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getAuthorInfoBasic

getAuthorInfoBasic sends a request with either a Document ID or IDs, or a Submission ID or IDs, and retrieves basic metadata about the author or authors of a particular manuscript or group of manuscripts.

Required Parameters

  • Person ID or Primary Email Address
  • Site Short Name

Optional Parameters

  • Locale ID
  • _type
  • External ID
  • Is Deleted (true/false)

Resource

  • By personID: /api/s1m/v3/person/basic/personids/search
  • By PrimaryEmailAddress: /api/s1m/v3/person/basic/email/search

Request Parameters

Element Type Description Required Example or Default Value
getPersonInfoBasic Root Yes
username String Profile User Name. This is the user name used by the API, not a ScholarOne Manuscripts user. This is from the Caller’s profile. Yes sample_user
password String The API Key. Encrypted value uniquely identifying and authenticating Caller Yes SRU4DQ5WOJ2PX8CA
ids† Integer or Integer Array
Person ID or IDs
Unique numeric identifier assigned to each individual in the ScholarOne Manuscripts system. When specifying multiple Person IDs, each ID must be enclosed in single or double quotes and separated by commas.		 Yes, if Primary Email Address is not used
’120250516’
Or if a list is being requested: '120250516','120250618'
primary_email String The primary e-mail address of the designated person. Yes, if person IDs are not used. [email protected]
site_name String Site short name. The short name is the abbreviated or truncated name of the journal, society, publisher, or family. Yes web_svcs
url String The Web Service URL, which identifies the specific service to handle the request. Yes v3/person/basic/email/search
is_deleted Boolean Flag to retrieve the account details of a deleted person. No true/false
external_id String An id value that can be set by the client for call tracking. Caller supplied Text string to be stored with Audit History information. No 123456
locale_id Integer The unique identifier for a specific language. The value of the locale_id must match to the specific language as defined in the Caller’s profile. No Options are:
  • 1 (United States English)
  • 2 (Simplified Chinese, Pinyin ordering)
  • 3 (French)
_type String The data type requested from the Service <xml> or <json>. This defaults to <xml>. No xml (default if omitted), or json

Response Elements

Response Element

Type

Description

Example or default Value

Status

String

State of a given request call

Can be one of SUCCESS, FAILURE, or MAINTENANCE. 

<status>SUCCESS</status>

callID

String

The CALL_ID is the unique identifier for a given Web Services call. Generated by the ScholarOne Web Services application.

<callId>63631fe1-7378-4cc1-ab18-87c06c2eff58</callId>

profileCallId

String

An id value that is set by the client for call tracking.  Set by the request’s external_id element.

<profileCallId>111111</profileCallId>

accountCreatedDate

Timestamp

Timestamp of the person's account creation date.

<accountCreatedDate>
2024-01-22T10:33:19Z
</accountCreatedDate>

accountDeletedDate

Timestamp

Timestamp indicating when the person's account was deleted due to an account merge.

<accountDeletedDate>
2024-05-29T09:24:03Z
</accountDeletedDate>

activeFlag

Boolean

Person's account activation status.

<activeFlag>1</activeFlag>

firstName

String

Person's first name.

<firstName>Elizabeth</firstName>

gdprRemovedFlag

Boolean

Indicates whether the person's account has been GDPR removed.

<gdprRemovedFlag>false</gdprRemovedFlag>

lastName

String

Person's last name.

<lastName>Smith</lastName>

localeId

Integer

Persons localeID as Integer,

Ex. 1 = EN(English), 2 = CN(China).

<localedId>1</localeId>

membershipStatus

String

Person's membership status.

<membershipStatus>Active</membershipStatus>

orcidId

String

Oauth access details of the person to the ORCID site.

<orcidId>0000-0002-9846-0608
</orcidId>

orcidAccessToken

String

Oauth access token of the person to access ORCID details.

<orcidAccessToken>
abcdef-12345-4ee2-9c1a
</orcidAccessToken>

orcidScope

String

Orcid Scope to access resources on the ORCID site.

<orcidScope>[/authenticate, .orcid-bio/readlimited]</orcidScope>

orcidTokenType

String

Orcid Token Type.

<orcidTokenType>bearer</orcidToken>

orcidValidation

Boolean

Whether the ORCID token is validated successfully.

<orcidValidation>true</orcidValidation>

personId

Integer

Person's unique identifier.

<personId>120250516</personId>

primaryEmailAddress

String

Person's primary email address.

<primaryEmailAddress>
[email protected]
</primaryEmailAddress>

ssoStatusId

Integer

Person's SSO status if the site is SSO enabled.

<ssoStatusId>2</ssoStatusId>

ssoStatusName

String

Person's SSO status name.

<ssoStatusName>ELIGIBLE-NEVERLINKED</ssoStatusName>

userId

String

Unique userID of the person.

<userId>[email protected]</userId>

Updated 5 months ago