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dblp Author Search by Name (Person ID, Affiliation, ORCID)

dblpsparql/search-authors

Searches the dblp computer science bibliography for authors whose primary name contains the text you give, case-insensitively: returns the dblp person ID URL, the name, the primary affiliation and the ORCID where dblp holds them, alphabetically by name. Use the person ID with the author publications tool. Give a name fragment of 2 to 60 characters and a result count of 1 to 50. A name that matches nobody returns an empty list. The search scans every person and takes a few seconds. dblp data as served by Eden Engine; not an official dblp product.

activeper callv1

Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

dblp computer science bibliography

Data from the dblp computer science bibliography (dblp.org), released under CC0 1.0. Served by Eden Engine; not an official dblp product.

Use it

Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

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agent
// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "dblpsparql/search-authors" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "dblpsparql/search-authors" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "dblpsparql/search-authors", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "dblpsparql/search-authors", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

ChargePrice
Per call
$0.0026
Updated
Oct 21, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema
input_schema.json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "name",
    "limit"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9 .,'\\u00C0-\\u024F-]{2,60}$",
      "description": "Part of the author's name, 2 to 60 characters: letters (accents allowed), digits, spaces, dots, commas, hyphens and apostrophes. Matched anywhere in the primary name, ignoring case, for example 'yann lecun' or 'knuth'."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many matching authors to return, 1 to 50."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
Output schema
output_schema.json
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "head",
    "results"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "head": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "vars": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "`vars` lists the selected variable names.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Engine statistics where the endpoint adds them (query time, result size).",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "bindings": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "description": "One object per solution, keyed by variable name. Each value is a term object: `type` (uri or literal), `value` (a string) and, for typed or language-tagged literals, `datatype` or `xml:lang`. A variable left unbound by an OPTIONAL is absent from its row. An empty list means no match."
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": true
    }
  },
  "description": "The SPARQL 1.1 query results document (application/sparql-results+json), passed through as the endpoint sent it.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}