Is there an API for Openedition?

Openedition does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 9 maintained endpoints for openedition.org. 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 Openedition 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 openedition.org changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a Openedition account?

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

What does the Openedition 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

Openedition API

openedition.org

Open-access scholarly books and journals - disciplines, full-text articles, and chapters.

Actions: 9
Category: Research
Login: Not required
Output: JSON

Get an API key Wire API reference

Call the Openedition API

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

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_openedition_org_book_chapter_detail",
    "params": {
      "chapter_id": "311025"
    }
  }'

9 actions on openedition.org

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Book Chapter Details
act_openedition_org_book_chapter_detailread1 credit / call
Returns a book chapter's full-text body, abstract, and chapter-level Dublin Core metadata.
chapter_id
string · required
Book Details
act_openedition_org_book_detailread1 credit / call
Returns a book landing page's Dublin Core metadata, keywords, and table-of-contents links.
book_id
string · required
Books Catalogue Disciplines Facet
act_openedition_org_books_catalogue_disciplines_facetread1 credit / call
Returns the Books catalogue discipline taxonomy labels and facet navigation.
lang
string
Books Discipline Listing
act_openedition_org_books_discipline_listingread1 credit / call
Returns the book result grid for a discipline subject code in the Books catalogue.
discipline_code
string · required
lang
string
Journal Article Bibliography
act_openedition_org_journal_article_bibliographyread1 credit / call
Returns the formatted bibliography reference citations for a journal article.
journal_slug
string · required
article_id
string · required
Journal Article Details
act_openedition_org_journal_article_detailread1 credit / call
Returns a journal article's full-text body, abstract, Dublin Core metadata, and PDF link.
journal_slug
string · required
article_id
string · required
Journal Home
act_openedition_org_journal_home_ssrread1 credit / call
Returns a journal home page's issues list, description, and ISSN metadata.
journal_slug
string · required
Journal Portal Details
act_openedition_org_journal_portal_detailread1 credit / call
Returns the portal-side journal metadata page's description and navigation links.
journal_id
string · required
Journals France Catalogue
act_openedition_org_journals_france_catalogueread2 credits / call
Returns Journals catalogue listing cards filtered by country with titles, publishers, and links.
country_code
string · required
lang
string
limit
string

Openedition API questions

Is there an API for Openedition?: Openedition does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 9 maintained endpoints for openedition.org. 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 Openedition 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 openedition.org changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a Openedition account?: No. Every Openedition action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the Openedition 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.