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authorMarkus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>2025-09-10 16:41:40 +0200
committerMarkus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarIT.de>2025-09-20 10:56:46 +0200
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Revision of the engine / use of the result type Paper as well as other typifications. Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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.. _openalex engine:
-=========
+========
OpenAlex
-=========
-
-Overview
========
-The OpenAlex engine integrates the `OpenAlex`_ Works API to return scientific paper
-results using the :origin:`paper.html <searx/templates/simple/result_templates/paper.html>`
-template. It is an "online" JSON engine that uses the official public API and does
-not require an API key.
-
-.. _OpenAlex: https://openalex.org
-.. _OpenAlex API overview: https://docs.openalex.org/how-to-use-the-api/api-overview
-
-Key features
-------------
-
-- Uses the official Works endpoint (JSON)
-- Paging support via ``page`` and ``per-page``
-- Relevance sorting (``sort=relevance_score:desc``)
-- Language filter support (maps SearXNG language to ``filter=language:<iso2>``)
-- Maps fields commonly used in scholarly results: title, authors, abstract
- (reconstructed from inverted index), journal/venue, publisher, DOI, tags
- (concepts), PDF/HTML links, pages, volume, issue, published date, and a short
- citations comment
-- Supports OpenAlex "polite pool" by adding a ``mailto`` parameter
-
-
-Configuration
-=============
-
-Minimal example for :origin:`settings.yml <searx/settings.yml>`:
-
-.. code:: yaml
-
- - name: openalex
- engine: openalex
- shortcut: oa
- categories: science, scientific publications
- timeout: 5.0
- # Recommended by OpenAlex: join the polite pool with an email address
- mailto: "[email protected]"
-
-Notes
------
-
-- The ``mailto`` key is optional but recommended by OpenAlex for better service.
-- Language is inherited from the user's UI language; when it is not ``all``, the
- engine adds ``filter=language:<iso2>`` (e.g. ``language:fr``). If OpenAlex has
- few results for that language, you may see fewer items.
-- Results typically include a main link. When the primary landing page from
- OpenAlex is a DOI resolver, the engine will use that stable link. When an open
- access link is available, it is exposed via the ``PDF`` and/or ``HTML`` links
- in the result footer.
-
-
-What is returned
-================
-
-Each result uses the ``paper.html`` template and may include:
-
-- ``title`` and ``content`` (abstract; reconstructed from the inverted index)
-- ``authors`` (display names)
-- ``journal`` (host venue display name) and ``publisher``
-- ``doi`` (normalized to the plain DOI, without the ``https://doi.org/`` prefix)
-- ``tags`` (OpenAlex concepts display names)
-- ``pdf_url`` (Open access PDF if available) and ``html_url`` (landing page)
-- ``publishedDate`` (parsed from ``publication_date``)
-- ``pages``, ``volume``, ``number`` (issue)
-- ``type`` and a brief ``comments`` string with citation count
-
-
-Rate limits & polite pool
-=========================
-
-OpenAlex offers a free public API with generous daily limits. For extra courtesy
-and improved service quality, include a contact email in each request via
-``mailto``. You can set it directly in the engine configuration as shown above.
-See: `OpenAlex API overview`_.
-
-
-Troubleshooting
-===============
-
-- Few or no results in a non-English UI language:
- Ensure the selected language has sufficient coverage at OpenAlex, or set the
- UI language to English and retry.
-- Preference changes fail while testing locally:
- Make sure your ``server.secret_key`` and ``server.base_url`` are set in your
- instance settings so signed cookies work; see :ref:`settings server`.
-
-
-Implementation
-===============
-
.. automodule:: searx.engines.openalex
:members: