Is there an API for Litmaps?

Litmaps does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 7 maintained endpoints for litmaps.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.

How do I scrape Litmaps data?

POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when litmaps.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a Litmaps account?

No. Every Litmaps action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.

What does the Litmaps API cost?

Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.

Research

Litmaps API

litmaps.com

Litmaps - paper discovery with keyword search, citation maps, and bibliographic metadata.

Actions: 7
Category: Research
Login: Not required
Output: JSON

Get an API key Wire API reference

Call the Litmaps API

Submit a task, then poll the job until it settles. This example runs act_litmaps_article_family_metadata.

curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ANAKIN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_id": "act_litmaps_article_family_metadata",
    "params": {
      "family_id": "275221812"
    }
  }'

7 actions on litmaps.com

Read

Article Family Metadata
act_litmaps_article_family_metadataread1 credit / call
Returns a paper's family variants resolved into default and related article IDs.
family_id
string · required
Citation Map Graph Results
act_litmaps_citation_map_graph_resultsread1 credit / call
Returns citation map node positions and article IDs for a seed search job.
search_result_id
string · required
Paper Details
act_litmaps_paper_detailread1 credit / call
Returns full metadata for a paper including DOI, family ID, and citation edges.
article_id
string · required
Paper Keyword Search
act_litmaps_paper_keyword_searchread2 credits / call
Returns papers matching a keyword with ranked titles, abstracts, and citation counts.
search_query
string · required
page
integer
per
integer

Write

Write actions change state on litmaps.com and run as the account you connect.

External Paper Details
act_litmaps_external_paper_detail_ssrwrite2 credits / call
Returns bibliographic metadata for a paper from its publisher DOI page.
doi
string · required
article_id
string
Paper Detail Batch
act_litmaps_paper_detail_batchwrite2 credits / call
Returns metadata for multiple papers: titles, authors, DOIs, and citation edges.
ids
array · required
per
integer
page
integer
Seed Citation Map
act_litmaps_seed_map_search_createwrite2 credits / call
Creates a seed citation-map job for chosen papers and returns its result ID and URL.
article_ids
array · required
hidden_article_ids
array

Litmaps API questions

Is there an API for Litmaps?: Litmaps does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 7 maintained endpoints for litmaps.com. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.
How do I scrape Litmaps data?: POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when litmaps.com changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a Litmaps account?: No. Every Litmaps action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the Litmaps API cost?: Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.