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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: 20-17508949-C-T (hg38)
Bash / cURL Example
bash
curl "https://api.genebe.net/cloud/api-public/v1/variant?chr=20&pos=17508949&ref=C&alt=T&genome=hg38&allGenes=true"API Response
json
{
"variants": [
{
"chr": "20",
"pos": 17508949,
"ref": "C",
"alt": "T",
"effect": "synonymous_variant",
"transcript": "ENST00000377873.8",
"consequences": [
{
"aa_ref": "L",
"aa_alt": "L",
"canonical": false,
"protein_coding": true,
"strand": false,
"consequences": [
"synonymous_variant"
],
"exon_rank": 5,
"exon_rank_end": null,
"exon_count": 8,
"intron_rank": null,
"intron_rank_end": null,
"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
"gene_hgnc_id": 1040,
"hgvs_c": "c.675G>A",
"hgvs_p": "p.Leu225Leu",
"transcript": "NM_001195.5",
"protein_id": "NP_001186.1",
"transcript_support_level": null,
"aa_start": 225,
"aa_end": null,
"aa_length": 665,
"cds_start": 675,
"cds_end": null,
"cds_length": 1998,
"cdna_start": 725,
"cdna_end": null,
"cdna_length": 2217,
"mane_select": "ENST00000377873.8",
"mane_plus": null,
"biotype": null,
"feature": null
},
{
"aa_ref": "L",
"aa_alt": "L",
"canonical": true,
"protein_coding": true,
"strand": false,
"consequences": [
"synonymous_variant"
],
"exon_rank": 5,
"exon_rank_end": null,
"exon_count": 8,
"intron_rank": null,
"intron_rank_end": null,
"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
"gene_hgnc_id": 1040,
"hgvs_c": "c.675G>A",
"hgvs_p": "p.Leu225Leu",
"transcript": "ENST00000377873.8",
"protein_id": "ENSP00000367104.3",
"transcript_support_level": 1,
"aa_start": 225,
"aa_end": null,
"aa_length": 665,
"cds_start": 675,
"cds_end": null,
"cds_length": 1998,
"cdna_start": 725,
"cdna_end": null,
"cdna_length": 2217,
"mane_select": "NM_001195.5",
"mane_plus": null,
"biotype": null,
"feature": null
},
{
"aa_ref": "L",
"aa_alt": "L",
"canonical": false,
"protein_coding": true,
"strand": false,
"consequences": [
"synonymous_variant"
],
"exon_rank": 5,
"exon_rank_end": null,
"exon_count": 8,
"intron_rank": null,
"intron_rank_end": null,
"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
"gene_hgnc_id": 1040,
"hgvs_c": "c.300G>A",
"hgvs_p": "p.Leu100Leu",
"transcript": "ENST00000377868.6",
"protein_id": "ENSP00000367099.2",
"transcript_support_level": 1,
"aa_start": 100,
"aa_end": null,
"aa_length": 540,
"cds_start": 300,
"cds_end": null,
"cds_length": 1623,
"cdna_start": 571,
"cdna_end": null,
"cdna_length": 2063,
"mane_select": null,
"mane_plus": null,
"biotype": null,
"feature": null
},
{
"aa_ref": "L",
"aa_alt": "L",
"canonical": false,
"protein_coding": true,
"strand": false,
"consequences": [
"synonymous_variant"
],
"exon_rank": 5,
"exon_rank_end": null,
"exon_count": 8,
"intron_rank": null,
"intron_rank_end": null,
"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
"gene_hgnc_id": 1040,
"hgvs_c": "c.342G>A",
"hgvs_p": "p.Leu114Leu",
"transcript": "NM_001278607.2",
"protein_id": "NP_001265536.1",
"transcript_support_level": null,
"aa_start": 114,
"aa_end": null,
"aa_length": 554,
"cds_start": 342,
"cds_end": null,
"cds_length": 1665,
"cdna_start": 440,
"cdna_end": null,
"cdna_length": 1932,
"mane_select": null,
"mane_plus": null,
"biotype": null,
"feature": null
},
{
"aa_ref": "L",
"aa_alt": "L",
"canonical": false,
"protein_coding": true,
"strand": false,
"consequences": [
"synonymous_variant"
],
"exon_rank": 5,
"exon_rank_end": null,
"exon_count": 8,
"intron_rank": null,
"intron_rank_end": null,
"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
"gene_hgnc_id": 1040,
"hgvs_c": "c.300G>A",
"hgvs_p": "p.Leu100Leu",
"transcript": "NM_001161705.2",
"protein_id": "NP_001155177.1",
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"aa_start": 100,
"aa_end": null,
"aa_length": 540,
"cds_start": 300,
"cds_end": null,
"cds_length": 1623,
"cdna_start": 444,
"cdna_end": null,
"cdna_length": 1936,
"mane_select": null,
"mane_plus": null,
"biotype": null,
"feature": null
},
{
"aa_ref": "L",
"aa_alt": "L",
"canonical": false,
"protein_coding": true,
"strand": false,
"consequences": [
"synonymous_variant"
],
"exon_rank": 6,
"exon_rank_end": null,
"exon_count": 9,
"intron_rank": null,
"intron_rank_end": null,
"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
"gene_hgnc_id": 1040,
"hgvs_c": "c.258G>A",
"hgvs_p": "p.Leu86Leu",
"transcript": "NM_001278606.2",
"protein_id": "NP_001265535.1",
"transcript_support_level": null,
"aa_start": 86,
"aa_end": null,
"aa_length": 526,
"cds_start": 258,
"cds_end": null,
"cds_length": 1581,
"cdna_start": 579,
"cdna_end": null,
"cdna_length": 2071,
"mane_select": null,
"mane_plus": null,
"biotype": null,
"feature": null
},
{
"aa_ref": "L",
"aa_alt": "L",
"canonical": false,
"protein_coding": true,
"strand": false,
"consequences": [
"synonymous_variant"
],
"exon_rank": 7,
"exon_rank_end": null,
"exon_count": 10,
"intron_rank": null,
"intron_rank_end": null,
"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
"gene_hgnc_id": 1040,
"hgvs_c": "c.258G>A",
"hgvs_p": "p.Leu86Leu",
"transcript": "NM_001278608.2",
"protein_id": "NP_001265537.1",
"transcript_support_level": null,
"aa_start": 86,
"aa_end": null,
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"cds_start": 258,
"cds_end": null,
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"cdna_start": 692,
"cdna_end": null,
"cdna_length": 2184,
"mane_select": null,
"mane_plus": null,
"biotype": null,
"feature": null
},
{
"aa_ref": "L",
"aa_alt": "L",
"canonical": false,
"protein_coding": true,
"strand": false,
"consequences": [
"synonymous_variant"
],
"exon_rank": 6,
"exon_rank_end": null,
"exon_count": 9,
"intron_rank": null,
"intron_rank_end": null,
"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
"gene_hgnc_id": 1040,
"hgvs_c": "c.258G>A",
"hgvs_p": "p.Leu86Leu",
"transcript": "ENST00000536626.7",
"protein_id": "ENSP00000442522.1",
"transcript_support_level": 2,
"aa_start": 86,
"aa_end": null,
"aa_length": 526,
"cds_start": 258,
"cds_end": null,
"cds_length": 1581,
"cdna_start": 584,
"cdna_end": null,
"cdna_length": 2075,
"mane_select": null,
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"biotype": null,
"feature": null
},
{
"aa_ref": null,
"aa_alt": null,
"canonical": false,
"protein_coding": false,
"strand": false,
"consequences": [
"non_coding_transcript_exon_variant"
],
"exon_rank": 3,
"exon_rank_end": null,
"exon_count": 4,
"intron_rank": null,
"intron_rank_end": null,
"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
"gene_hgnc_id": 1040,
"hgvs_c": "n.162G>A",
"hgvs_p": null,
"transcript": "ENST00000492424.1",
"protein_id": null,
"transcript_support_level": 5,
"aa_start": null,
"aa_end": null,
"aa_length": null,
"cds_start": -4,
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"cdna_start": null,
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"mane_select": null,
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"biotype": null,
"feature": null
},
{
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"canonical": false,
"protein_coding": true,
"strand": false,
"consequences": [
"intron_variant"
],
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"exon_rank_end": null,
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"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
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"hgvs_c": "c.627+3027G>A",
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"transcript": "NM_001424338.1",
"protein_id": "NP_001411267.1",
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"aa_start": null,
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"cds_start": -4,
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},
{
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"strand": true,
"consequences": [
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"gene_symbol": "ENSG00000294980",
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"hgvs_c": "n.85+2502C>T",
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}
],
"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
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"dbsnp": "rs140834233",
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"allele_count_reference_population": 2459,
"gnomad_exomes_af": 0.00157733,
"gnomad_genomes_af": 0.00110267,
"gnomad_exomes_ac": 2291,
"gnomad_genomes_ac": 168,
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"computational_prediction_selected": "Benign",
"computational_source_selected": "BayesDel_noAF",
"splice_score_selected": 0,
"splice_prediction_selected": "Benign",
"splice_source_selected": "max_spliceai",
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"alphamissense_score": null,
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"bayesdelnoaf_score": -0.32,
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"phylop100way_prediction": "Benign",
"spliceai_max_score": 0,
"spliceai_max_prediction": "Benign",
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"apogee2_score": null,
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"mitotip_score": null,
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"acmg_score": -19,
"acmg_classification": "Benign",
"acmg_criteria": "BP4_Moderate,BP6_Very_Strong,BP7,BS1,BS2",
"acmg_by_gene": [
{
"score": -19,
"benign_score": 19,
"pathogenic_score": 0,
"criteria": [
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"BP6_Very_Strong",
"BP7",
"BS1",
"BS2"
],
"verdict": "Benign",
"transcript": "ENST00000377873.8",
"gene_symbol": "BFSP1",
"hgnc_id": 1040,
"effects": [
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],
"inheritance_mode": "AR,AD,SD",
"hgvs_c": "c.675G>A",
"hgvs_p": "p.Leu225Leu"
},
{
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"criteria": [
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"BP6_Very_Strong",
"BS1",
"BS2"
],
"verdict": "Benign",
"transcript": "ENST00000727177.1",
"gene_symbol": "ENSG00000294980",
"hgnc_id": null,
"effects": [
"intron_variant"
],
"inheritance_mode": "",
"hgvs_c": "n.85+2502C>T",
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}
],
"clinvar_disease": "Cataract 33,not provided",
"clinvar_classification": "Benign",
"clinvar_review_status": "criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts",
"clinvar_submissions_summary": "B:2",
"phenotype_combined": "Cataract 33|not provided",
"pathogenicity_classification_combined": "Benign",
"custom_annotations": null
}
],
"message": null
}