National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) · Example Payload

Genome Accession Download Summary

Retrieve download summary for genome assemblies by accession

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Genome Accession Download Summary is an example object payload from National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), with 7 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

titledescriptionpathmethodbaseURLparametersexample_response_fields

Example Payload

{
  "title": "Genome Accession Download Summary",
  "description": "Retrieve download summary for genome assemblies by accession",
  "path": "/genome/accession/{accessions}/download_summary",
  "method": "GET",
  "baseURL": "https://api.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/v2",
  "parameters": {
    "accessions": "GCF_000001405.40"
  },
  "example_response_fields": [
    "assemblies",
    "hydrated",
    "dehydrated"
  ]
}

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