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Use this to verify the integration is working correctly before performing data queries. The API uses the InvenioRDM REST framework. Verify CERN Open Data API connectivity and portal status

Returns term names, definitions, and associated experiments. Covers fundamental particles, detector components, analysis techniques, and physics phenomena. Use this to explain technical physics terms like "luminosity", "transverse momentum", "pseudorapidity", "b-tagging", or "muon spectrometer". Invaluable for science communication and educational contexts. Search the CERN particle physics glossary for term definitions

), record types (Dataset, Documentation, Software, Glossary, Supplementaries), data-taking years, keywords, availability status, and event count distributions. This is the single most informative endpoint for understanding the scope and composition of available CERN data. Get comprehensive CERN Open Data portal statistics and facets

Returns the full title, abstract, experiment, authors with ORCID identifiers, collision parameters, publication dates, DOI, file distribution summary (number of files, events, size), usage instructions, and a direct link. Use this after finding a record via search to obtain complete details. Example: recid "1" returns the CMS BTau primary dataset. Get detailed metadata for a specific CERN Open Data record

Returns the resolved record ID, title, experiment, type, and direct link if found. Useful when you have a DOI from a publication or reference and need to find the corresponding open dataset. DOIs follow the format "10.7483/OPENDATA.CMS.XXX". Returns a "not found" result if the DOI does not match any record. Resolve a DOI to a CERN Open Data record

Returns category names and dataset counts. Categories span the full range of particle physics research: Higgs boson searches, exotic particles (Dark Matter, Extra Dimensions, Gravitons), B physics, heavy-ion collisions, and more. Subcategories within Exotica and Higgs Physics provide finer granularity. List all physics categories and subcategories with dataset counts

Currently includes CMS (the largest contributor with ~52,000 datasets), DELPHI (LEP era), ATLAS, ALICE, LHCb, OPERA (neutrino physics), TOTEM, JADE, and PHENIX. Use this as a starting point to understand what data is available before drilling into specific experiments. List all available CERN experiments and their dataset counts

Returns filename, size in bytes, checksum, ROOT/EOS URI for direct data access, and file format. Useful for understanding what data is available in a dataset before downloading. Large datasets may contain hundreds of ROOT files. Example: record 1 contains AOD format files from CMS BTau data. List all data files in a CERN Open Data record

Major categories include: Exotica (~13,000 datasets, including Dark Matter, Extra Dimensions, Gravitons, Heavy Fermions, Leptoquarks), Higgs Physics (~10,400, Standard Model and Beyond Standard Model), Higgs (~10,700), Beyond 2 Generations (~1,600), 2 Fermion (~1,200), B physics and Quarkonia (~500), 4 Fermion (~380), Heavy-Ion Physics (~220). Some categories have subcategories — use the subcategory parameter for more precise filtering. Search datasets filtered by physics category

Available energies include: 13TeV (~50,500 datasets, LHC Run 2), 181-210 GeV (~11,700, LEP2), 7TeV (~1,100, LHC Run 1), 8TeV (~900, LHC Run 1), 5.02TeV (~310, heavy-ion), 2.76TeV (~120, heavy-ion), 130-140 GeV (~120, LEP), 13.6TeV (LHC Run 3). The vast majority of data comes from 13 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC. Search datasets filtered by collision energy

Available collision types: pp (proton-proton, ~52,000 datasets), e+e- (electron-positron, ~12,700), Pb-Pb (lead-lead, ~140), pPb (proton-lead, ~140). Proton-proton collisions from the LHC dominate the dataset. Electron-positron data comes primarily from the LEP era (DELPHI). Use this to focus on a specific collision topology. Search datasets filtered by particle collision type

Available experiments include CMS (~52,000 datasets), DELPHI (~12,700), ATLAS (~160), ALICE (~150), LHCb (~108), OPERA (~900), and TOTEM. Combine with a text query for targeted searches within an experiment. This is the fastest way to scope results to a single collaboration. Search datasets filtered by a specific LHC experiment

Supports full-text queries combined with filters for experiment, collision type, collision energy, physics category, file type, and year. Returns paginated results with metadata including record ID, title, abstract, event counts, file sizes, and direct links. Use this as the primary discovery tool for finding specific physics data. Example queries: "Higgs boson", "dark matter", "top quark pair production". Search CERN Open Data datasets with full-text query and filters

Returns document titles, abstracts, subtypes (Guide, Policy, About, Activities, Authors, Report, Help, Stripping), and direct links. Use this to find instructions on how to use specific datasets, understand detector configurations, or learn about data processing workflows. Search CERN guides, policies, and documentation

Returns software title, description, associated experiment, and subtypes (Analysis, Framework, Tool, Validation, Workflow). Use this to find reconstruction software, analysis frameworks like CMSSW, or specific analysis code associated with published physics results. Search CERN analysis software, frameworks, and tools

These ~5,900 records provide the technical context needed to reproduce physics analyses. Filter by subtype to find specific configuration types. Essential for researchers reproducing or extending published analyses. Search CERN supplementary materials and configurations