Materials Project Materials Tasks API
Route for "core" information associated with a given calculation in the Materials Project database. Multiple calculations can ultimately be associated with a unique material, and are the source of its reported properties. The unique identifier for a calculation is its `task_id`. Note that the `material_id` chosen for a given material is sourced from one of the `task_id` values associated with it. Core data in this context refers to calculation quantities such as parsed input and output data (e.g. VASP input flags, atomic forces, structures) and runtime statistics. See the `TaskDoc` schema for a full list of fields returned by this route.
Materials Project Materials Tasks API is one of 29 APIs that Materials Project publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Materials Tasks. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.
This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 41 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 0.86.4rc5.dev1+g77c2c1315.
Requests are made against the base URL https://api.materialsproject.org.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Materials Project Materials Tasks API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as X-API-KEY (ApiKeyAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Paths & Operations 4
Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Route for "core" information associated with a given calculation in the Materials Project database. Multiple calculations can ultimately be associated with a unique material, and…
Schemas 41
The contract defines 41 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TaskDoc (39 properties), CalculationOutput (30 properties), TypedOutcarDict (15 properties), RelaxTrajectory (14 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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