PubChem Structure Image Service

name: PubChem Structure Image Service
description: Generates 2D and 3D structure images for chemical compounds by CID, SID, SMILES, or InChI.
  Returns PNG images at configurable sizes, suitable for embedding in applications and documents.
humanURL: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/docs/pug-rest#section=PNG
baseURL: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug
tags:
- Structure Images
- 2D Structures
- Visualization
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/docs/pug-rest#section=PNG
contact:
- FN: PubChem Help Desk
  email: [email protected]
operations:
- summary: Get compound 2D structure image by CID
  method: GET
  path: /compound/cid/{cid}/PNG
  description: Returns a PNG image of the 2D chemical structure for the given compound ID. Size can be
    controlled with the image_size parameter.
- summary: Get compound image by name
  method: GET
  path: /compound/name/{name}/PNG
  description: Returns a PNG image of the 2D chemical structure for a compound looked up by name.
- summary: Get compound image by SMILES
  method: GET
  path: /compound/smiles/{smiles}/PNG
  description: Returns a PNG image of the 2D chemical structure for the compound specified by SMILES string.