Cancer.gov

Cancer.gov Metadata endpoints API

The Metadata endpoints API from Cancer.gov — 24 operation(s) for metadata endpoints.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 24

GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology} Get some metadata (associations, properties, qualifiers, roles, term types… #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/welcomeText Get welcome text for the specified terminology #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/termTypes Get all term types for the specified terminology #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/synonymTypes Get all synonym types (or those specified by list parameter) for the specified… #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/synonymType/{codeOrName} Get the synonym type for the specified terminology and code/name #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/synonymSources Get all synonym sources for the specified terminology #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/subsets Get all subsets (or those specified by list parameter) for the specified… #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/subset/{code} Get the subset for the specified terminology and code #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/stats/{source} Get statistics for the source within the specified terminology #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/roles Get all roles (or those specified by list parameter) for the specified… #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/role/{codeOrName} Get the role for the specified terminology and code/name #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/qualifiers Get all qualifiers (properties on properties) for the specified terminology #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/qualifier/{codeOrName} Get the qualifier for the specified terminology and code/name #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/qualifier/{codeOrName}/values Get qualifier values for the specified terminology and code/name #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/property/{codeOrName} Get the property for the specified terminology and code/name #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/property/{codeOrName}/values Get property values for the specified terminology and code/name #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/properties Get all properties (or those specified by list parameter) for the specified… #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/definitionTypes Get all definition types (or those specified by list parameter) for the… #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/definitionType/{codeOrName} Get the definition type for the specified terminology and code/name #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/definitionSources Get all definition sources for the specified terminology #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/conceptStatuses Get all concept status values for the specified terminology #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/associations Get all associations (or those specified by list parameter) for the specified… #
GET /api/v1/metadata/{terminology}/association/{codeOrName} Get the association for the specified terminology and code/name #
GET /api/v1/metadata/terminologies Get all available terminologies #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://api.seer.cancer.gov/docs
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cancer-gov/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/cancer-gov-rate-limits.yml
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APIReference
https://api.seer.cancer.gov/docs
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Documentation
https://modac.cancer.gov/swagger-ui/4.14.0/index.html
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Documentation
https://evs.nci.nih.gov/
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APIReference
https://api-evsrest.nci.nih.gov/swagger-ui/index.html
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Documentation
https://webapis.cancer.gov/glossary/v1/
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Documentation
https://webapis.cancer.gov/drugdictionary/v1/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cancer-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/cancer-gov-metadata-endpoints-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Portal
https://api.seer.cancer.gov/
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TermsOfService
https://api.seer.cancer.gov/terms
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Portal
https://modac.cancer.gov/
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Explorer
https://evsexplore.semantics.cancer.gov/
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WhitePaper
https://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NCI_Metathesaurus/EVS%20Metathesaurus%20White%20Paper.pdf
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIEVS/evsrestapi
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TermsOfService
https://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NCI_Thesaurus/ThesaurusTermsofUse.htm
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIOCPL/glossary-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIOCPL/drug-dictionary-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIOCPL/sitewide-search-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIOCPL/bestbets-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/NCIOCPL/r4r-api

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OpenAPI Specification

cancer-gov-metadata-endpoints-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NCI EVS Rest Metadata endpoints API
  description: Endpoints to support searching, metadata, and content retrieval for EVS terminologies. To learn more about how to interact with this api, see the Github evsrestapi-client-SDK project.
  termsOfService: https://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NCI_Thesaurus/ThesaurusTermsofUse.htm
  contact:
    name: NCI EVS
    email: NCIAppSupport@nih.gov
  version: 2.4.1.RELEASE
servers:
- url: /
tags:


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