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Cancer.gov

Cancer.gov Glossary API

A glossary of cancer-related terms

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Cancer.gov Glossary API is one of 48 APIs that Cancer.gov publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Glossary. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, rate-limit docs, and an API reference.

This API exposes 16 operations across 16 paths, and defines 13 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.seer.cancer.gov.

16 operations 16 paths 13 schemas 2 DELETE6 GET6 POST2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://clinicaltrialsapi.cancer.gov/api/v2
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Cancer.gov Glossary API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-SEERAPI-Key (apiKeyScheme). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 16

Across 16 paths, the API surfaces 16 operations — 2 DELETE, 6 GET, 6 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Glossary 16

A glossary of cancer-related terms

PUT
/rest/glossary/{version}/update
Update a glossary entry
updateGlossaryItem 1 param body → 201400404
PUT
/rest/glossary/{version}/reset/{id}
Reset a glossary entry
resetGlossaryItem 2 params → 201400404204
POST
/rest/glossary/{version}/unhide/{id}
Unhide a glossary item
unhideGlossaryItem 3 params → 201400404204
POST
/rest/glossary/{version}/publish
Publish the specified glossary items into the associated production database
publishGlossaryItems 1 param body → 201400404204
POST
/rest/glossary/{version}/hide/{id}
Hide a glossary item
hideGlossaryItem 3 params → 201400404204
POST
/rest/glossary/{version}/create
Save a new glossary entry
createGlossaryItem 1 param body → 201400404
POST
/rest/glossary/versions/create
Creates a new BETA version database
createBetaVersion_1 1 param → 201
POST
/rest/glossary/match
Match supplied text against the glossary
match 2 params body → 201415
GET
/rest/glossary/{version}
Return a list of glossary entries
searchGlossaryItems 17 params → 200400
GET
/rest/glossary/{version}/status_summary
Return a list of glossary entries
glossaryItemStatus 1 param → 200404
GET
/rest/glossary/{version}/keywords
Return a list of keywords contained in the glossary entries
getKeywords_1 3 params → 200
GET
/rest/glossary/{version}/id/{id}
Return a glossary entry
getGlossaryItem 3 params → 200404
GET
/rest/glossary/{version}/changelog
Return a list of glossary changelog entries
getChangelog_1 7 params → 200400
GET
/rest/glossary/versions
Return a list of all versions of the glossary database
getGlossaryVersions → 200
DELETE
/rest/glossary/{version}/delete/{id}
Delete a glossary entry
deleteGlossaryItem 3 params → 201400404204
DELETE
/rest/glossary/versions/delete
Deletes an existing BETA version and all associated glossary entries
deleteBetaVersion_1 1 param → 204

Schemas 13

The contract defines 13 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Glossary (21 properties), PublishableEntity (13 properties), GlossaryResource (8 properties), PublishableSearchResults (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GlossaryResource
object
8 properties
PublishableChangelogEntry
object
4 properties
PublishableChangelogResults
object
4 properties
ApiKeywordMatch
object
6 properties
SummaryCount
object
3 properties
PublishableEntity
object
13 properties
PublishableChangelog
object
7 properties
PublishableSearchResults
object
7 properties
PublishInfo
object
Publish info
5 properties
KeywordInfo
object
2 properties
PublishStatus
object
3 properties
GlossaryVersion
object
5 properties
Glossary
object
Glossary entity
21 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cancer-gov-glossary-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Cancer.gov publishes across the network.

NCI Clinical Trials Search API
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NCI Genomic Data Commons (GDC) API
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NCI Content Syndication Services
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Cancer.gov Diseases API
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Cancer.gov Interventions API
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Cancer.gov Terms API
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Cancer.gov Trials API
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Cancer.gov Application version endpoint API
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Cancer.gov Asset Details Controller API
AE Profile APIs.io
Cancer.gov Autosuggest API
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Cancer.gov Concept endpoints API
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Cancer.gov Delete Collection Controller API
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API Details
ID
cancer-gov:cancer-gov-glossary-api
Base URL
https://clinicaltrialsapi.cancer.gov/api/v2
Docs
https://clinicaltrialsapi.cancer.gov/
Provider
Cancer.gov
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