GET /search

callback (string, query, optional)

JSONP callback function name for cross-domain requests.

cursorMark (string, query, optional, default: *)

Cursor for pagination. Use * for first request, then nextCursorMark from response for subsequent pages.

email (string, query, optional)

User email for service notifications.

format (string, query, optional)

Response format.

Constraints: {'enum': ['xml', 'json', 'dc']}

pageSize (integer, query, optional, default: 25)

Number of results per page (1-1000).

Constraints: {'minimum': 1, 'maximum': 1000}

query (string, query, required)

User query. Can be a keyword (e.g., HPV virus), phrase with quotes (e.g., "human malaria"), fielded search (e.g., auth:stoehr), or specific publication (e.g., ext_id:781840 src:med).

resultType (string, query, optional, default: lite)

Response type: idlist (IDs only), lite (key metadata), or core (full metadata including abstract and MeSH terms).

Constraints: {'enum': ['idlist', 'lite', 'core']}

sort (string, query, optional)

Sort field and order (e.g., CITED asc, P_PDATE_D desc).

synonym (string, query, optional, default: false)

Expand queries using MeSH terminology synonyms.

Constraints: {'enum': ['TRUE', 'Y', 'YES', 'true', 'FALSE', 'N', 'NO', 'false']}