description
The Style Search API returns a list of styles supported by CSL with details about each style.

Style Search API

{% api-method method="post" host="https://api.cloudcite.net" path="/style" %} {% api-method-summary %} Style {% endapi-method-summary %}

{% api-method-description %}

{% endapi-method-description %}

{% api-method-spec %} {% api-method-request %} {% api-method-headers %} {% api-method-parameter name="x-api-key" type="string" required=true %} Your API Key {% endapi-method-parameter %} {% endapi-method-headers %}

{% api-method-body-parameters %} {% api-method-parameter name="Request" type="object" required=true %} Use the request formats below {% endapi-method-parameter %} {% endapi-method-body-parameters %} {% endapi-method-request %}

{% api-method-response %} {% api-method-response-example httpCode=200 %} {% api-method-response-example-description %} It worked! {% endapi-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example %}

{% api-method-response-example httpCode=304 %} {% api-method-response-example-description %} The response you have cached hasn't changed. {% endapi-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example %}

{% api-method-response-example httpCode=400 %} {% api-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example %}

{% api-method-response-example httpCode=401 %} {% api-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example %}

{% api-method-response-example httpCode=403 %} {% api-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example %}

{% api-method-response-example httpCode=404 %} {% api-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example %}

{% api-method-response-example httpCode=422 %} {% api-method-response-example-description %} You are missing a required field in the request body. {% endapi-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example %}

{% api-method-response-example httpCode=500 %} {% api-method-response-example-description %} Something went wrong. Check the request body you sent us. {% endapi-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example %} {% endapi-method-response %} {% endapi-method-spec %} {% endapi-method %}

{% code-tabs %} {% code-tabs-item title="Style Search Request" %}

{
    "search":"query"
}

{% endcode-tabs-item %}

{% code-tabs-item title="Style Search Response - "MLA"" %}

[{
    "title": "Modern Language Association 6th edition (note)",
    "titleShort": "MLA",
    "name": "modern-language-association-6th-edition-note",
    "dependent": 0,
    "categories": {
        "format": "note",
        "fields": ["generic-base"]
    },
    "updated": "2017-12-06 03:34:05",
    "filename": "modern-language-association-6th-edition-note"
}, {
    "title": "Modern Language Association 7th edition",
    "titleShort": "MLA",
    "name": "modern-language-association-7th-edition",
    "dependent": 0,
    "categories": {
        "format": "author",
        "fields": ["generic-base"]
    },
    "updated": "2017-09-29 03:07:06",
    "filename": "modern-language-association-7th-edition"
}, {
    "title": "Modern Language Association 7th edition (underline)",
    "titleShort": "MLA",
    "name": "modern-language-association-7th-edition-underline",
    "dependent": 0,
    "categories": {
        "format": "author",
        "fields": ["generic-base"]
    },
    "updated": "2017-09-29 03:07:06",
    "filename": "modern-language-association-7th-edition-underline"
}, {
    "title": "Modern Language Association 7th edition (with URL)",
    "titleShort": "MLA",
    "name": "modern-language-association-7th-edition-with-url",
    "dependent": 0,
    "categories": {
        "format": "author",
        "fields": ["generic-base"]
    },
    "updated": "2017-09-29 03:07:06",
    "filename": "modern-language-association-7th-edition-with-url"
}, {
    "title": "Modern Language Association 8th edition",
    "titleShort": "MLA",
    "name": "modern-language-association",
    "dependent": 0,
    "categories": {
        "format": "author",
        "fields": ["generic-base"]
    },
    "updated": "2018-01-09 14:13:59",
    "filename": "modern-language-association"
}, {
    "title": "University of York - Modern Language Association 8th edition",
    "titleShort": "UoY MLA",
    "name": "university-of-york-mla",
    "dependent": 0,
    "categories": {
        "format": "author",
        "fields": ["generic-base"]
    },
    "updated": "2017-10-26 23:59:09",
    "filename": "university-of-york-mla"
}]

{% endcode-tabs-item %} {% endcode-tabs %}

How do I interpret the response?

title (string): Full name of citation style
titleShort (string): Abbreviation or acronym for citation style, not always available
dependent (integer): Related to another citation style if 1. In this case, the style is located in ./dependent/.
name and filename (string): The name of the .csl file.
updated (date object): JavaScript date object for date when the style was updated.

Supported Styles

{% hint style="info" %} A few styles with languages specified in parentheses will not work with other locales than the one(s) specified. {% endhint %}

A full list of supported styles can be found HERE.