Europe PMC Developer Forum

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Welcome to the Europe PMC Developer Forum!

Here you can find out about Europe PMC API releases and other relevant news, ask questions and share your experiences with fellow API users. This group is regularly monitored by Europe PMC developers. Notice that we introduced moderation for this group. Messages will appear online after they get approved.

Europe PMC has privacy notices to let you know what personal data we collect from you, and how we use it. We will only use the email address you have provided to respond to your support query. Please read the Europe PMC Advanced User Services privacy notice: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/data-protection/privacy-notice/europe-pmc-plus to learn more about how we manage your personal data and your privacy rights. A separate privacy notice covers use of the Europe PMC web services:
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/data-protection/privacy-notice/europe-pmc-website.

By continuing to use this Google Group and the Europe PMC web services, you acknowledge that you have read and agree with the terms of both these privacy notices.

Europe PMC team

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Goren Sáenz de Pipaon Echarren, Mariia Levchenko2

Dec 11

Europe PMC API Usage for Web Service

Dear Goren, please find answers to your query below. 1) Commercial Use: Europe PMC APIs can be used

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Europe PMC API Usage for Web Service

Dear Goren, please find answers to your query below. 1) Commercial Use: Europe PMC APIs can be used

Dec 11

Robert C, … Michael Parkin8

Dec 5

API can find papers in separate queries, but not together

Amazing! Thanks so much, Michael! On Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 11:17:40 AM UTC-5 par...@ebi.ac.uk

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API can find papers in separate queries, but not together

Amazing! Thanks so much, Michael! On Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 11:17:40 AM UTC-5 par...@ebi.ac.uk

Dec 5

Samuel Barnett, Islam Hassan5

Nov 1

Number of articles on API has dropped

Hi Sam, This issue is now fixed. Thanks for your patience. On Thursday 17 October 2024 at 15:56:30

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Number of articles on API has dropped

Hi Sam, This issue is now fixed. Thanks for your patience. On Thursday 17 October 2024 at 15:56:30

Nov 1

Summer Rosonovski

Oct 30

Europe PMC user survey - call for feedback

Dear all, we are currently running a survey to learn how we can best support Europe PMC users. Survey

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Europe PMC user survey - call for feedback

Dear all, we are currently running a survey to learn how we can best support Europe PMC users. Survey

Oct 30

Europe PMC Developer Forum

Oct 16

Reduction in New Full-Text Articles

Dear Europe PMC Webservice Users, We are currently experiencing a reduction in the number of new full

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Reduction in New Full-Text Articles

Dear Europe PMC Webservice Users, We are currently experiencing a reduction in the number of new full

Oct 16

Rene Cortes, Madhumiethaa Jayaprabha Palanisamy2

Oct 1

API rate limits

Hi, Thanks for your message. Unfortunately, we can't increase the current rate limit of 10

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API rate limits

Hi, Thanks for your message. Unfortunately, we can't increase the current rate limit of 10

Oct 1

Michał Politowski, Madhumiethaa Jayaprabha Palanisamy2

Sep 13

FIRST_IDATE in the 19th century

Hi Michal, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. The issue was caused by a discrepancy

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FIRST_IDATE in the 19th century

Hi Michal, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. The issue was caused by a discrepancy

Sep 13

Samuel Barnett, Madhumiethaa Jayaprabha Palanisamy2

Jul 29

Missing articles from the REST API

Hi Sam, It looks like the issue is with the type of ID you are using in the API call. The fullTextXML

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Missing articles from the REST API

Hi Sam, It looks like the issue is with the type of ID you are using in the API call. The fullTextXML

Jul 29

Jul 29

missing articles via the REST API

Hi, I'm trying to scrape papers from the REST API however I'm running into errors on some of

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missing articles via the REST API

Hi, I'm trying to scrape papers from the REST API however I'm running into errors on some of

Jul 29

A Biologist, Madhumiethaa Jayaprabha Palanisamy2

Jul 4

Regex searches in PMC ?

Hi Jeremy, Thank you for reaching out. As you pointed out, there is no direct way to use regular

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Regex searches in PMC ?

Hi Jeremy, Thank you for reaching out. As you pointed out, there is no direct way to use regular

Jul 4

Tung Nguyen, Madhumiethaa Jayaprabha Palanisamy2

Jun 5

Is there any effective way to keep our codebases consistent with your API?

Hi Tung, Currently, we send notifications about any changes to the APIs via this forum, including

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Is there any effective way to keep our codebases consistent with your API?

Hi Tung, Currently, we send notifications about any changes to the APIs via this forum, including

Jun 5

Tung Nguyen, Madhumiethaa Jayaprabha Palanisamy6

Jun 5

Missing some entries from arXiv or bioRxiv

Hi Tung, We currently only have arXiv preprints relating to COVID between 2020 and 2023. We do have

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Missing some entries from arXiv or bioRxiv

Hi Tung, We currently only have arXiv preprints relating to COVID between 2020 and 2023. We do have

Jun 5

Mariia Levchenko

May 30

Addition and updates for full text articles in Europe PMC suspended between 3-4 June.

Dear all, Due to database migration no full text publications will be added or updated in Europe PMC

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Addition and updates for full text articles in Europe PMC suspended between 3-4 June.

Dear all, Due to database migration no full text publications will be added or updated in Europe PMC

May 30

Mariia Levchenko

May 16

Subject: Important changes to Europe PMC bulk downloads

Dear all, We would like to inform you about upcoming changes to the Europe PMC bulk download options.

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Subject: Important changes to Europe PMC bulk downloads

Dear all, We would like to inform you about upcoming changes to the Europe PMC bulk download options.

May 16

Melanie Vollmar, … Islam Hassan3

May 13

Missing PubMed ID

Hi Melanie, The PubMed ID is missing in the full-text XML that we received from NCBI as it was

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Missing PubMed ID

Hi Melanie, The PubMed ID is missing in the full-text XML that we received from NCBI as it was

May 13

Daniel Ecer, Mohamed Selim5

Mar 15

Search no longer brings back bioRxiv preprint. Only journal article is returned

Hi Mohamed, Thank you for explaining that. I didn't meant to suggest there was a problem with

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Search no longer brings back bioRxiv preprint. Only journal article is returned

Hi Mohamed, Thank you for explaining that. I didn't meant to suggest there was a problem with

Mar 15

Maria Barouh, Mohamed Selim2

Mar 14

API usage restrictions

Hello Mariia, Thanks for reaching out. If you are looking for data citations you can make use of our

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API usage restrictions

Hello Mariia, Thanks for reaching out. If you are looking for data citations you can make use of our

Mar 14

Melanie Vollmar, Islam Hassan4

Feb 29

Article API returns "error": "no response from server"

More than welcome. On Thursday 29 February 2024 at 16:02:26 UTC Melanie Vollmar wrote: Thank you very

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Article API returns "error": "no response from server"

More than welcome. On Thursday 29 February 2024 at 16:02:26 UTC Melanie Vollmar wrote: Thank you very

Feb 29

Mariia Levchenko

Feb 28

Open source projects from Europe PMC

Dear all, We have published a summary of our open source transition efforts: Moving to open source.

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Open source projects from Europe PMC

Dear all, We have published a summary of our open source transition efforts: Moving to open source.

Feb 28

Daniel Ecer, Umamageswari Chandrasekaran6

Jan 29

Missing DOIs in EuropePMC search

Dear Daniel, Yes, we did notice this and have already raised for it to be fixed. I will keep you

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Missing DOIs in EuropePMC search

Dear Daniel, Yes, we did notice this and have already raised for it to be fixed. I will keep you

Jan 29

Brandon Seah, Islam Hassan2

12/5/23

articles with 404 error with fullTextXML retrieval via API but viewable

Hi Brandon, We are currently looking into the issue and will get back to you as soon as possible.

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articles with 404 error with fullTextXML retrieval via API but viewable

Hi Brandon, We are currently looking into the issue and will get back to you as soon as possible.

12/5/23

Europe PMC Developer Forum

12/4/23

New data citations types added to Europe PMC

Dear all, We are happy to announce that data citations for 5 new data resources are now discoverable

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New data citations types added to Europe PMC

Dear all, We are happy to announce that data citations for 5 new data resources are now discoverable

12/4/23

Mariia Levchenko

11/7/23

Europe PMC user survey - your feedback

Dear all, we are currently running a survey to learn how we can best support Europe PMC users. Survey

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Europe PMC user survey - your feedback

Dear all, we are currently running a survey to learn how we can best support Europe PMC users. Survey

11/7/23

Robert Keith, Michael Parkin3

11/7/23

Unpaywall public source websiteURL format

Thank you Michael, I appreciate the response and the link with the example. I'll raise this with

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Unpaywall public source websiteURL format

Thank you Michael, I appreciate the response and the link with the example. I'll raise this with

11/7/23

10/26/23

Open access archive FTP bulk downloads

Dear all, We are investigating the current usage of our archive open access data sets. This

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Open access archive FTP bulk downloads

Dear all, We are investigating the current usage of our archive open access data sets. This

10/26/23

Mariia Levchenko

10/19/23

End of the COVID-19 preprints project for Europe PMC

Dear all, Due to the end of the funding period, the COVID-19 preprints project will soon be drawing

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End of the COVID-19 preprints project for Europe PMC

Dear all, Due to the end of the funding period, the COVID-19 preprints project will soon be drawing

10/19/23

Daniel Ecer, … Mohamed Selim9

10/17/23

Sciety LabsLink not updated since 10 Aug

Hi Daniel, The article with doi 10.1101/2023.04.12.536585 was out of sync, please check again now and

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Sciety LabsLink not updated since 10 Aug

Hi Daniel, The article with doi 10.1101/2023.04.12.536585 was out of sync, please check again now and

10/17/23

GMM, Michael Parkin4

9/29/23

Missing Articles

Apologies for the repeat message, but I neglected to share the response with the wider group.

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Missing Articles

Apologies for the repeat message, but I neglected to share the response with the wider group.

9/29/23

Darran Higgins, Europe PMC Developer Forum5

9/19/23

Missing "availability" field in the "fullTextUrlList" for a record

Hi Madhu, thanks for the update best wishes Darran On Tuesday, 19 September 2023 at 15:46:21 UTC+1

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Missing "availability" field in the "fullTextUrlList" for a record

Hi Madhu, thanks for the update best wishes Darran On Tuesday, 19 September 2023 at 15:46:21 UTC+1

9/19/23

Najko Jahn, Europe PMC Developer Forum2

9/18/23

404 Error in Request Method Profile

Hi, Apologize for the inconvenience. We are aware of the issue which was identified recently and

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404 Error in Request Method Profile

Hi, Apologize for the inconvenience. We are aware of the issue which was identified recently and

9/18/23

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