Science & Research

ORCID Scraper

Extract researcher identifiers, publication lists, employment history, and funding data from ORCID registry profiles. Powered by spider-browser .

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orcid.org target

99.5% success rate

~4ms latency

Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

orcid-scraper.ts

import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";

const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
  apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});

await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097");
await page.content(10000);

const data = await page.extractFields({
  name: "#given-names, .given-names",
  affiliation: "[id='affiliations'] .affiliation-name",
  works: "[id='works'] .work-title",
  employment: "[id='employment'] .affiliation-name",
  education: "[id='education'] .affiliation-name",
  keywords: "[id='keywords'] .keyword",
});

console.log(data);
await spider.close();

✓ ready to run | spider-browser | TypeScript

Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

Extract structured JSON from orcid.org with a single POST request. AI-configured selectors, cached for fast repeat calls.

POST /fetch/orcid.org/

Researcher nameORCID iDAffiliationPublicationsEmploymentEducation

Try it Fetch API Docs

curl

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/orcid.org/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'

Python

import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/orcid.org/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())

Node.js

const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/orcid.org/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

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