Function: useAuthorIdDiscovery()

useAuthorIdDiscovery(name, options): UseQueryResult<{ matches: AuthorIdMatch[]; searchedName: string; }, Error>

Defined in: web/lib/hooks/use-profile-autocomplete.ts:232

Hook for discovering external author IDs by name.

Parameters

name

string

Author name to search

options

UseAutocompleteOptions = {}

Hook options

Returns

UseQueryResult<{ matches: AuthorIdMatch[]; searchedName: string; }, Error>

Query result with potential author matches

Remarks

Requires authentication. Searches OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar to help users find their external author IDs.

Example

const { data, isLoading } = useAuthorIdDiscovery('Jane Smith');

data?.matches.map((m) => (
  <div key={m.ids.openalex ?? m.ids.semanticScholar}>
    {m.displayName} - {m.institution}
    <p>Works: {m.worksCount}, Citations: {m.citedByCount}</p>
  </div>
));