National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Virus API

#### Options to download virus genome data, including the associated sequence and metadata. These virus services allow you to get virus genome metadata as a data report or download genome and protein sequence, and metadata, as a virus data package, for virus GenBank genomes.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 19

GET /virus/taxon/{taxon}/genome Get a download summary of a virus genome data package by taxon #
POST /virus/genome Get a download summary of a virus genome data package #
GET /virus/taxon/sars2/protein/{proteins} Get a download summary of a SARS-CoV-2 protein data package by protein name #
POST /virus/taxon/sars2/protein Get a download summary of a SARS-CoV-2 protein data package by protein name #
GET /virus/taxon/{taxon}/genome/table Get virus genome metadata in a tabular format #
GET /virus/taxon/sars2/protein/{proteins}/table Get SARS-CoV-2 protein metadata in a tabular format by protein name #
GET /virus/taxon/{taxon}/dataset_report Get a virus data report by taxon #
GET /virus/accession/{accessions}/dataset_report Get a virus data report by nucleotide accession #
POST /virus Get a virus data report #
GET /virus/taxon/{taxon}/annotation_report Get a virus annotation report by taxon #
GET /virus/accession/{accessions}/annotation_report Get a virus annotation report by nucleotide accession #
POST /virus/annotation_report Get a virus annotation report #
GET /virus/accession/{accessions}/check Check the validity of a virus genome nucleotide accession #
POST /virus/check Check the validity of a virus genome nucleotide accession #
GET /virus/taxon/{taxon}/genome/download Get a virus genome data package by taxon #
GET /virus/accession/{accessions}/genome/download Get a virus genome data package by nucleotide accession #
POST /virus/genome/download Get a virus genome data package #
GET /virus/taxon/sars2/protein/{proteins}/download Get a SARS-CoV-2 protein data package by protein name #
POST /virus/taxon/sars2/protein/download Get a SARS-CoV-2 protein data package #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/docs/v2/api/rest-api/
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Documentation
https://clinicaltrials.gov/data-api/api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nih/refs/heads/main/openapi/nih-virus-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

nih-virus-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NCBI Datasets Virus 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:


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