hierarchicalChildren: Get hierarchical child terms

API: ac.uk:embl-ebi-ontology-lookup-service-ols-api
Endpoint: /ontologies/{ontologyId}/terms/{iri}/hierarchicalChildren
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 263ms

Description

Returns the hierarchical (is-a) child terms

Parameters (3)

iri (string, path, required)

URL-encoded IRI of the term

lang (string, query, optional, default: en)
ontologyId (string, path, required)

Examples (1)

Get hierarchical children of independent continuant probe-gate
curl 'https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/ontologies/go/terms/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FBFO_0000004/hierarchicalChildren'
import requests

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

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

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/hierarchicalChildren");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 17:35:43.399999 200 263ms
2026-04-16 03:24:48.455780 200 214ms
2026-04-15 01:57:59.936220 200 262ms
2026-04-14 02:08:17.569253 200 383ms
2026-04-12 14:45:33.814094 200 216ms
2026-04-10 02:29:34.882436 200 355ms
2026-04-09 02:35:28.942868 200 223ms
2026-04-08 07:05:14.248483 200 265ms
2026-04-07 00:05:41.792787 200 280ms
2026-04-05 19:41:39.943512 200 257ms