EBI Search API

EBI Search is a scalable text search engine that provides easy and uniform access to the biological data resources hosted at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). It searches across multiple bioinformatics databases including UniProt, Ensembl, ChEMBL, PDB, RNAcentral, Europe PMC, and many others.

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Base URL: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ebisearch/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 10
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 16:08:09.177292

Links

Homepage: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/support
API Base: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ebisearch/
Documentation:
SDKs:

92.3%

Uptime (7d)

398ms

Avg latency (7d)

13

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET / List all domains none 200 167ms
GET /domains List all domains none — —
GET /ws/rest Global search across all domains none — —
GET /ws/rest/{domain} Search within a specific domain none 200 138ms
GET /ws/rest/{domain}/{entryid} Get specific entry details none — —
GET /{domain} Search a domain none 200 153ms
GET /{domain}/entry/{accession} Get entry by accession none 200 146ms
GET /{domain}/{entry_id} Get entry by ID none — —
GET /{domain}/{entryid} Get specific entry none — —
GET /{domain}?query={query} Search with query parameter none — —