A GO term: definition & aspect

Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/quickgo-api/v1/term" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."

await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/quickgo-api/v1/term", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});

$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/quickgo-api/v1/term");
curl_setopt($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/quickgo-api/v1/term",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

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

{
    "data": {
        "term": {
            "url": "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0003677",
            "name": "DNA binding",
            "go_id": "GO:0003677",
            "aspect": "molecular_function",
            "synonyms": [
                "structure-specific DNA binding",
                "structure specific DNA binding",
                "microtubule/chromatin interaction",
                "plasmid binding"
            ],
            "definition": "Any molecular function by which a gene product interacts selectively and non-covalently with DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).",
            "child_count": 21,
            "is_obsolete": false
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-01T16:23:01.645Z",
        "request_id": "7ed72bac-16d1-4064-b139-571fbb6b72dd"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "GO term retrieved",
    "success": true
}