You need the below information to harvest COUNTER 5 or 5.1 usage reports:

  • Requester ID
  • Customer ID
  • API key URL


To harvest a COUNTER 5 or 5.1 usage report, following the below instructions:

  1. Log in to Secure Center.
  2. Your customer ID is displayed at the end of the URL: 
  3. To find your Requester ID, go to the reports page. Your requester ID is available under the heading: COUNTER 5 & 5.1 SUSHI Service
  4. Next, visit either URL below: 
    1.  https://securecenter.sagepub.com/SushiService/swagger/index.html?urls.primaryName=COUNTER_SUSHI5_0+API
    2. https://securecenter.sagepub.com/SushiService/swagger/index.html?urls.primaryName=COUNTER_SUSHI5_1+API
  5. Enter the requester ID in the 'Authorize' tab in the top right: 
  6. Go to the desired report tab and hit 'Get'. For this example, we have chose TR report: 
  7. Click 'Try it out', then enter your Customer ID and desired date range:  
  8. Press 'Execute' 
  9. You should then receive your required JSON file which can be downloaded to be ingested in your SUSHI web service  

Contact Information

For further assistance, contact onlinesupport@sagepub.co.uk.