# GA4GH APIs (htsget, DRS, WES, TES, Beacon)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/ga4gh-apis-htsget-drs-wes-tes-beacon/  
**Provider:** Life Sciences — https://apis.io/providers/life-sciences/  
**Base URL:** https://www.ga4gh.org/  
**Documentation:** https://www.ga4gh.org/genomic-data-toolkit/

GA4GH APIs (htsget, DRS, WES, TES, Beacon) is one of 22 APIs that [Life Sciences](https://apis.io/providers/life-sciences/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Genomics, Standard, GA4GH, and Federated. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health publishes a suite of open REST specifications enabling federated access to genomic data and compute. Includes htsget (sequencing reads), DRS (Data Repository Service), WES (Workflow Execution Service), TES (Task Execution Service), and the Beacon variant-discovery protocol.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://www.ga4gh.org/genomic-data-toolkit/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/ga4gh
- **Specification** — https://samtools.github.io/hts-specs/htsget.html
- **Specification** — https://ga4gh.github.io/beacon/

## Other Life Sciences APIs (12)

- [EU Clinical Trials Register / CTIS](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/eu-clinical-trials-register-ctis/)
- [openFDA](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/openfda/)
- [DailyMed](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/dailymed/)
- [RxNorm API](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/rxnorm-api/)
- [DrugBank API](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/drugbank-api/)
- [NCBI Entrez E-utilities](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/ncbi-entrez-e-utilities/)
- [Ensembl REST API](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/ensembl-rest-api/)
- [UCSC Genome Browser REST API](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/ucsc-genome-browser-rest-api/)
- [ClinVar (via E-utilities)](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/clinvar-via-e-utilities/)
- [dbSNP (via E-utilities)](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/dbsnp-via-e-utilities/)
- [HL7 FHIR](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/hl7-fhir/)
- [SMART on FHIR](https://apis.io/apis/life-sciences/smart-on-fhir/)

## Tags

Genomics, Standard, GA4GH, Federated

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