Nobel Prize

About Nobel Prize

Nobelprize.org provides open data about the Nobel Prizes and Nobel Laureates through a REST API and Linked Data. The API is available in two versions: version 2 (current version 2.1), which returns JSON or CSV and offers a laureates endpoint and a nobelPrizes endpoint, and version 1, which is maintained for compatibility but no longer updated and returns a shorter form of laureate names. No API key or registration is required to use either version. The data is updated as information on the site changes, including at the time of new laureate announcements.

The Linked Data offering consists of a set of RDF relations describing the Nobel Prizes and Laureates, including a SPARQL endpoint for querying. Both the API and Linked Data have published terms of use and documentation, with the API documentation available in an interactive form for testing and exploration.

This is aimed at developers building applications that use historical and current Nobel Prize data, including laureate information and prize details, in either a REST/JSON format or as RDF-based linked data.

Key features

• REST API (v2.1) returning JSON or CSV data on Nobel Prizes and Laureates
• Laureates endpoint listing full details on Nobel Laureates and their prizes
• nobelPrizes endpoint listing Nobel Prizes with links to related laureate data
• Legacy API v1 kept available and up to date for backward compatibility
• Linked Data (RDF) access with a SPARQL endpoint for exploring the data

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