---
title: "GET /licenses"
method: GET
path: "/licenses"
tags: ["Licenses"]
---

# GET /licenses

`GET /licenses`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crossref.org` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.crossref.org/licenses`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api/docs/licenses/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns a list of licenses.

## Query parameters

- `query` string
- `cursor` string
- `rows` integer
- `mailto` string
- `offset` integer

## Response `200`

A list of licenses.

- LicensesMessage
  - `status` string, required
  - `message-type` string, required
  - `message-version` string, required
  - `message` Licenses, required
    - `total-results` integer, required
    - `items` License[], required
      - `URL` string, required
      - `work-count` integer, required

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/crossref/apis/crossref-rest-api/revisions/3d27fa72d31a?raw)