Nobel Prizes API

Overview

To use Nobel Prizes, you need an API key. You can get one by creating a free account and visiting your dashboard.

GET Endpoint

https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nobelprizes

Example

How to call the Nobel Prizes API in different programming languages.

curl -X GET \
  "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nobelprizes?firstname=Albert&lastname=Einstein&category=Physics&year=1921" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"

const response = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nobelprizes?firstname=Albert&lastname=Einstein&category=Physics&year=1921', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

headers = {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.get('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nobelprizes?firstname=Albert&lastname=Einstein&category=Physics&year=1921', headers=headers)

data = response.json()
print(data)

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"

)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/nobelprizes?firstname=Albert&lastname=Einstein&category=Physics&year=1921", nil)

    req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "your_api_key_here")
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "count": 1,
    "filteredOn": [
      "firstName",
      "lastName",
      "category",
      "year"
    ],
    "nobelPrizes": [
      {
        "firstName": "Albert",
        "lastName": "Einstein",
        "born": "1879-03-14",
        "died": "1955-04-18",
        "countryborn": "Germany",
        "countrybornCode": "DE",
        "born city": "Ulm",
        "diedCountry": "USA",
        "diedCountryCode": "US",
        "diedCity": "Princeton NJ",
        "gender": "male",
        "year": "1921",
        "category": "Physics",
        "motivation": "for his services to Theoretical Physics and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect",
        "organization": "Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) für Physik",
        "organizationCity": "Berlin",
        "organizationCountry": "Germany"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Authentication

The Nobel Prizes API requires authentication via API key. Include your API key in the request header:

X-API-Key: your_api_key_here

Learn more about authentication →

Interactive API Playground

Test the Nobel Prizes API directly in your browser with live requests and responses.

Parameters

The following parameters are available for the Nobel Prizes API:

Response

The Nobel Prizes API returns responses in JSON, XML, YAML, and CSV formats. The JSON response is shown in the Example section above; alternative formats below.

Other Response Formats

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <status>ok</status>
  <error xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
  <data>
    <count>1</count>
    <filteredOn>
      <item>firstName</item>
      <item>lastName</item>
      <item>category</item>
      <item>year</item>
    </filteredOn>
    <nobelPrizes>
      <nobelPrize>
        <firstName>Albert</firstName>
        <lastName>Einstein</lastName>
        <born>1879-03-14</born>
        <died>1955-04-18</died>
        <countryborn>Germany</countryborn>
        <countrybornCode>DE</countrybornCode>
        <born_city>Ulm</born_city>
        <diedCountry>USA</diedCountry>
        <diedCountryCode>US</diedCountryCode>
        <diedCity>Princeton NJ</diedCity>
        <gender>male</gender>
        <year>1921</year>
        <category>Physics</category>
        <motivation>for his services to Theoretical Physics and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect</motivation>
        <organization>Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) für Physik</organization>
        <organizationCity>Berlin</organizationCity>
        <organizationCountry>Germany</organizationCountry>
      </nobelPrize>
    </nobelPrizes>
  </data>
</response>

status: ok
error: null
data:
  count: 1
  filteredOn:
    - firstName
    - lastName
    - category
    - year
  nobelPrizes:
    - firstName: Albert
      lastName: Einstein
      born: '1879-03-14'
      died: '1955-04-18'
      countryborn: Germany
      countrybornCode: DE
      born city: Ulm
      diedCountry: USA
      diedCountryCode: US
      diedCity: Princeton NJ
      gender: male
      year: '1921'
      category: Physics
      motivation: >-
        for his services to Theoretical Physics and especially for his discovery
        of the law of the photoelectric effect
      organization: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) für Physik
      organizationCity: Berlin
      organizationCountry: Germany

Response Structure

All API responses follow a consistent structure with the following fields:

Learn more about response formats →

Response Data Fields

When the request is successful, the data object contains the following fields:

Headers

Only X-API-Key is required. Optional headers include Accept for response format negotiation (JSON, XML, or YAML), User-Agent, and X-Request-ID for request tracing. See all request headers →

GraphQL AccessALPHA

Access Nobel Prizes through GraphQL to combine it with other API calls in a single request. Query only the nobel prizes data you need with precise field selection, and orchestrate complex data fetching workflows.

Credit Cost: Each API called in your GraphQL query consumes its standard credit cost.

POST https://api.apiverve.com/v1/graphql

query {
  nobelprizes(
    input: {
      firstname: "Albert"
      lastname: "Einstein"
      category: "Physics"
      year: 1921
    }
  ) {
    count
    filteredOn
    nobelPrizes
  }
}

Note: Authentication is handled via the x-api-key header in your GraphQL request, not as a query parameter.

CORS Support

The Nobel Prizes API accepts cross-origin requests from any origin, so it can be called directly from browser-based applications without a proxy. See CORS support →

Rate Limiting

Nobel Prizes requests are throttled per minute on the Free plan and unthrottled on paid plans. Exceeding the limit returns 429 Too Many Requests; rate-limit usage is reported in the X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Reset response headers. See per-plan limits and best practices →

Error Codes

The Nobel Prizes API uses standard HTTP status codes — 200 on success, 400 for invalid parameters, 401 for missing or invalid keys, 403 for insufficient credits, 429 for rate-limit exhaustion, and 500/503 for server-side issues. Each error response includes an X-Request-ID header you can quote when contacting support. See full error handling guide →

SDKs for Nobel Prizes

Official Nobel Prizes packages on npm, PyPI, NuGet, and JitPack — plus a Postman collection and an OpenAPI spec. See the SDK guide →

JitPack

No-Code Integrations

Nobel Prizes works with Zapier, Make, Pipedream, n8n, and Power Automate using the same API key. See setup guides →

Zapier

Make

Pipedream

n8n

Power Automate

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