# Phdportal — Wrapped API

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> Search and discover PhD programmes across 19,000+ opportunities worldwide from PhDportal.com, filtering by your research interests and preferred locations. Access detailed programme information including specifics about each doctoral offering to help you find the perfect fit for your academic goals.

**Category:** Education | **Website:** [phdportal.com/](https://phdportal.com/) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/da4d5af4-3c8e-4976-8f67-1878a01b624b/phdportal-com-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/da4d5af4-3c8e-4976-8f67-1878a01b624b/phdportal-com-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy. Each call is automatically billed to your wallet in USDC.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-phdportal-com-api-da4d5af4/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_API_KEY>`

## Endpoints

### get_programme

Retrieve detailed information about a single PhD programme by its numeric ID. Returns programme title, degree, description, university, location, start dates, tuition fee, discipline IDs, and country ID. The programme ID is obtained from search_programmes results.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `programme_id` | string | Yes | Numeric programme ID (e.g. '429318'). Obtained from search_programmes results. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-phdportal-com-api-da4d5af4/get_programme \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"programme_id":"<string>"}'
```

### search_programmes

Full-text search across PhD programmes worldwide. Supports filtering by discipline ID and country ID. Results are ordered by relevance (default sort). Each result includes programme title, university, location, tuition fees, and duration.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `country` | string | No | Numeric country ID to filter results (e.g. '30' for United Kingdom, '1' for Netherlands). Obtained from search results or get_programme country_id field. |
| `discipline` | string | No | Numeric discipline ID to filter results (e.g. '281' for Computer Sciences). Obtained from get_programme discipline_ids field. |
| `limit` | integer | No | Number of results to return per page (1-50). |
| `offset` | integer | No | Number of results to skip for pagination. |
| `query` | string | No | Free-text search query matching programme titles and descriptions (e.g. 'computer science', 'machine learning'). |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-phdportal-com-api-da4d5af4/search_programmes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"country":"<string>","discipline":"<string>","limit":"<integer>","offset":"<integer>","query":"<string>"}'
```