Plos API
Academic & ResearchAccess Plos public data through one AllAPI key — 24 endpoints across the Plos surface. No Plos account, no credentials, no scraping stack — one anonymous request returns real data or a documented honest error, never fabricated.
| Method | Endpoint | Operation |
|---|---|---|
| POST | /api/plos/article | Article |
| POST | /api/plos/article_type_facets | Article type facets |
| POST | /api/plos/author_facets | Author facets |
| POST | /api/plos/browse | Browse |
| POST | /api/plos/by_author | By author |
| POST | /api/plos/coauthors | Coauthors |
| POST | /api/plos/date_search | Date search |
| POST | /api/plos/editor_facets | Editor facets |
| POST | /api/plos/figures | Figures |
| POST | /api/plos/grouped | Grouped |
| POST | /api/plos/highlight | Highlight |
| POST | /api/plos/journal_facets | Journal facets |
| POST | /api/plos/metric_histogram | Metric histogram |
| POST | /api/plos/most_cited | Most cited |
| POST | /api/plos/most_viewed | Most viewed |
| POST | /api/plos/pivot_facets | Pivot facets |
| POST | /api/plos/related | Related |
| POST | /api/plos/search | Search |
| POST | /api/plos/stats | Stats |
| POST | /api/plos/stats_by | Stats by |
| POST | /api/plos/subject_facets | Subject facets |
| POST | /api/plos/suggest | Suggest |
| POST | /api/plos/timeline | Timeline |
| POST | /api/plos/trending | Trending |
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