NCI Resources for Researchers API
Backs NCI's Resources for Researchers directory — searchable metadata about NCI tools, datasets, repositories and services available to the cancer research community. No credential required.
NCI Resources for Researchers API is one of 15 APIs that Cancer.gov publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Research, Resources, and Directory. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, organized into 2 resource areas, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://webapis.cancer.gov/r4r/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. They span 2 resource areas: Resource, Resources. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 10
The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Resource (12 properties), Name (5 properties), FacetItem (4 properties), Contact (4 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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