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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) BioSample API

#### Options to download BioSample data.This BioSample service allows you to get BioSample data as a data report.

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) BioSample API is one of 15 APIs that National Institutes of Health (NIH) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 24 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/v2.

1 operations 1 paths 24 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v2
Base URL
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

National Institutes of Health (NIH) BioSample 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.

BioSample 1

Options to download BioSample data. This BioSample service allows you to get BioSample data as a data report.

GET
/biosample/accession/{accessions}/biosample_report
Get BioSample dataset reports by accession(s)
BioSample_dataset_report 1 param → default200

Schemas 24

The contract defines 24 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are v2reportsBioSampleDataReport (38 properties), v2reportsOrganism (8 properties), v2reportsError (8 properties), v2reportsInfraspecificNames (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

v2reportsBioSampleOwner
object
2 properties
v2reportsBioSampleDataReportPage
object
4 properties
v2reportsWarningGeneWarningCode
string
v2reportsBioSampleContact
object
1 property
v2reportsErrorGeneErrorCode
string
v2reportsWarning
object
5 properties
v2reportsLineageOrganism
object
2 properties
rpcStatus
object
3 properties
v2reportsError
object
8 properties
v2reportsMessage
object
2 properties
protobufAny
object
2 properties
v2reportsBioSampleDescription
object
3 properties
v2reportsBioSampleStatus
object
2 properties
v2reportsWarningReplacedId
object
2 properties
v2reportsErrorTaxonomyErrorCode
string
v2reportsErrorAssemblyErrorCode
string
v2reportsBioSampleId
object
3 properties
v2reportsBioProject
object
4 properties
v2reportsErrorOrganelleErrorCode
string
v2reportsBioSampleDataReport
object
38 properties
v2reportsBioSampleAttribute
object
2 properties
v2reportsInfraspecificNames
object
6 properties
v2reportsOrganism
object
8 properties
v2reportsErrorVirusErrorCode
string

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nih-biosample-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
nih:nih-biosample-api
Base URL
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/
Docs
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/home/develop/api/
Provider
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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