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biothings-api

Enables querying of gene, variant, and drug annotations through BioThings APIs for biomedical research and analysis.

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The biothings-api skill was audited on May 23, 2026 and we found 28 security issues across 2 threat categories. Review the findings below before installing.

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31curl "https://mygene.info/v3/query?q=BRCA1&size=1"
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45curl -s "https://mygene.info/v3/query?q=BRCA1&size=1"
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77curl -s "https://mygene.info/v3/gene/1017"
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80curl -s "https://mygene.info/v3/gene/1017?fields=symbol,name,summary,genomic_pos,go"
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111curl -s "https://myvariant.info/v1/query?q=rs58991260&size=1"
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154curl -s "https://myvariant.info/v1/variant/chr1:g.218631822G>A?fields=dbsnp,cadd,clinvar"
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168curl -s "https://mychem.info/v1/query?q=aspirin&size=1"
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210curl -s "https://mychem.info/v1/chem/CHEMBL25?fields=drugbank,chembl,pubchem"
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10source: "https://biothings.io"
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31curl "https://mygene.info/v3/query?q=BRCA1&size=1"
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39GET https://mygene.info/v3/query?q={query}&size={n}
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45curl -s "https://mygene.info/v3/query?q=BRCA1&size=1"
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70GET https://mygene.info/v3/gene/{entrez_id}
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77curl -s "https://mygene.info/v3/gene/1017"
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80curl -s "https://mygene.info/v3/gene/1017?fields=symbol,name,summary,genomic_pos,go"
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105GET https://myvariant.info/v1/query?q={query}&size={n}
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111curl -s "https://myvariant.info/v1/query?q=rs58991260&size=1"
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150GET https://myvariant.info/v1/variant/{hgvs_id}
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154curl -s "https://myvariant.info/v1/variant/chr1:g.218631822G>A?fields=dbsnp,cadd,clinvar"
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162GET https://mychem.info/v1/query?q={query}&size={n}
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168curl -s "https://mychem.info/v1/query?q=aspirin&size=1"
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206GET https://mychem.info/v1/chem/{id}
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210curl -s "https://mychem.info/v1/chem/CHEMBL25?fields=drugbank,chembl,pubchem"
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241MYGENE = "https://mygene.info/v3"
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242MYVARIANT = "https://myvariant.info/v1"
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243MYCHEM = "https://mychem.info/v1"
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292- BioThings API Hub: https://biothings.io
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296- Publication: Xin J et al. *Genome Biology* 17:91 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-016-0953-9
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