# getAuthorCoAuthors

**Identifier:** `googlescholar_getAuthorCoAuthors`

**Provider:** [Google Scholar](https://kirha.com/providers/googlescholar.md)

List all co-authors for a given scholar with their names, affiliations, and author IDs. Use authorId from getAuthorProfile or searchPapers. Returns authorIds for chaining to getAuthorProfile.

## Run it with the CLI

```bash
kirha tools run googlescholar_getAuthorCoAuthors \
  --input '{
    "authorId": "<authorId>"
  }'
```

`--input` takes a JSON object that matches the input schema. Pass `--input -` to read it from stdin.

## Call it over HTTP

```bash
curl https://api.kirha.com/tools/v1/execute \
  --request POST \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: **********' \
  --data '{
  "tool_name": "googlescholar_getAuthorCoAuthors",
  "input": {
    "authorId": "<authorId>"
  }
}'
```

Replace the stars with an API key from https://app.kirha.com/api-keys.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "authorId": {
      "description": "From getAuthorProfile or searchPapers",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "authorId"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```

## Output schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "authorIds": {
      "description": "Co-author IDs for use with getAuthorProfile",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "coAuthors": {
      "items": {
        "additionalProperties": false,
        "properties": {
          "affiliations": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "authorId": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "email": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "name"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "context": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "context",
    "coAuthors",
    "authorIds"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}
```

## Related tools

Other Google Scholar tools that this tool refers to, or that refer to it.

- [`getAuthorProfile`](https://kirha.com/providers/googlescholar/getAuthorProfile.md)
- [`searchPapers`](https://kirha.com/providers/googlescholar/searchPapers.md)

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