GET /einfo.fcgi
Operation ID: einfo
Auth: unknown
Description
EInfo provides field index term counts, last update, and available links for each of NCBI's databases. If no database is specified, EInfo returns a list of all valid Entrez databases.
Parameters (3)
(string, query, optional)
NCBI API key for higher rate limits (optional but recommended for heavy usage)
(string, query, optional)
Database name. If omitted, returns list of all valid Entrez databases.
Constraints: {'enum': ['pubmed', 'protein', 'nuccore', 'ipg', 'nucleotide', 'structure', 'genome', 'annotinfo', 'assembly', 'bioproject', 'biosample', 'blastdbinfo', 'books', 'cdd', 'clinvar', 'gap', 'gapplus', 'grasp', 'dbvar', 'gene', 'gds', 'geoprofiles', 'medgen', 'mesh', 'nlmcatalog', 'omim', 'orgtrack', 'pmc', 'proteinclusters', 'pcassay', 'protfam', 'pccompound', 'pcsubstance', 'seqannot', 'snp', 'sra', 'taxonomy', 'biocollections', 'gtr']}
(string, query, optional)
Return mode. Use 'json' for JSON output, 'xml' for XML output.
Constraints: {'enum': ['xml', 'json']}
Examples (3)
| Title | Type | URL | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| List all available Entrez databases | curl |
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi |
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| Get PubMed database statistics in JSON | curl |
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi?db=pubmed&retmode=json |
|
| Get Protein database information in XML | curl |
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/einfo.fcgi?db=protein&retmode=xml |
Probe History
Status Codes
| Time | Status | Latency | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 10:34:48.071299 | 200 | 351ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:22:25.589772 | 200 | 344ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:08:20.801502 | 200 | 342ms |
Response Changes
| When | Old | New |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 09:22:25.589772 | 5290ce38b1c2 |
5c6dfed39080 |
| 2026-03-23 10:34:48.071299 | 5c6dfed39080 |
1b34884d7b9b |