crossrefapi

This is a go package for working with the Crossref API. It is inspired by the an excellent CrossRefAPI Python package listed in the Crossref API docs. This package is meant to follow the "polite" guidelines for interacting with the public API at api.crossref.org.

Go package example

    appName := path.Base(os.Args[0])
    client, err := crossrefapi.NewCrossRefClient(appName, "[email protected]")
    if err != nil {
        // handle error...
    }
    works, err := client.Works("10.1037/0003-066x.59.1.29")
   
    if err != nil {
        // handle error...
    }
    // continue processing your "works" result...

You can compare two copies of a "works" response and see what has changed.

    appName := path.Base(os.Args[0])
    client, err := crossrefapi.NewCrossRefClient(appName, "[email protected]")
    if err != nil {
        // handle error...
    }
    newWorks, err := client.Works("10.1037/0003-066x.59.1.29")
    if err != nil {
        // handle error...
    }
    // Fetch our previously saved works document.
    src, err := os.ReadFile("0003-066x.59.1.29.json")
    if err != nil {
        // handle error...
    }
    oldWorks := new(crossrefapi.Works)
    if err := json.Unmarshal(src, &oldWorks); err != nil {
        // handle error...
    }
    src, err = oldWorks.DiffAsJSON(newWorks)
    if err != nil {
        // handle error...
    }
    fmt.Println("Diff for 10.1037/0003-066x.59.1.29")
    fmt.Printf("\n%s\n", src)

Command line example

    crossrefapi -mailto="[email protected]" works "10.1037/0003-066x.59.1.29"

Reference

• Crossref API Docs
• Crossref Schemas
• CrossRefAPI - Python implementation