Helena Bioinformatics Variants Streaming API

The variants-streaming API from Helena Bioinformatics — 3 operation(s) for variants-streaming.

Operations 3

GET /sessions/{session_id}/variants/summaries Stream gene summaries (lightweight, ~300KB) #
GET /sessions/{session_id}/variants/by-gene/{gene_symbol} Get variants for a single gene (on-demand) #
GET /sessions/{session_id}/variants/stream/by-gene Stream Variants By Gene #

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OpenAPI Specification

helena-bio-variants-streaming-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Helix Insight - Variant Analysis Service Variants Streaming…
  description: AI-powered variant analysis and interpretation service
  version: 0.1.0
tags:
- name: variants-streaming
paths:
  /sessions/{session_id}/variants/summaries:
    get:
      tags:
      - variants-streaming
      summary: Stream gene summaries (lightweight, ~300KB)
      description: Stream pre-generated gene summaries for instant case loading
      operationId: stream_gene_summaries_sessions__session_id__variants_summaries_get
      parameters:
      - name: session_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          title: Session Id
      - name: expected_version
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Expected Version
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /sessions/{session_id}/variants/by-gene/{gene_symbol}:
    get:
      tags:
      - variants-streaming
      summary: Get variants for a single gene (on-demand)
      description: Fetch all variants for a specific gene from DuckDB. Used for lazy gene expansion.
      operationId: get_gene_variants_sessions__session_id__variants_by_gene__gene_symbol__get
      parameters:
      - name: session_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          title: Session Id
      - name: gene_symbol
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          title: Gene Symbol
      - name: expected_version
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - type: string
          - type: 'null'
          title: Expected Version
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
  /sessions/{session_id}/variants/stream/by-gene:
    get:
      tags:
      - variants-streaming
      summary: Stream Variants By Gene
      description: Lease-protected replacement for nginx cross-tier static resolution.
      operationId: stream_variants_by_gene_sessions__session_id__variants_stream_by_gene_get
      parameters:
      - name: session_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          title: Session Id
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
components:
  schemas:
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
      - loc
      - msg
      - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    HTTPBearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer