Read a researcher's public ORCID record via the ORCID public API
domain: pub.orcid.org · 6 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Obtain a public API read-public access token via ORCID's client-credentials OAuth flow (registered client ID/secret)
Send a GET request to https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/<orcid-id>/record (or a sub-section like /works, /employments) with Accept: application/json
Include the Authorization: Bearer <token> header with the obtained public access token
Parse the JSON response for the requested section (person, activities-summary, works, etc.)
For sandbox/testing, use the equivalent api.sandbox.orcid.org endpoints instead of production
Handle 404s gracefully for iDs with no public data in the requested section (private/limited visibility)
Known gotchas
Public API access still requires an OAuth token (via client_credentials grant) — it is not a fully anonymous/unauthenticated API despite reading 'public' data
Data marked as 'trusted parties only' or private is not visible via the public read-public scope, even though the record itself is public
Sandbox and production environments use separate ORCID iDs, client credentials, and base URLs — sandbox test data will not resolve against the production API
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