ChEMBL
ChEMBL is a manually curated database of bioactive molecules with drug-like properties, maintained by the EMBL-EBI. It provides a REST API for accessing bioactive molecules, drug targets, bioactivity data, approved drugs, clinical trial compounds, and cheminformatics utilities to support drug discovery research.
ChEMBL publishes 13 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Activities API, Assays API, Drugs API, and 10 more. Tagged areas include Drug Discovery, Bioactivity, Molecules, Cheminformatics, and Life Sciences.
The ChEMBL catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
ChEMBL’s developer surface includes authentication, status page, and 8 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life Sciences (Biotech and Pharma R&D) | undeclared | - | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 1
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 13
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
ChEMBL Activities API
Chembl Activities Resource
ChEMBL Assays API
Chembl Assays Resource
ChEMBL Drugs API
Drug Resource
ChEMBL EFO disease terms API
EFO Resource
ChEMBL HPO API
HPO Resource
ChEMBL Intact API
Intact Resource
ChEMBL Molecules API
Chembl Molecules Resource
ChEMBL Proteins API
Protein Resource
ChEMBL PubChem Bioassay Sids API
Pubchem Bioassay Sids Resource
ChEMBL PubChem Biossays API
Pubchem Bioassay Resource
ChEMBL PubChem Compounds API
Pubchem Compound Resource
ChEMBL PubChem Substances API
Pubchem Substance Resource
ChEMBL Targets API
Chembl Targets Resource
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Open Collections 16
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
ChEMBL Data REST Activity API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Assay API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity ATC Classification API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Binding Site API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Cell Line API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Compound Record API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Document API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Drug API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Drug Indication API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Drug Warning API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Mechanism API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Molecule API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Similarity API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Status API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Substructure API
OPEN COLLECTIONChEMBL Data REST Activity Target API
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ChEMBL API pricing
Not yet checked against ChEMBL's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free Open Access free | — |
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Plans
PLANSRate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
ChEMBL
SLAFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Finops
FINOPSSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
ChEMBL — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 3
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
Examples 3
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Security Posture 1
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 1
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 4
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Other 3
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
ChEMBL API — frequently asked questions
Does ChEMBL have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 13 APIs from ChEMBL, including ChEMBL Activities API, ChEMBL Assays API and ChEMBL Drugs API, and 10 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the ChEMBL API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 13 OpenAPI specifications for ChEMBL, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the ChEMBL API?
ChEMBL uses bearer-token authentication.
How much does the ChEMBL API cost?
APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for ChEMBL, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the ChEMBL API ready for AI agents?
ChEMBL has a Kin Score of 26.7 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 20.7 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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