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$ man pubmed-search

/pubmed-search(1)

agentutility / web-probe / pubmed-search
PRICE / CALL
$0.01
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
webprobe
CATEGORY
uncategorized
STATUS
live
NAME
pubmed-search pubmed biomedical literature search
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.org/v1/pubmed-search
     Content-Type: application/json
     X-PAYMENT:    <signed-transferWithAuthorization>

     { ... }
↳ first call → 402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.
DESCRIPTION

PubMed biomedical literature search. NIH E-utilities. Returns PMID, title, abstract, authors, journal, MeSH terms, DOI. Federal public.

INPUTrequest schema
propertytypedescriptionreq?
querystringPubMed query string. Supports field tags ('cancer[Title]', 'Smith J[Author]'), boolean operators, and MeSH terms.required
limitnumberMax papers to return. 1-50. Default 10.optional
date_fromstringLower bound on publication date (YYYY/MM/DD or YYYY-MM-DD).optional
date_tostringUpper bound on publication date (YYYY/MM/DD or YYYY-MM-DD).optional
sortstringResult ordering. Default 'relevance'.
enum: relevance · pub_date · first_author
optional
include_abstractbooleanIf true (default), include the abstract text per paper. Set false for a smaller, faster response.optional
OUTPUTresponse shape
fieldtypedescription
totalstringTotal number of PubMed records matching the query, as reported by NIH E-utilities (string-encoded integer).
returnedstringCount of PMID results actually included in this response payload (string-encoded integer).
EXAMPLEStwo ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.org/v1/pubmed-search \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{ }'
first response = 402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.
EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# install once
claude mcp add x402 --command "npx x402-deployer-mcp"

# then ask Claude Code:
# "use the pubmed-search tool to ..."
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
tags
web-probebiomedical-searchpubmedliterature-searchresearch-papersmedical-researchncbipmid-lookup
methods
POST
cluster
webprobe
price
$0.01 USDC per call
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SEE ALSO
agentutility(7) · webprobe(7) · x402(7) · mcp(7) · llms.txt · registry.json · bazaar.x402.org