Search

The search operation submits a search query to the specified database edition and retrieves data. This operation returns a query ID that can be used in subsequent operations to retrieve more records.

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Database ID

Database to search. Must be a valid database ID, one of the following: BCI/BIOABS/BIOSIS/CCC/DCI/DIIDW/MEDLINE/WOK/WOS/ZOOREC. WOK represents all databases.

Language

Language of search. This element can take only one value: en for English. If no language is specified, English is passed by default.

User Query

User query for requesting data, ex: TS=(cadmium). The query parser will return errors for invalid queries.

Edition

Edition(s) to be searched. If null, user permissions will be substituted. Must include the name of the collection and edition name separated by '+', ex: WOS+SCI. Multiple editions are separated by ','. Editions available for collection(WOS) - AHCI,CCR,IC,ISSHP,ISTP,SCI,SSCI,BHCI,BSCI and ESCI.

Publish Time Span

This element specifies a range of publication dates. If publishTimeSpan is used, the loadTimeSpan parameter must be omitted. If publishTimeSpan and loadTimeSpan are both omitted, then the maximum time span will be inferred from the editions data. Beginning and end dates should be specified in the yyyy-mm-dd format separated by +, ex: 1993-01-01+2009-12-31.

Load Time Span

Load time span (otherwise described as symbolic time span) defines a range of load dates. The load date is the date a record was added to the database. If load date is specified, the publishTimeSpan parameter must be omitted. If both publishTimeSpan and loadTimeSpan are omitted, the maximum publication date will be inferred from the editions data. Any of D/W/M/Y prefixed with a number where D-Day, M-Month, W-Week, Y-Year allowed. Acceptable value range for Day(0-6), Week(1-52), Month(1-12) and Year(0-10), ex: 5D,30W,10M,8Y.

Count

Number of records to return, must be 0-100.

First Record

Specific record, if any within the result set to return. Cannot be less than 1 and greater than 100000.

Sort Field

Order by field(s). Field name and order by clause separated by '+', use A for ASC and D for DESC, ex: PY+D. Multiple values are separated by comma.

Response Type

Specify the response type. With Auto-detect – the default – the type is taken from the response itself, which is the appropriate choice whenever the API determines the type based on the request parameters; note that in this case the structure of the output table is only known once the node was executed. The following response types are available:

• application/json
• application/xml

Result Format

Specify how the response should be mapped to the table output. The following formats are available:

Raw Response: Returns the raw response in a single row with the following columns:

• body: Response body
• status: HTTP status code
• X-RateLimit-Remaining-second: The number of requests left for the second window.
• X-RateLimit-Limit-second: The number of requests limit per second.
• x-paginate-by-query-id: The url of the next page in case your RecordsFound > count + firstRecord Please use this url for pagination. The queryId will live for four hours only.

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