OPopenalex
SDGs

Get a single SDG

Retrieve a single Sustainable Development Goal by its ID (1-17).

get/sdgs/{id}

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.openalex.org
  • URL
    https://api.openalex.org/sdgs/{id}
  • Auth
    API key in query parameter api_key

Path parameters

idstring required

SDG ID (1-17)

Query parameters

selectstring

Comma-separated list of fields to return. Reduces response size. Example: select=id,display_name,cited_by_count

api_keystring required

Your OpenAlex API key (required). Get a free key at https://openalex.org/settings/api

Response

Successful response

idstring

The OpenAlex ID for this SDG.

display_namestring

The name of the SDG.

descriptionstring

The official UN description of this goal.

works_countinteger

The number of works tagged with this SDG.

cited_by_countinteger

Total citations to works tagged with this SDG.

image_urlstring

URL to the official SDG icon image.

image_thumbnail_urlstring

Smaller version of image_url.

works_api_urlstring

A URL that returns all works tagged with this SDG.

created_datestring date

When this SDG was added to OpenAlex (ISO 8601 date).

updated_datestring date-time

When this SDG was last updated (ISO 8601 datetime).

Example response

{
  "id": "https://openalex.org/sdgs/3"
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 6 revisions of this API.