# Rotary Agency OpenAlex API Proxy

> Rotary Agency OpenAlex API Proxy is a paid API for AI agents from rotaryagency.uk, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-16).

Proxies the OpenAlex open academic knowledge graph API, returning structured scholarly metadata about works, authors, institutions, and concepts

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://rotaryagency.uk/api/free/openalex?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-openalex-api-proxy-b6b25846
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_CUBCWwbNIaK9iZ2AubtWa

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability rotary-agency-openalex-api-proxy-b6b25846
```

Example prompt: Search OpenAlex for recent papers about large language models published after 2022 and give me the titles, authors, DOIs, and citation counts for the top 10 results.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick, low-cost access to the OpenAlex open academic knowledge graph without setting up your own OpenAlex API key or proxy. At $0.002/call it is economical for occasional scholarly lookups by AI agents. Prefer this over direct OpenAlex API calls when operating in an x402 micropayment environment and you want a single billing surface. Prefer OpenAlex itself (free, no per-call cost) for high-volume batch queries.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed OpenAlex entity ID returns empty results or 404
- Rate limiting or upstream OpenAlex downtime causes 503 or timeout
- Malformed query parameters return 400 bad request
- Payment not received causes 402 response requiring x402 micropayment
- Very broad queries may return truncated result sets requiring pagination

## How this service works

Free-source data APIs (100% margin, no proxy, $0.002/call): ...

## Output

Returns endpoint-specific structured JSON from OpenAlex containing academic entity records — for works: title, DOI, abstract, authors, publication date, citation count, open-access status, concepts; for authors: display name, ORCID, works count, h-index, affiliated institution; for institutions: name, country, works count, top concepts; for concepts: display name, description, related concepts, works count.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "varies": "endpoint-specific structured JSON"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/rotary-agency-openalex-api-proxy-b6b25846/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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