Broad Institute Entities API

The Entities API from Broad Institute — 20 operation(s) for entities.

Operations 26

GET /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities List of entity types in a workspace #
GET /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities_with_type List of entities in a workspace with type and attribute information #
POST /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/copy Copy entities from one workspace to another #
POST /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/delete Bulk delete entities from a workspace #
GET /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/{entityType} List of entities in a workspace #
GET /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/{entityType}/{entityName} Get entity in a workspace #
PATCH /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/{entityType}/{entityName} Update entity in a workspace #
POST /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/{entityType}/{entityName}/evaluate Evaluate entity expression #
POST /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/{entityType}/{entityName}/rename rename entity in a workspace #
GET /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/{entityType}/tsv Download a TSV file containing workspace entities #
POST /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/{entityType}/tsv Save TSV file containing workspace entities to the workspace bucket #
POST /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/{entityType}/paired-tsv Download a TSV of files in the workspace's bucket, paired by naming convention #
GET /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entityQuery/{entityType} Paginated query for entities in a workspace #
POST /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/importEntities Import entities from a tsv file #
GET /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/importPFB List PFB import jobs in this workspace #
POST /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/importPFB Import PFB data from an Avro file #
GET /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/importPFB/{jobId} Use the importJob API instead #
GET /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/importJob List asynchronous import jobs in this workspace #
POST /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/importJob Import data from a PFB file or TDR snapshot #
GET /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/importJob/{jobId} Report status on an asynchronous import job #
POST /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/flexibleImportEntities Import entities from a tsv file #
GET /cookie-authed/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/{entityType}/tsv TSV file containing workspace entities of the specified type #
POST /cookie-authed/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entities/{entityType}/tsv TSV file containing workspace entities of the specified type #
PATCH /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entityTypes/{entityType} rename entity type in a workspace #
DELETE /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entityTypes/{entityType} delete all entities of a type in a workspace #
PATCH /api/workspaces/{workspaceNamespace}/{workspaceName}/entityTypes/{entityType}/attributes/{attributeName} Change attribute name for an entity type #

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OpenAPI Specification

broad-institute-entities-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Terra Entities API
  description: Terra API
  termsOfService: https://app.terra.bio/#terms-of-service
  license:
    name: BSD
    url: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
  version: '0.1'
servers:
- url: /
security:
- oidc: []
tags:


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