You will need to fill in the form to register a client application. Below is a quick overview of the requested fields:
Update existing credentials?: If you already have production credentials and just want to update your existing credentials.
Please tell us more about your organization: Help us understand more about your organization so that we can direct you enquiry properly
What is the name of the ORCID member organization you are requesting credentials on behalf of?: The name of the member organization you are requesting credentials for (not necessarily your organisation)
What is the name of your organization (if different to the above): If you are requesting credentials for an organization other than your own , enter the name of your own organization here
Please confirm the type of system integration you are requesting Production Member API credentials for: If you are requesting credentials for anything other than a Certified Service Provider then you it will need to be developed and tested in the ORCID Sandbox environment and demoed to the ORCID Member Support team before Production Member API credentials can be granted.
Please confirm if you will be asking researchers to authenticate their ORCID iDs when interacting with your system/service, or whether you have a read-only use case for public data, which does not require the ORCID record holder to interact with your system/service: Let us know whether you will be needing the ORCID record holder to interact with your system or you are just reading public data from the ORCID registry without authentication.
Primary contact email address for credentials: We will use this email address to send you the credentials in an encrypted email, and to contact you if any questions or errors come up with your integration
Secondary email for password: An email address that we can send your encrypted email password to.
Name of your client application: This will be your ORCID member organization name. If you have more than 1 integration then we will append the application to the name.
URL of the homepage of your application: Displayed as a link on the list of trusted organizations within the users ORCID trusted parties page. This should be a link back to your organization or the main page of your application.
Short description of your client application: This text will be displayed on the authorization screen with the question mark icon to your integration users. A short description of your integration is required
Redirect URIs: Once the user has authorized your application, they will be returned to a URI that you specify. You must provide these URIs in advance or your integration users will experience an error.
- Only HTTPS URIs are accepted.
- Domains registered must exactly match the domains used, including subdomains.
- Register all redirect URIs fully where possible.
- More than 5 redirect URIs required? Please indicate this in the Notes for ORCID staff.
Notes for ORCID staff: Use this field to let ORCID staff know anything additional about your request or your integration