← Back to variant description

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: 22-38586153-T-C (hg38)

Bash / cURL Example

bash
curl "https://api.genebe.net/cloud/api-public/v1/variant?chr=22&pos=38586153&ref=T&alt=C&genome=hg38&allGenes=true"

API Response

json
{
  "variants": [
    {
      "chr": "22",
      "pos": 38586153,
      "ref": "T",
      "alt": "C",
      "effect": "missense_variant",
      "transcript": "NM_001013647.2",
      "consequences": [
        {
          "aa_ref": "H",
          "aa_alt": "R",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 17,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 17,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1685A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.His562Arg",
          "transcript": "NM_001013647.2",
          "protein_id": "NP_001013669.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 562,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 570,
          "cds_start": 1685,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1713,
          "cdna_start": 2052,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 10087,
          "mane_select": "ENST00000535113.7",
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "NM_001013647.2"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "H",
          "aa_alt": "R",
          "canonical": true,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 17,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 17,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1685A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.His562Arg",
          "transcript": "ENST00000535113.7",
          "protein_id": "ENSP00000445093.1",
          "transcript_support_level": 5,
          "aa_start": 562,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 570,
          "cds_start": 1685,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1713,
          "cdna_start": 2052,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 10087,
          "mane_select": "NM_001013647.2",
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "ENST00000535113.7"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": true,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 17,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 19,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1759A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile587Val",
          "transcript": "ENST00000355830.11",
          "protein_id": "ENSP00000348086.7",
          "transcript_support_level": 5,
          "aa_start": 587,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 651,
          "cds_start": 1759,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1956,
          "cdna_start": 2037,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2414,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "ENST00000355830.11"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": true,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 17,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 17,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1759A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile587Val",
          "transcript": "ENST00000540952.6",
          "protein_id": "ENSP00000493504.1",
          "transcript_support_level": 5,
          "aa_start": 587,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 622,
          "cds_start": 1759,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1869,
          "cdna_start": 2363,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 10396,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "ENST00000540952.6"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 17,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 17,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1492A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile498Val",
          "transcript": "NM_001384270.1",
          "protein_id": "NP_001371199.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 498,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 533,
          "cds_start": 1492,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1602,
          "cdna_start": 2178,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 10213,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "NM_001384270.1"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "H",
          "aa_alt": "R",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 17,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 17,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1406A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.His469Arg",
          "transcript": "NM_001291030.2",
          "protein_id": "NP_001277959.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 469,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 477,
          "cds_start": 1406,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1434,
          "cdna_start": 2092,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 10127,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "NM_001291030.2"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "H",
          "aa_alt": "R",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 15,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 15,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1121A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.His374Arg",
          "transcript": "NM_001384271.1",
          "protein_id": "NP_001371200.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 374,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 382,
          "cds_start": 1121,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1149,
          "cdna_start": 1889,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 9924,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "NM_001384271.1"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 17,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 18,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1771A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile591Val",
          "transcript": "XM_006724291.3",
          "protein_id": "XP_006724354.2",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 591,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 688,
          "cds_start": 1771,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 2067,
          "cdna_start": 2138,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2975,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_006724291.3"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 17,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 18,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1771A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile591Val",
          "transcript": "XM_011530308.4",
          "protein_id": "XP_011528610.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 591,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 688,
          "cds_start": 1771,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 2067,
          "cdna_start": 2083,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2920,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_011530308.4"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 17,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 18,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1759A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile587Val",
          "transcript": "XM_006724292.3",
          "protein_id": "XP_006724355.2",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 587,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 684,
          "cds_start": 1759,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 2055,
          "cdna_start": 2126,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2963,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_006724292.3"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 17,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 19,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1771A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile591Val",
          "transcript": "XM_011530309.3",
          "protein_id": "XP_011528611.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 591,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 655,
          "cds_start": 1771,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1968,
          "cdna_start": 2138,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2515,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_011530309.3"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 16,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 17,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1666A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile556Val",
          "transcript": "XM_011530310.2",
          "protein_id": "XP_011528612.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 556,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 653,
          "cds_start": 1666,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1962,
          "cdna_start": 2033,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2870,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_011530310.2"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 16,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 17,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1654A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile552Val",
          "transcript": "XM_047441456.1",
          "protein_id": "XP_047297412.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 552,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 649,
          "cds_start": 1654,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1950,
          "cdna_start": 2021,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2858,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_047441456.1"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 16,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 17,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1648A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile550Val",
          "transcript": "XM_011530311.2",
          "protein_id": "XP_011528613.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 550,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 647,
          "cds_start": 1648,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1944,
          "cdna_start": 2015,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2852,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_011530311.2"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 15,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 16,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1492A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile498Val",
          "transcript": "XM_011530312.3",
          "protein_id": "XP_011528614.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 498,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 595,
          "cds_start": 1492,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1788,
          "cdna_start": 1653,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2490,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_011530312.3"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 15,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 16,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1492A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile498Val",
          "transcript": "XM_011530313.3",
          "protein_id": "XP_011528615.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 498,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 595,
          "cds_start": 1492,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1788,
          "cdna_start": 1604,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2441,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_011530313.3"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 15,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 16,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1492A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile498Val",
          "transcript": "XM_047441457.1",
          "protein_id": "XP_047297413.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 498,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 595,
          "cds_start": 1492,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1788,
          "cdna_start": 1615,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2452,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_047441457.1"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 15,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 16,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1480A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile494Val",
          "transcript": "XM_047441458.1",
          "protein_id": "XP_047297414.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 494,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 591,
          "cds_start": 1480,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1776,
          "cdna_start": 1640,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2477,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_047441458.1"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "I",
          "aa_alt": "V",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 15,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 15,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "c.1492A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Ile498Val",
          "transcript": "XM_047441459.1",
          "protein_id": "XP_047297415.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 498,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 533,
          "cds_start": 1492,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 1602,
          "cdna_start": 1650,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 9685,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "protein_coding",
          "feature": "XM_047441459.1"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": null,
          "aa_alt": null,
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": false,
          "strand": false,
          "consequences": [
            "non_coding_transcript_exon_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 17,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 18,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "n.2064A>G",
          "hgvs_p": null,
          "transcript": "XR_937892.2",
          "protein_id": null,
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": null,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": null,
          "cds_start": null,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": null,
          "cdna_start": null,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 2208,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "pseudogene",
          "feature": "XR_937892.2"
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": null,
          "aa_alt": null,
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": false,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "upstream_gene_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": null,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 3,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
          "hgvs_c": "n.-8A>G",
          "hgvs_p": null,
          "transcript": "ENST00000543828.1",
          "protein_id": null,
          "transcript_support_level": 5,
          "aa_start": null,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": null,
          "cds_start": null,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": null,
          "cdna_start": null,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 497,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": "pseudogene",
          "feature": "ENST00000543828.1"
        }
      ],
      "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
      "gene_hgnc_id": 44197,
      "dbsnp": "rs2090802363",
      "frequency_reference_population": 0.000002577861,
      "hom_count_reference_population": 0,
      "allele_count_reference_population": 4,
      "gnomad_exomes_af": 0.0000021436,
      "gnomad_genomes_af": 0.00000657194,
      "gnomad_exomes_ac": 3,
      "gnomad_genomes_ac": 1,
      "gnomad_exomes_homalt": 0,
      "gnomad_genomes_homalt": 0,
      "gnomad_mito_homoplasmic": null,
      "gnomad_mito_heteroplasmic": null,
      "computational_score_selected": 0.04700589179992676,
      "computational_prediction_selected": "Benign",
      "computational_source_selected": "MetaRNN",
      "splice_score_selected": 0,
      "splice_prediction_selected": "Benign",
      "splice_source_selected": "max_spliceai",
      "revel_score": 0.025,
      "revel_prediction": "Benign",
      "alphamissense_score": 0.0956,
      "alphamissense_prediction": "Benign",
      "bayesdelnoaf_score": -0.69,
      "bayesdelnoaf_prediction": "Benign",
      "phylop100way_score": -1.408,
      "phylop100way_prediction": "Benign",
      "spliceai_max_score": 0,
      "spliceai_max_prediction": "Benign",
      "dbscsnv_ada_score": null,
      "dbscsnv_ada_prediction": null,
      "apogee2_score": null,
      "apogee2_prediction": null,
      "mitotip_score": null,
      "mitotip_prediction": null,
      "acmg_score": -2,
      "acmg_classification": "Likely_benign",
      "acmg_criteria": "PM2,BP4_Strong",
      "acmg_by_gene": [
        {
          "score": -2,
          "benign_score": 4,
          "pathogenic_score": 2,
          "criteria": [
            "PM2",
            "BP4_Strong"
          ],
          "verdict": "Likely_benign",
          "transcript": "NM_001013647.2",
          "gene_symbol": "FAM227A",
          "hgnc_id": 44197,
          "effects": [
            "missense_variant"
          ],
          "inheritance_mode": "AR",
          "hgvs_c": "c.1685A>G",
          "hgvs_p": "p.His562Arg"
        }
      ],
      "clinvar_disease": "not specified",
      "clinvar_classification": "Uncertain significance",
      "clinvar_review_status": "criteria provided, single submitter",
      "clinvar_submissions_summary": "US:1",
      "phenotype_combined": "not specified",
      "pathogenicity_classification_combined": "Uncertain significance",
      "custom_annotations": null
    }
  ],
  "message": null
}
For research and educational, non-commercial use only. Not for clinical or diagnostic use. GeneBe does not provide medical advice. Data use for AI modeling is prohibited: if used, the cost is $0.001 per byte of downloaded uncompressed data.