# Cancer.gov Best Bets API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/best-bets-api/  
**Provider:** Cancer.gov — https://apis.io/providers/cancer-gov/  
**Base URL:** https://webapis.cancer.gov/bestbets/v1  
**Documentation:** https://webapis.cancer.gov/bestbets/v1/

Cancer.gov Best Bets API is one of 15 APIs that [Cancer.gov](https://apis.io/providers/cancer-gov/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Search, Content, and Curation. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

Returns NCI's editorially curated 'best bet' results for a search term — the promoted, hand-picked answers cancer.gov surfaces above algorithmic search results. No credential required.

## Operations (2)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/BestBets/{collection}/{language}/{term}` | Get the Best Bet Categories specified language and term. |
| GET | `/BestBets/status` | Provides an endpoint for checking that the various services which make up the API (and thus the API itself) are all in a state where they can return informat... |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cancer-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/cancer-gov-best-bets-openapi.yml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cancer-gov/refs/heads/main/overlays/cancer-gov-best-bets-overlay.yaml
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/NCIOCPL/bestbets-api

## Other Cancer.gov APIs (12)

- [NCI Clinical Trials Search API](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/clinical-trials-api/)
- [NCI Genomic Data Commons (GDC) API](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/gdc-api/)
- [NCI SEER API](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/seer-api/)
- [NCI MoDaC API](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/modac-api/)
- [NCI EVS Terminology API](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/evs-api/)
- [NCI Content Syndication Services](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/syndication-services/)
- [Cancer.gov Diseases API](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/cancer-gov-diseases-api/)
- [Cancer.gov Interventions API](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/cancer-gov-interventions-api/)
- [Cancer.gov Terms API](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/cancer-gov-terms-api/)
- [Cancer.gov Trials API](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/cancer-gov-trials-api/)
- [NCI Glossary Term API](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/glossary-api/)
- [NCI Drug Dictionary API](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/drug-dictionary-api/)

## Tags

Search, Content, Curation

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/cancer-gov/best-bets-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/cancer-gov/.