# Broad Institute GA4GH Tool Registry API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-ga4gh-tool-registry-api/  
**Provider:** Broad Institute — https://apis.io/providers/broad-institute/  
**Base URL:** https://api.firecloud.org  
**Documentation:** https://app.terra.bio

Broad Institute GA4GH Tool Registry API is one of 23 APIs that [Broad Institute](https://apis.io/providers/broad-institute/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include GA4GH Tool Registry. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 6 JSON Schemas.

The GA4GH Tool Registry API from Broad Institute — 7 operation(s) for ga4gh tool registry.

## Operations (7)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/ga4gh/v1/tools/{id}` | List one specific tool, acts as an anchor for self references |
| GET | `/ga4gh/v1/tools/{id}/versions` | List versions of a tool |
| GET | `/ga4gh/v1/tools/{id}/versions/{version-id}` | List one specific tool version, acts as an anchor for self references |
| GET | `/ga4gh/v1/tools` | List all tools |
| GET | `/ga4gh/v1/tools/{id}/versions/{version-id}/{type}/descriptor` | Get the tool descriptor (WDL) for the specified tool |
| GET | `/ga4gh/v1/metadata` | Return some metadata that is useful for describing this registry |
| GET | `/ga4gh/v1/tool-classes` | List all tool types |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/broad-institute/openapi/broad-institute-ga4gh-tool-registry-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/broad-institute/json-schema/broad-institute-workflow-description-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/broad-institute/json-schema/broad-institute-workspace-details-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/broad-institute/json-schema/broad-institute-submission-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/broad-institute/json-schema/broad-institute-submission-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/broad-institute/json-schema/broad-institute-tool-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/broad-institute/json-schema/broad-institute-configuration-response-schema.json

## Other Broad Institute APIs (12)

- [Broad Institute Billing V2 API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-billingv2-api/)
- [Broad Institute CromIAM Engine (for Job Manager) API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-cromiam-engine-for-job-manager-api/)
- [Broad Institute CromIAM Workflows (for Admin) API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-cromiam-workflows-for-admin-api/)
- [Broad Institute CromIAM Workflows (for Job Manager) API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-cromiam-workflows-for-job-manager-api/)
- [Broad Institute Entities API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-entities-api/)
- [Broad Institute Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-groups-api/)
- [Broad Institute Method Configurations API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-method-configurations-api/)
- [Broad Institute Method Repository API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-method-repository-api/)
- [Broad Institute NIH API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-nih-api/)
- [Broad Institute Notifications API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-notifications-api/)
- [Broad Institute OAuth API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-oauth-api/)
- [Broad Institute Profile API](https://apis.io/apis/broad-institute/broad-institute-profile-api/)

## Tags

GA4GH Tool Registry

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