Search authors
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The best way to search for authors is to use the search
query parameter, which searches the and the fields. Example:
Get works with the author name "Carl Sagan":
Searching without a middle initial returns names with and without middle initials. So a search for "John Smith" will also return "John W. Smith".
Names with diacritics are flexible as well. So a search for David Tarrago can return David Tarragó, and a search for David Tarragó can return David Tarrago. When searching with a diacritic, diacritic versions of the names are prioritized in order to honor the original form of the author's name. Read more about our handling of diacritics .
You can also use search as a , by appending .search
to the end of the property you are filtering for:
Get authors with the name "john smith" in the display_name:
When searching for authors, there is no difference when using the search
parameter or the filter display_name.search
, since display_name is the only field searched when finding authors.
You can also use the filter default.search
, which works the same as using the .
You can autocomplete authors to create a very fast type-ahead style search function:
Autocomplete authors with "ronald sw" in the display name:
This returns a list of authors with their last known affiliated institution as the hint:
Read more about .