Get a random institution
Get a random institution by using the string 'random' where an ID would normally go. Each time you call this URL you'll get a different entity.
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Updated: Oct 27, 2026, 12:40 AM
Continue setup in your AI
Only public catalog IDs and a safe return path are handed to the Plugins page. This does not run the tool or confirm current availability, authorization, price, limits, or upstream status; those conditions are checked again before execution.
- Selected tool
- openalex.institutions.random.v1
- Provider scope
- OpenAlex Scholarly Knowledge Graph
- Catalog updated
- 2026-10-27T00:40:01.989419+00:00
- Business task
- Pending verification
Continue setupYou can return to this tool page if the selection is incomplete or expires.
Run on this page: Execute is the in-site test path. Continue setup is for adding the public selection to an external AI; the two paths are tracked and validated separately.
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Tool ID
openalex.institutions.random.v1JSON
Before this Call
1 credit / call
The final charge is settled from actual provider usage and will appear in Usage.