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Cancer.gov Rx API

Antineoplastic drugs database

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Cancer.gov Rx 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 rx. 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 12 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 12 schemas 2 DELETE7 GET5 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 Rx 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, 7 GET, 5 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

rx 16

Antineoplastic drugs database

PUT
/rest/rx/{version}/update
Update an Rx entry
updateRx 1 param body → 201400404
PUT
/rest/rx/{version}/reset/{id}
Reset an Rx entry
resetRx 2 params → 201400404204
POST
/rest/rx/{version}/unhide/{id}
Unhide an Rx item
unhideRx 3 params → 201400404204
POST
/rest/rx/{version}/publish
Publish the specified Rx entities into the associated production database
publishRx 1 param body → 201400404204
POST
/rest/rx/{version}/hide/{id}
Hide an Rx item
hideRx 3 params → 201400404204
POST
/rest/rx/{version}/create
Save a new Rx entry
createRx 1 param body → 201400404
POST
/rest/rx/versions/create
Creates a new BETA version database
createBetaVersion 1 param → 201
GET
/rest/rx/{version}
Return a list of Rx entries
searchRx 19 params → 200400
GET
/rest/rx/{version}/status_summary
Return a list of Rx entries
rxStatus 1 param → 200404
GET
/rest/rx/{version}/keywords
Return a list of keywords contained in the Rx entries
getKeywords 3 params → 200
GET
/rest/rx/{version}/id/{id}
Return an Rx entry
getRxById 3 params → 200404
GET
/rest/rx/{version}/id/{id}/regimens
Return a list of regimens containing the passed drug
getRegimensForDrug 2 params → 200404
GET
/rest/rx/{version}/changelog
Return a list of Rx changelog entries
getChangelog 7 params → 200400
GET
/rest/rx/versions
Return a list of all versions of the Rx database
getRxVersions → 200
DELETE
/rest/rx/{version}/delete/{id}
Delete an Rx entry
deleteRx 3 params → 201400404204
DELETE
/rest/rx/versions/delete
Deletes an existing BETA version and all associated glossary entries
deleteBetaVersion 1 param → 204

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Rx (26 properties), PublishableEntity (13 properties), PublishableSearchResults (7 properties), PublishableChangelog (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PublishableChangelogEntry
object
4 properties
PublishableChangelogResults
object
4 properties
ApiKeywordMatch
object
6 properties
SummaryCount
object
3 properties
PublishableEntity
object
13 properties
Rx
object
Rx entity
26 properties
PublishableSearchResults
object
7 properties
PublishableChangelog
object
7 properties
PublishInfo
object
Publish info
5 properties
KeywordInfo
object
2 properties
PublishStatus
object
3 properties
RxVersion
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cancer-gov-rx-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
cancer-gov:cancer-gov-rx-api
Base URL
https://clinicaltrialsapi.cancer.gov/api/v2
Docs
https://clinicaltrialsapi.cancer.gov/
Provider
Cancer.gov
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