National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Version API

#### Retrieve the current version of all NCBI Datasets services. NCBI Datasets services follow the [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 Schema](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: NCBI Datasets BioSample Version API
  version: v2
  description: '### NCBI Datasets is a resource that lets you easily gather data from NCBI.

    The NCBI Datasets version 2 API is updated often to add new features, fix bugs, and enhance usability.

    '
servers:
- url: https://api.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/v2
security:
- ApiKeyAuthHeader: []
tags:
- name: Version
  description: '#### Retrieve the current version of all NCBI Datasets services.

    NCBI Datasets services follow the [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 Schema](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html). '
paths:
  /version:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve service version
      description: Retrieve the latest version of the Datasets services.
      tags:
      - Version
      operationId: version
      responses:
        default:
          description: An unexpected error response.
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpcStatus'
        '200':
          description: A successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2VersionReply'
components:
  schemas:
    v2VersionReply:
      type: object
      properties:
        version:
          type: string
        major_ver:
          type: integer
        minor_ver:
          type: integer
        patch_ver:
          type: integer
    protobufAny:
      type: object
      properties:
        type_url:
          type: string
        value:
          type: string
          format: byte
    rpcStatus:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        message:
          type: string
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/protobufAny'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
    ApiKeyAuthHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: api-key
externalDocs:
  description: Interactively explore genome assembly datasets
  url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/genomes/