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Reactome search API

Reactome Search

Reactome search API is one of 23 APIs that Reactome publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 12 operations across 12 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /AnalysisService.

12 operations 12 paths 12 schemas 12 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://reactome.org/ContentService
Contact
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 12

Across 12 paths, the API surfaces 12 operations — 12 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

search 12

Reactome Search

GET
/search/diagram/{diagram}
Performs a Solr query (diagram widget scoped) for a given QueryObject
getDiagramResult 9 params → 200
GET
/search/diagram/{diagram}/occurrences/{instance}
Performs a Solr query (diagram widget scoped) for a given QueryObject
getDiagramOccurrences 6 params → 200
GET
/search/diagram/{pathwayId}/flag
A list of diagram entities plus pathways from the provided list containing the specified identifier
getEntitiesInDiagramForIdentifier 5 params → 200
GET
/search/facet
A list of facets corresponding to the whole Reactome search data
facet 2 params → 406500
GET
/search/facet_query
A list of facets corresponding to a specific query
facet_type 9 params → 406500
GET
/search/fireworks
Performs a Solr query (fireworks widget scoped) for a given QueryObject
getFireworksResult 9 params → 200
GET
/search/fireworks/flag
Performs a Solr query (fireworks widget scoped) for a given QueryObject
fireworksFlagging 4 params → 200
GET
/search/pathways/of/{dbId}
Find the different pathways containing a specific entity determined by its dbId. Can customise the output using fields
getContainingPathwaysOf 7 params → 200
GET
/search/query
Queries Solr against the Reactome knowledgebase
getSearchResult 13 params → 404406500
GET
/search/query/paginated
Queries Solr against the Reactome knowledgebase
getResult 12 params → 400404406500
GET
/search/spellcheck
Spell-check suggestions for a given query
spellcheckerSuggestions 3 params → 406500
GET
/search/suggest
Auto-suggestions for a given query
suggesterSuggestions 3 params → 406500

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Entry (47 properties), FacetMapping (6 properties), IconPhysicalEntity (5 properties), GroupedResult (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DiagramResult
object
3 properties
FacetList
object
2 properties
GroupedResult
object
5 properties
TargetResult
object
3 properties
FacetContainer
object
2 properties
FireworksOccurrencesResult
object
2 properties
DiagramOccurrencesResult
object
4 properties
Result
object
4 properties
Entry
object
47 properties
FireworksResult
object
4 properties
IconPhysicalEntity
object
5 properties
FacetMapping
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

reactome-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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