GET /ws/rest/{domain}

ac.uk:ebi-search-api

Summary: Search within a specific domain
Operation ID: domainSearch
Auth: none
Description

Search within a specific data domain (e.g., uniprot, embl, chembl-molecule). Returns matching entries with optional field retrieval.

Parameters (10)

domain (string, path, required)

Domain identifier (e.g., 'uniprot', 'embl', 'chembl-molecule', 'pdbe')

facetcount (integer, query, optional, default: 10)

Number of facet values to return

facets (string, query, optional)

Comma-separated list of facet fields to include

fields (string, query, optional)

Comma-separated list of fields to retrieve (domain-specific)

format (string, query, optional, default: xml)

Response format

Constraints: {'enum': ['xml', 'json']}

order (string, query, optional, default: desc)

Sort order

Constraints: {'enum': ['asc', 'desc']}

query (string, query, required)

Search query string (Lucene syntax supported)

size (integer, query, optional, default: 10)

Number of results to return (default: 10)

Constraints: {'minimum': 1, 'maximum': 1000}

sort (string, query, optional)

Field to sort results by

start (integer, query, optional, default: 0)

Starting position for pagination (0-based)

Examples (1)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search within a specific domain openapi-spec https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ebisearch/ws/rest/uniprot?fields=name,description,organism

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2026-03-23 10:26:36.835109 200 138ms