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ChEMBL Activity API

Activity values recorded in assays, linking molecules to targets with quantitative bioactivity measurements.

ChEMBL Activity API is one of 16 APIs that ChEMBL publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Activity. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version ChEMBL_37.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/api/data.

3 operations 3 paths 3 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
ChEMBL_37
Base URL
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/api/data/
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Activity 3

Activity values recorded in assays, linking molecules to targets with quantitative bioactivity measurements.

GET
/activity
List activities
listActivities 10 params → 200400404
GET
/activity/{activity_id}
Get activity by ID
getActivity 2 params → 200404
GET
/activity/search
Search activities
searchActivities 4 params → 200

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Activity (28 properties), Meta (5 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
2 properties
Meta
object
Pagination metadata for list responses
5 properties
Activity
object
A bioactivity measurement linking a compound to a target through an assay
28 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

chembl-activity-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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ChEMBL Binding Site API
ChEMBL Cell Line API
ChEMBL Compound Record API
ChEMBL Document API
ChEMBL Drug API
ChEMBL Drug Indication API
ChEMBL Drug Warning API
ChEMBL Mechanism API
ChEMBL Molecule API
ChEMBL Similarity API