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GeneBe API Showcase

This page demonstrates how to use the GeneBe API to query variant information. The API provides programmatic access to genomic annotations and variant data.

API presented here should be used for checking single variants. If you want to check many variants at once, please use other API endpoints that you will find in the documentation.

Documentation & Advanced Usage

Complete API documentation:docs.genebe.net/docs/api/overview/

Interactive endpoint tester:api.genebe.net/cloud/gb-api-doc/swagger-ui/

Python client for pandas:pypi.org/project/genebe/

Java CLI for VCF files:github.com/pstawinski/genebe-cli

All tools documented at:docs.genebe.net

API Request Examples for Variant: 2-126693860-ACAGAGCCTGATCCAGGGATGTCTGGATGGCCGGATGGCAGAATGGAGACCTCCACCCCCACCATAATGGACATTGTCGTCATTG-A (hg38)

Bash / cURL Example

bash
curl "https://api.genebe.net/cloud/api-public/v1/variant?chr=2&pos=126693860&ref=ACAGAGCCTGATCCAGGGATGTCTGGATGGCCGGATGGCAGAATGGAGACCTCCACCCCCACCATAATGGACATTGTCGTCATTG&alt=A&genome=hg38&allGenes=true"

API Response

json
{
  "variants": [
    {
      "chr": "2",
      "pos": 126693860,
      "ref": "ACAGAGCCTGATCCAGGGATGTCTGGATGGCCGGATGGCAGAATGGAGACCTCCACCCCCACCATAATGGACATTGTCGTCATTG",
      "alt": "A",
      "effect": "splice_acceptor_variant,disruptive_inframe_deletion,splice_region_variant,intron_variant",
      "transcript": "ENST00000259254.9",
      "consequences": [
        {
          "aa_ref": null,
          "aa_alt": null,
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "exon_loss_variant",
            "splice_region_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 3,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 4,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "GYPC",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 4704,
          "hgvs_c": "c.107_190delAGCCTGATCCAGGGATGTCTGGATGGCCGGATGGCAGAATGGAGACCTCCACCCCCACCATAATGGACATTGTCGTCATTGCAG",
          "hgvs_p": null,
          "transcript": "NM_002101.5",
          "protein_id": "NP_002092.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": null,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 128,
          "cds_start": -4,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 387,
          "cdna_start": 213,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 1018,
          "mane_select": "ENST00000259254.9",
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": null,
          "feature": null
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "EPDPGMSGWPDGRMETSTPTIMDIVVIA",
          "aa_alt": "A",
          "canonical": true,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "splice_acceptor_variant",
            "disruptive_inframe_deletion",
            "splice_region_variant",
            "intron_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 3,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 4,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "GYPC",
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          "hgvs_c": "c.107-3_187delCAGAGCCTGATCCAGGGATGTCTGGATGGCCGGATGGCAGAATGGAGACCTCCACCCCCACCATAATGGACATTGTCGTCATTG",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Glu36_Ile62del",
          "transcript": "ENST00000259254.9",
          "protein_id": "ENSP00000259254.4",
          "transcript_support_level": 1,
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          "cdna_length": 1018,
          "mane_select": "NM_002101.5",
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": null,
          "feature": null
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "EPDPGMSGWPDGRMETSTPTIMDIVVIA",
          "aa_alt": "A",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "splice_acceptor_variant",
            "disruptive_inframe_deletion",
            "splice_region_variant",
            "intron_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 2,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 3,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "GYPC",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 4704,
          "hgvs_c": "c.50-3_130delCAGAGCCTGATCCAGGGATGTCTGGATGGCCGGATGGCAGAATGGAGACCTCCACCCCCACCATAATGGACATTGTCGTCATTG",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Glu17_Ile43del",
          "transcript": "ENST00000409836.3",
          "protein_id": "ENSP00000386904.3",
          "transcript_support_level": 1,
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          "cdna_start": null,
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          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": null,
          "feature": null
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "EPDPGMSGWPDGRMETSTPTIMDIVVIA",
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          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "splice_acceptor_variant",
            "disruptive_inframe_deletion",
            "splice_region_variant",
            "intron_variant"
          ],
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          "hgvs_c": "c.44-3_124delCAGAGCCTGATCCAGGGATGTCTGGATGGCCGGATGGCAGAATGGAGACCTCCACCCCCACCATAATGGACATTGTCGTCATTG",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Glu15_Ile41del",
          "transcript": "ENST00000356887.12",
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          "feature": null
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        {
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            "splice_region_variant"
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          "exon_count": 3,
          "intron_rank": null,
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          "gene_symbol": "GYPC",
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          "hgvs_c": "c.50_133delAGCCTGATCCAGGGATGTCTGGATGGCCGGATGGCAGAATGGAGACCTCCACCCCCACCATAATGGACATTGTCGTCATTGCAG",
          "hgvs_p": null,
          "transcript": "NM_016815.4",
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          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": null,
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          "cds_start": -4,
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            "splice_region_variant"
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          "gene_symbol": "GYPC",
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          "transcript": "NM_001256584.2",
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      "gnomad_exomes_af": null,
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      "computational_score_selected": null,
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      "revel_score": null,
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      "bayesdelnoaf_score": null,
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      "phylop100way_prediction": "Benign",
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      "acmg_score": 5,
      "acmg_classification": "Uncertain_significance",
      "acmg_criteria": "PVS1_Strong,PP5",
      "acmg_by_gene": [
        {
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            "PVS1_Strong",
            "PP5"
          ],
          "verdict": "Uncertain_significance",
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          "hgnc_id": 4704,
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            "splice_acceptor_variant",
            "disruptive_inframe_deletion",
            "splice_region_variant",
            "intron_variant"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "clinvar_disease": " gerbich variant, resistance to,Glycophorin c,Malaria",
      "clinvar_classification": " protective,Pathogenic",
      "clinvar_review_status": "no assertion criteria provided",
      "clinvar_submissions_summary": "null",
      "phenotype_combined": "Glycophorin c, gerbich variant|Malaria, resistance to",
      "pathogenicity_classification_combined": "Pathogenic; protective",
      "custom_annotations": null
    }
  ],
  "message": null
}