Cancer.gov

NCI Genomic Data Commons (GDC) API

The external-facing REST interface for the NCI Genomic Data Commons. Drives the GDC Data Portal and GDC Submission Portal and is open for programmatic access. Provides query, download, and submission endpoints for cancer genomics datasets including TCGA, TARGET, CPTAC, and other NCI-funded genomic programs.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.gdc.cancer.gov/API/Users_Guide/Getting_Started/

Other Resources

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Reference
https://docs.gdc.cancer.gov/Encyclopedia/pages/REST_API/
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Portal
https://portal.gdc.cancer.gov/

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: cancer-gov:gdc-api
name: NCI Genomic Data Commons (GDC) API
description: The external-facing REST interface for the NCI Genomic Data Commons. Drives the GDC Data
  Portal and GDC Submission Portal and is open for programmatic access. Provides query, download, and
  submission endpoints for cancer genomics datasets including TCGA, TARGET, CPTAC, and other NCI-funded
  genomic programs.
humanURL: https://gdc.cancer.gov/developers/gdc-application-programming-interface-api
baseURL: https://api.gdc.cancer.gov
tags:
- Genomics
- TCGA
- Research Data
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.gdc.cancer.gov/API/Users_Guide/Getting_Started/
- type: Reference
  url: https://docs.gdc.cancer.gov/Encyclopedia/pages/REST_API/
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.gdc.cancer.gov/