#### Options to download assembled genome data, including the associated sequence, annotation and metadata.These genome services allow you to get genome metadata as a data report or download genome, transcript and protein sequence, annotation and metadata as a genome data package, for assembled genomes.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Genome 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 Genome. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes
31 operations
across 31 paths,
and defines 105 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.
31 operations31 paths105 schemas18 GET13 POST
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
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) Genome 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 31
Across 31 paths, the API surfaces 31 operations — 18 GET, 13 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Genome 31
Options to download assembled genome data, including the associated sequence, annotation and metadata. These genome services allow you to get genome metadata as a data report or d…
GET
/genome/accession/{accessions}/download_summary
Get a download summary (preview) of a genome data package by genome assembly accession
genome_download_summary3 params→ default200
POST
/genome/download_summary
Get a download summary (preview) of a genome data package by genome assembly accession
genome_download_summary_by_postbody→ default200
GET
/genome/accession/{accessions}/dataset_report
Get a genome assembly report by genome assembly accession
Get a revision history for a genome assembly by genome assembly accession
assembly_revision_history_by_postbody→ default200
Schemas 105
The contract defines 105 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are v2reportsBioSampleDescriptor (38 properties), v2reportsAssemblyInfo (26 properties), v2reportsGenomeAnnotation (22 properties), v2reportsAssemblyStats (16 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
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