National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Version API
#### Retrieve the current version of all NCBI Datasets services.NCBI Datasets services follow the [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 Schema](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Version API is one of 14 APIs that National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Version. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version v2.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/v2.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Version API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as api_key (ApiKeyAuth).
An API key is passed in the header as api-key (ApiKeyAuthHeader).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Paths & Operations 1
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Retrieve the current version of all NCBI Datasets services. NCBI Datasets services follow the [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 Schema](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
Schemas 3
The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are v2VersionReply (4 properties), rpcStatus (3 properties), protobufAny (2 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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