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Derwent Sequence Search API

REST access to the Derwent Sequence Search platform for biological sequence searching against patent literature — BLASTP, SWN, MotifP, BestSeqP, CDRP, keyword and modification searches, organized into reports. Published contract: 23 operation(s).

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Derwent Sequence Search API is one of 26 APIs that Clarivate publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Bioinformatics, Derwent, Patents, and Sequence Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 23 operations across 17 paths, organized into 11 resource areas, and defines 23 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version V1@2026-06-09.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.clarivate.com/derwent-sequence-search.

23 operations 17 paths 23 schemas 3 DELETE9 GET2 PATCH9 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
V1@2026-06-09
Base URL
https://api.clarivate.com/derwent-sequence-search
Authentication
API Key
License
Commercially Licensed Product
Resource Areas
11

Authentication & Security 1

Derwent Sequence Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-ApiKey (key). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 23

Across 17 paths, the API surfaces 23 operations — 3 DELETE, 9 GET, 2 PATCH, 9 POST. They span 11 resource areas, including Publications & Sequences, Projects, Search Results, Searches, Searches (BLAST / SW), Searches (Motif), Searches (BestSeq), Searches (Antibody), and 3 more. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Publications & Sequences 3

Publications & Sequences information endpoints

GET
/patents/{patent_id}
Show patent information for all sources
getPatentInfoFromAllSources 1 param → 200404
GET
/patents/{patent_id}/{db}
Show patent information from a particular source
getPatentInfo 2 params → 200404
GET
/sequences/{accession_number}/{db}
Show sequence information
getSequenceInfo 2 params → 200404
Projects 5

Projects management endpoints

GET
/reports
List projects
2 params → 200
POST
/reports
Create project
body → 201422
GET
/reports/{id}
Show project
1 param → 200404
PATCH
/reports/{id}
Update project
1 param body → 200404422
DELETE
/reports/{id}
Delete project
1 param → 200404
Search Results 1

Search results management endpoints

GET
/reports/{report_id}/search_results/{search_id}
List search results
3 params → 200
Searches 6

Searches management endpoints

GET
/reports/{report_id}/searches
List searches
3 params → 200
POST
/reports/{report_id}/searches
Create search
1 param body → 201400422
GET
/reports/{report_id}/searches/{id}
Show search
2 params → 200404
PATCH
/reports/{report_id}/searches/{id}
Update search
2 params body → 200404
DELETE
/reports/{report_id}/searches/{id}
Delete search
2 params → 200404
DELETE
/reports/{report_id}/searches/destroy_bulk
Destroy bulk searches
2 params → 200
Searches (BLAST / SW) 2
POST
/reports/{report_id}/searches/blastp
Create BLAST Protein search
1 param body → 201400
POST
/reports/{report_id}/searches/swn
Create Smith-Waterman Nucleotide MSS search
1 param body → 201
Searches (Motif) 1
POST
/reports/{report_id}/searches/motifp
Create Motif Protein search
1 param body → 201
Searches (BestSeq) 1
POST
/reports/{report_id}/searches/bestseqp
Create BestSeq Protein search
1 param body → 201
Searches (Antibody) 1
POST
/reports/{report_id}/searches/cdrp
Create Antibody Protein search
1 param body → 201
Searches (Keyword) 1
POST
/reports/{report_id}/searches/keyword
Create Keyword (FTS) search
1 param body → 201
Searches (Modification) 1
POST
/reports/{report_id}/searches/modification
Create Sequence Modification search
1 param body → 201
Session Info 1

Session information endpoints

GET
/info
info session
→ 200401

Schemas 23

The contract defines 23 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SearchResult (32 properties), SearchResultAlignment (16 properties), ProjectAttributes (11 properties), SearchAttributes (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

meta
object
Non-standard meta-information.
link
A link MUST be represented as either: a string containing the link's URL or a link object.
links
object
Each member of a links object is a “link”
2 properties
error
object
5 properties
errors
object
1 property
JsonApiPaginationMeta
object
Pagination metadata for JSON:API collection responses.
2 properties 2 required
PaginationLinks
object
Pagination navigation links for collection responses.
5 properties 1 required
Patent
object
5 properties 3 required
ProjectAttributes
object
11 properties 9 required
Project
object
3 properties 3 required
ProjectCreateParams
object
1 property 1 required
ProjectUpdateParams
object
1 property 1 required
SearchAttributes
object
10 properties 8 required
Search
object
3 properties 3 required
SearchCreateSingleQueryParams
object
1 property 1 required
SearchCreateMultiSequenceParams
object
1 property 1 required
SearchCreateParams
SearchUpdateParams
object
1 property 1 required
SearchResultAlignment
object
16 properties 4 required
SearchResult
object
32 properties 9 required
PaginationMeta
object
4 properties 4 required
Sequence
object
5 properties 3 required
SessionInfo
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

clarivate-dss-search-api-openapi.json Raw ↑

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Base URL
https://api.clarivate.com/derwent-sequence-search
Docs
https://developer.clarivate.com/apis/dss-search-api
Provider
Clarivate
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