---
title: "Reference-manager export for a finding or the SSRN paper"
method: GET
path: "/api/cite/{format}/{slug}"
tags: ["citation"]
---

# Reference-manager export for a finding or the SSRN paper

`GET /api/cite/{format}/{slug}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://signals.gitdealflow.com`
- URL: `https://signals.gitdealflow.com/api/cite/{format}/{slug}`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/docs/api/cite/:format/:slug/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Reference-manager export. Use slug=paper for the SSRN paper, slug=dataset for the dataset, or any /research/[slug] finding slug.

## Path parameters

- `format` 'bibtex' | 'ris' | 'apa' | 'mla' | 'chicago' | 'wikipedia', required
- `slug` string, required

## Response `200`

Citation as plain text

## Other responses

- `404`: Unknown format or slug.

## Changes

- **2026-08-14** `e8fe6095df09`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/changes/api/cite/:format/:slug/get.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitdealflow/apis/vc-deal-flow-signal-api/revisions/1150ac4e7a23?raw)