# Helena Bioinformatics Browser API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-browser-api/  
**Provider:** Helena Bioinformatics — https://apis.io/providers/helena-bio/  
**Base URL:** https://api.helena.bio  
**Documentation:** https://api.helena.bio/docs

Helena Bioinformatics Browser API is one of 32 APIs that [Helena Bioinformatics](https://apis.io/providers/helena-bio/) 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 browser. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 6 JSON Schemas.

The browser API from Helena Bioinformatics — 5 operation(s) for browser.

## Operations (5)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/sessions/{session_id}/browser/reference` | Bounded GRCh38 reference and MANE translation window |
| GET | `/sessions/{session_id}/browser/region` | Region read for the genome browser |
| GET | `/sessions/{session_id}/browser/gene/{symbol}` | Look up a MANE gene by symbol (jump-to-gene for the browser search) |
| GET | `/sessions/{session_id}/browser/variant-by-hgvs/{hgvs}` | Find a session variant by HGVS (jump-to-variant for the browser search) |
| GET | `/sessions/{session_id}/browser/overview` | Coarse whole-genome overview for the genome browser |

## Machine-readable artifacts (7)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/helena-bio/openapi/helena-bio-browser-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/helena-bio/json-schema/helena-bio-mtdna-curation-fields-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/helena-bio/json-schema/helena-bio-section-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/helena-bio/json-schema/helena-bio-clin-var-lite-export-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/helena-bio/json-schema/helena-bio-gene-literature-response-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/helena-bio/json-schema/helena-bio-reclassification-run-detail-schema-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/helena-bio/json-schema/helena-bio-vep-cache-stats-response-schema.json

## Other Helena Bioinformatics APIs (12)

- [Helena Bioinformatics Admin API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-admin-api/)
- [Helena Bioinformatics Backup API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-backup-api/)
- [Helena Bioinformatics Carrier Status API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-carrier-status-api/)
- [Helena Bioinformatics Classifier API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-classifier-api/)
- [Helena Bioinformatics Clinvar Export API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-clinvar-export-api/)
- [Helena Bioinformatics Discordance API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-discordance-api/)
- [Helena Bioinformatics Families API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-families-api/)
- [Helena Bioinformatics Findings API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-findings-api/)
- [Helena Bioinformatics Flagging API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-flagging-api/)
- [Helena Bioinformatics Graph API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-graph-api/)
- [Helena Bioinformatics Health API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-health-api/)
- [Helena Bioinformatics Internal API](https://apis.io/apis/helena-bio/helena-bio-internal-api/)

## Tags

browser

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