orcid
A utility and CLI to work with ORCID in your applications.
Install
npm install orcid
Using the Command Line
Use the search
command to find an ORCID given an authors full name (in quotes). The query is powered by OpenAlex, and gives a publication hint, last known institution, and concepts that the author publishes about. The command only returns results for authors with ORCIDs.
orcid search "rowan cockett"
> Found 1 result for "rowan cockett" with an ORCID:
> Rowan Cockett
> 0000-0002-7859-8394
> Hint: SimPEG: An open source framework for simulation ...
> Last Institution: University of British Columbia
> Concepts: Geology, Computer science, Engineering, Physics ...
Using Node
import orcid from 'orcid';
const isValid = orcid.validate('https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7859-8394');
orcid.buildUrl('http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7859-8394');
orcid.buildUrl('https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-7859-8394');
orcid.buildUrl('0000-0002-7859-8394');
Included Utilities
validate
- Validates if a single ORCID string is validnormalize
- Normalizes an ORCID url or string into a ORCID identifier of the form 0000-0002-7859-8394
buildUrl
- Builds a URL to https://orcid.org, includes normalization
Options
strict
: only accept the ID part without the URL