{ontology_id}: Get ontology details

API: ac.uk:embl-ebi-ontology-lookup-service-ols-api
Endpoint: /ontologies/{ontology_id}
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 219ms

Description

Returns detailed information about a specific ontology

Parameters (1)

ontology_id (string, path, required)

Ontology ID (e.g., efo, go, doid)

Examples (1)

Get Gene Ontology details probe-gate
curl 'https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/ontologies/go'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/ontologies/go")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

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

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/ontologies/go");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 02:43:00.478218 200 219ms
2026-04-15 02:43:28.494224 200 277ms
2026-04-14 01:41:52.473784 200 294ms
2026-04-12 15:14:22.843835 200 203ms
2026-04-10 01:20:39.919069 200 150ms
2026-04-09 03:33:29.206179 200 199ms
2026-04-08 00:11:31.112036 200 214ms
2026-04-07 01:18:02.645349 200 255ms
2026-04-05 19:44:00.531179 200 298ms