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		trurl42 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Turn a paper's DOI into its full referenc... Looks like it's just calling the crossref API

afandian 7 months ago [–]

You can look at the network requests to see what it's doing. It's querying the OpenCitations database followed by the DOI.org content negotiation endpoint, which 302's to Crossref (or whoever the relevant DOI registration agency is).

More info on content negotiation:

https://citation.doi.org/

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