Reactome database API

Database info queries

Operations 4

GET /database/name The name of current database #
GET /database/version The version number of current database #
GET /data/database/name The name of current database #
GET /data/database/version The version number of current database #

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OpenAPI Specification

reactome-database-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Pathway Analysis Service Database API
  description: Provides an API for pathway over-representation and expression analysis as well as species comparison tool.
  termsOfService: /license
  contact:
    name: Reactome
    url: https://reactome.org
    email: help@reactome.org
  license:
    name: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unsupported License
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: /AnalysisService
tags:
- name: database
  description: Database info queries
paths:
  /database/name:
    get:
      tags:
      - database
      summary: The name of current database
      operationId: getDBName
      responses:
        '406':
          description: Not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
  /database/version:
    get:
      tags:
      - database
      summary: The version number of current database
      operationId: getDBVersion
      responses:
        '406':
          description: Not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
  /data/database/name:
    get:
      tags:
      - database
      summary: The name of current database
      operationId: getDBName
      parameters:
      - name: view
        in: query
        description: Global parameter - Customise the view to be more concise and/or aggregate relationships
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: flatten
          enum:
          - flatten
          - nested
          - nested-aggregated
          example: null
      - name: includeRef
        in: query
        description: Global parameter - If true, replace element ref to dbId by standard JSOG object {@ref}
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          example: null
      responses:
        '406':
          description: Not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
  /data/database/version:
    get:
      tags:
      - database
      summary: The version number of current database
      operationId: getDBVersion
      parameters:
      - name: view
        in: query
        description: Global parameter - Customise the view to be more concise and/or aggregate relationships
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: flatten
          enum:
          - flatten
          - nested
          - nested-aggregated
          example: null
      - name: includeRef
        in: query
        description: Global parameter - If true, replace element ref to dbId by standard JSOG object {@ref}
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          example: null
      responses:
        '406':
          description: Not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string