GET /elink.fcgi
Operation ID: elink
Auth: unknown
Description
ELink retrieves UIDs linked to the input UIDs either in the same Entrez database or a different Entrez database.
Parameters (9)
(string, query, optional)
Web environment string from a previous ESearch, EPost or ELink call
(string, query, optional)
NCBI API key for higher rate limits
(string, query, optional)
ELink command mode
Constraints: {'enum': ['neighbor', 'neighbor_history', 'acheck', 'ncheck', 'lcheck', 'llinks', 'llinkslib', 'prlinks']}
(string, query, optional)
Destination database for links (may be comma-delimited list). If omitted, links to all databases are returned.
(string, query, required)
Database with input UIDs
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)
UID list (comma-delimited). Either id or query_key/WebEnv must be provided.
(string, query, optional)
Link name to restrict the links retrieved
(integer, query, optional)
Query key from a previous ESearch, EPost or ELink call
(string, query, optional)
Return mode. Use 'json' for JSON output, 'xml' for XML output.
Constraints: {'enum': ['xml', 'json']}
Examples (3)
| Title | Type | URL | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Find related articles in PubMed | curl |
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&db=pubmed&id=34504363&cmd=neighbor&retmode=json |
|
| Link PubMed article to PMC full-text | curl |
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&db=pmc&id=34504363&retmode=json |
|
| Get protein links for a gene | curl |
https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=gene&db=protein&id=7157&retmode=json |
Probe History
Status Codes
| Time | Status | Latency | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 10:38:42.704472 | 200 | 6764ms | |
| 2026-03-23 10:26:53.141094 | 200 | 785ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:10:52.510179 | 200 | 13097ms |
Response Changes
| When | Old | New |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 10:26:53.141094 | 76350a1b045e |
7596b8bb1050 |
| 2026-03-23 10:38:42.704472 | 7596b8bb1050 |
3833680a73a0 |