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RCSB PDB Metadata Service API

The Metadata Service API from RCSB PDB — 3 operation(s) for metadata service.

RCSB PDB Metadata Service API is one of 7 APIs that RCSB PDB publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Metadata Service. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 0.9.12.

Requests are made against the base URL https://data.rcsb.org/rest/v1/core.

3 operations 3 paths 1 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
0.9.12
Base URL
https://data.rcsb.org/rest/v1/core
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Metadata Service 3
GET
/rcsbsearch/v2/metadata/unreleased/schema
Get RCSB PDB unreleased entry schema.
getUnreleasedEntryMetadata → 200404
GET
/rcsbsearch/v2/metadata/schema
Get RCSB PDB structure data schema as JSON Schema.
getMetadata → 200404
GET
/rcsbsearch/v2/metadata/chemical/schema
Get RCSB PDB chemical data schema as JSON Schema.
getChemicalMetadata → 200404

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

JsonNode
object

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

pdb-metadata-service-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs RCSB PDB publishes across the network.

RCSB PDB Data API
RCSB PDB Sequence Coordinates API
RCSB PDB Structure Alignment API
RCSB PDB General API
RCSB PDB Search Service API
RCSB PDB Suggest Service API