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Cancer.gov Terms API

The Terms API from Cancer.gov — 1 operation(s) for terms.

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Cancer.gov Terms 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 Terms. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths, and defines 14 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: /glossary/v1, https://clinicaltrialsapi.cancer.gov/api/v2.

7 operations 7 paths 14 schemas 7 GET

Metadata

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

Authentication & Security 1

Cancer.gov Terms API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-API-KEY (apiKey).

  • apiKey — Free API key issued by the CTS Developer Accounts portal.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 7 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Terms 7
GET
/Terms/{dictionary}/{audience}/{language}/{id}
Retrieve the details of a Glossary Term by ID value
Terms_GetById 5 params → 200
GET
/Terms/{dictionary}/{audience}/{language}/{prettyUrlName}
Get the Glossary Term based on Pretty URL Name
Terms_GetByName 5 params → 200
GET
/Terms/{dictionary}/{audience}/{language}
Retrieves a portion of the overall set of glossary terms for a given…
Terms_GetAll 6 params → 200
GET
/Terms/search/{dictionary}/{audience}/{language}/{query}
Search for Terms based on search criteria
Terms_Search 8 params → 200
GET
/Terms/expand/{dictionary}/{audience}/{language}/{character}
Get all Terms starting with the character passed
Terms_Expand 7 params → 200
GET
/Terms/count/{dictionary}/{audience}/{language}
Get the total number of terms available in the version of a dictionary matching…
Terms_GetCount 3 params → 200
GET
/terms
Search terms (controlled vocabulary)
getTerms 4 params → 200

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GlossaryTerm (12 properties), GlossaryTermResults (3 properties), TermOtherLanguage (3 properties), Pronunciation (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GlossaryTermResults
object
Represents the results of a glossary search operation.
3 properties
AudienceType
string
Friendly names for the specific audience a glossary term is intended for.
TermOtherLanguage
object
Represets a glossary term in another language
3 properties
RelatedResourceType
integer
RelatedResourceType enum
Definition
object
AudienceType enum
2 properties
ResultsMetadata
object
Metadata about a GlossaryResults object.
2 properties
Metalink
object
Metalink
1 property
MediaType
integer
MediaType enum
IRelatedResource
object
Describes a GlossaryTerm's related resource.
2 properties
IMedia
object
Notes a media item, type determined by the Type property.
1 property
Pronunciation
object
Class representing the details required for Pronunciation
2 properties
GlossaryTerm
object
The GlossaryTerm class
12 properties
MatchType
string
Friendly names for the ways to perform a match.
PagedResults
object
2 properties

Specification

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Source

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

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