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2s.io papers search

https://2s.io/api/papers/search

payable

Unified scientific literature search across arXiv (preprints), PubMed (biomedical), and Semantic Scholar (cross-field, with citation counts). Returns a flat array of papers with stable schema: source, sourceId, doi, title, authors, abstract, year, publishedAt, citationCount, url, pdfUrl. Partial failures surface in the errors array rather than failing the whole call. Optional filters: since (YYYY-

We sent a real GET request to this endpoint and it answered 402 with payment requirements we could parse.
Price
$0.006
Network
base
Pay to
0x2b6D4988Db4723E6908Db86Ab2b8dFBc51FC32C5
Spec dialect
v2 (declares x402Version 2)
Transport
PAYMENT-REQUIRED header
HTTP method
GET
Response latency
78 ms
Payment options
2 usable of 2
Last checked
2026-08-10T09:17:36.743Z (1d ago)
Category
search

Re-check it yourself:
curl "https://api.the402.dev/validate?url=https%3A%2F%2F2s.io%2Fapi%2Fpapers%2Fsearch"