{iri}: Get specific term by IRI

API: ac.uk:embl-ebi-ontology-lookup-service-ols-api
Endpoint: /ontologies/{ontologyId}/terms/{iri}
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 354ms

Description

Returns detailed information about a specific term identified by its URL-encoded IRI.

Parameters (3)

iri (string, path, required)

URL-encoded IRI of the term (e.g., 'http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FGO_0008150')

lang (string, query, optional, default: en)

Language code for labels

ontologyId (string, path, required)

The ontology ID

Examples (1)

Get term details by IRI for independent continuant probe-gate
curl 'https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/ontologies/go/terms/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FBFO_0000004'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/ontologies/go/terms/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FBFO_0000004")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("embl-ebi-ontology-lookup-service-ols")
result = api.fetch("ontologies/{ontologyId}/terms/{iri}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/ontologies/go/terms/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FBFO_0000004");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 03:26:37.915094 200 354ms
2026-04-15 03:26:53.147010 200 309ms
2026-04-14 00:41:00.583276 200 330ms
2026-04-12 13:05:55.329646 200 278ms
2026-04-10 01:47:41.285752 200 243ms
2026-04-09 02:45:51.613775 200 367ms
2026-04-08 00:24:23.644540 200 303ms
2026-04-07 00:15:45.119217 200 337ms
2026-04-06 06:06:28.166395 200 350ms
2026-04-05 14:21:18.058386 200 581ms