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GET /v1/search

Search terms across ontologies

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/ols-api/v1/search" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/ols-api/v1/search", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/ols-api/v1/search");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/ols-api/v1/search",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "count": 20,
        "query": "diabetes",
        "terms": [
            {
                "iri": "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9351",
                "label": "diabetes mellitus",
                "obo_id": "DOID:9351",
                "ontology": "doid",
                "description": "A glucose metabolism disease that is characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both."
            },
            {
                "iri": "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C2985",
                "label": "Diabetes Mellitus",
                "obo_id": "NCIT:C2985",
                "ontology": "ncit",
                "description": "A metabolic disorder characterized by abnormally high blood sugar levels due to diminished production of insulin or insulin resistance/desensitization."
            },
            {
                "iri": "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C212592",
                "label": "Diabetes Service Type",
                "obo_id": "NCIT:C212592",
                "ontology": "ncit",
                "description": "The service type that is associated with the Health Level 7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Diabetes code."
            },
            {
                "iri": "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0005015",
                "label": "diabetes mellitus",
                "obo_id": "MONDO:0005015",
                "ontology": "mondo",
                "description": "A metabolic disorder characterized by abnormally high blood sugar levels due to diminished production of insulin or insulin resistance/desensitization."
            },
            {
                "iri": "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9351",
                "label": "diabetes mellitus",
                "obo_id": "DOID:9351",
                "ontology": "bmont",
                "description": "A glucose metabolism disease that is characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both."
            },
            {
                "iri": "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9351",
                "label": "diabetes mellitus",
                "obo_id": "DOID:9351",
                "ontology": "exmo",
                "description": "A glucose metabolism disease that is characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both."
            },
            {
                "iri": "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9351",
                "label": "diabetes mellitus",
                "obo_id": "DOID:9351",
                "ontology": "vo",
                "description": "A glucose metabolism disease that is characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, 
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