (as long as it's non-commercial purposes). NYT currently has ten public APIs: Archive, Article Search, Books, Community, Geographic, Most Popular, Semantic, Times Newswire, TimesTags, and Top Stories.

Requirements

You need to sign up for an account and get an API Key.

Return Format

The API uses REST and returns data in JSON format.

Limitations

4,000 requests per day and 10 requests per minute

Useful Links

OECD Data API

Provides access to datasets in the catalogue of OECD databases.

Requirements

The API is free to use for the public with no API key required.

Return Format

The APIs are available in JSON and XML formats.

Limitations

No specific requirements to use the API, but the OECD reserves the right to terminate API access at any time. 

Useful Links

World Bank Indicators API

Access to nearly 16,000 time series indicators. Most of these indicators are available online through tools such as Databank and the Open Data website. The API provides programmatic access to this same data. Many data series date back over 50 years, and can be used to create interesting applications.

Requirements

No API Key or Authentication needed

Return Format

The API return results in JSON, XML, JSON-stat, and JSONP format.

Limitations

Currently the API can't sort any requests. Generally results are returned in a reasonable order (i.e. alpha), but that order cannot be controlled.

Useful Links

The use of electronic resources must comply with the Appropriate Use of Electronic Resources Policy and Singapore Management University Acceptable Use Policy