Unified scientific literature search across arXiv (preprints), PubMed (biomedical), and Semantic Scholar (cross-field, with citation counts). Returns a flat array of papers with stable schema: source, sourceId, doi, title, authors, abstract, year, publishedAt, citationCount, url, pdfUrl. Partial failures surface in the errors array rather than failing the whole call. Optional filters: since (YYYY-MM-DD), sources (subset), limit (max 20 per source).
/api/papers/searchPAYMENT-SIGNATURE.The search API is a pay-per-call papers endpoint built for AI agents and autonomous software. Unified scientific literature search across arXiv (preprints), PubMed (biomedical), and Semantic Scholar (cross-field, with citation counts).
There is no signup and no API key. An agent (or any HTTP client) hits the endpoint, receives an x402 "402 Payment Required" challenge, signs a sub-cent USDC payment on Base or Solana, and retries — the data comes back on the paid request. That makes it a drop-in search data source for an agent tool-use loop, an MCP host, or a backend that needs papers data on demand without onboarding to yet another vendor portal.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
qrequired | string | min 1 chars · max 500 chars |
limit | integer | min 1 · max 20 |
since | string | match ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$ |
sources | string |
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/papers/search?q=example&limit=10&since=2024-01-01&sources=example' # 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/papers/search?q=example&limit=10&since=2024-01-01&sources=example' \ -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>' # Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry): # EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \ # --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \ # 'https://2s.io/api/papers/search?q=example&limit=10&since=2024-01-01&sources=example'
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'
const client = new TwoS({
privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})
const result = await client.papers.search({
"q": "example",
"limit": 10,
"since": "2024-01-01",
"sources": "example"
})
console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)import os
from twosio import TwoS
client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])
result = client.papers.search(q="example", limit=10, since="2024-01-01", sources="example")
print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
// EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.
// claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"2sio": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
"env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
}
}
}
// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "papers.search",
"arguments": {
"q": "example",
"limit": 10,
"since": "2024-01-01",
"sources": "example"
}
}
}# pip install langchain-twosio langchain-anthropic
import os
from langchain_twosio import get_twosio_tools
from langchain_anthropic import ChatAnthropic
from langgraph.prebuilt import create_react_agent
tools = get_twosio_tools(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])
llm = ChatAnthropic(model="claude-haiku-4-5", temperature=0)
agent = create_react_agent(llm, tools)
# The agent will pick "twosio_papers_search" when the prompt matches.
result = agent.invoke({
"messages": [("user", "...prompt that requires papers.search...")]
})
print(result["messages"][-1].content)# pip install llama-index-tools-twosio llama-index-llms-anthropic
import asyncio, os
from llama_index_tools_twosio import get_twosio_tools
from llama_index.llms.anthropic import Anthropic
from llama_index.core.agent.workflow import FunctionAgent
tools = get_twosio_tools(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])
llm = Anthropic(model="claude-haiku-4-5")
agent = FunctionAgent(tools=tools, llm=llm)
# The agent will pick "twosio_papers_search" when the prompt matches.
response = asyncio.run(agent.run("...prompt that requires papers.search..."))
print(response)| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ok | boolean | one of: true |
items | array | |
total | integer | Total matching rows upstream; null when unknown. |
source | object | |
meta | object |
{
"ok": true,
"items": [
{}
],
"total": 1,
"source": {
"provider": "example",
"url": "example",
"license": "example"
},
"meta": {
"query": "example",
"sources": [
"example"
],
"errors": [
{
"source": "example",
"message": "example"
}
],
"attribution": [
{
"source": "example",
"license": "example",
"url": "example"
}
]
}
}