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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: X-18628526-C-T (hg38)

Bash / cURL Example

bash
curl "https://api.genebe.net/cloud/api-public/v1/variant?chr=X&pos=18628526&ref=C&alt=T&genome=hg38&allGenes=true"

API Response

json
{
  "variants": [
    {
      "chr": "X",
      "pos": 18628526,
      "ref": "C",
      "alt": "T",
      "effect": "synonymous_variant",
      "transcript": "ENST00000623535.2",
      "consequences": [
        {
          "aa_ref": "G",
          "aa_alt": "G",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "synonymous_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 18,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 18,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "CDKL5",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 11411,
          "hgvs_c": "c.2652C>T",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Gly884Gly",
          "transcript": "NM_001323289.2",
          "protein_id": "NP_001310218.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 884,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 960,
          "cds_start": 2652,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 2883,
          "cdna_start": 2902,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 14572,
          "mane_select": "ENST00000623535.2",
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": null,
          "feature": null
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "G",
          "aa_alt": "G",
          "canonical": true,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "synonymous_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 18,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 18,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "CDKL5",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 11411,
          "hgvs_c": "c.2652C>T",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Gly884Gly",
          "transcript": "ENST00000623535.2",
          "protein_id": "ENSP00000485244.1",
          "transcript_support_level": 1,
          "aa_start": 884,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 960,
          "cds_start": 2652,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 2883,
          "cdna_start": 2902,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 14572,
          "mane_select": "NM_001323289.2",
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": null,
          "feature": null
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "G",
          "aa_alt": "G",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "synonymous_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 19,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 22,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "CDKL5",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 11411,
          "hgvs_c": "c.2652C>T",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Gly884Gly",
          "transcript": "ENST00000379989.6",
          "protein_id": "ENSP00000369325.3",
          "transcript_support_level": 1,
          "aa_start": 884,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 1030,
          "cds_start": 2652,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 3093,
          "cdna_start": 2937,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 3463,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": null,
          "feature": null
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "G",
          "aa_alt": "G",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "synonymous_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 18,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 21,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "CDKL5",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 11411,
          "hgvs_c": "c.2652C>T",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Gly884Gly",
          "transcript": "ENST00000379996.7",
          "protein_id": "ENSP00000369332.3",
          "transcript_support_level": 1,
          "aa_start": 884,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 1030,
          "cds_start": 2652,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 3093,
          "cdna_start": 2927,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 3449,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": null,
          "feature": null
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "G",
          "aa_alt": "G",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "synonymous_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 19,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 22,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "CDKL5",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 11411,
          "hgvs_c": "c.2652C>T",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Gly884Gly",
          "transcript": "NM_001037343.2",
          "protein_id": "NP_001032420.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 884,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 1030,
          "cds_start": 2652,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 3093,
          "cdna_start": 2901,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 3427,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": null,
          "feature": null
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "G",
          "aa_alt": "G",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "synonymous_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 18,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 21,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "CDKL5",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 11411,
          "hgvs_c": "c.2652C>T",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Gly884Gly",
          "transcript": "NM_003159.3",
          "protein_id": "NP_003150.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 884,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 1030,
          "cds_start": 2652,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 3093,
          "cdna_start": 2902,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 3428,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": null,
          "feature": null
        },
        {
          "aa_ref": "G",
          "aa_alt": "G",
          "canonical": false,
          "protein_coding": true,
          "strand": true,
          "consequences": [
            "synonymous_variant"
          ],
          "exon_rank": 19,
          "exon_rank_end": null,
          "exon_count": 19,
          "intron_rank": null,
          "intron_rank_end": null,
          "gene_symbol": "CDKL5",
          "gene_hgnc_id": 11411,
          "hgvs_c": "c.2775C>T",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Gly925Gly",
          "transcript": "ENST00000674046.1",
          "protein_id": "ENSP00000501174.1",
          "transcript_support_level": null,
          "aa_start": 925,
          "aa_end": null,
          "aa_length": 1001,
          "cds_start": 2775,
          "cds_end": null,
          "cds_length": 3006,
          "cdna_start": 3025,
          "cdna_end": null,
          "cdna_length": 14695,
          "mane_select": null,
          "mane_plus": null,
          "biotype": null,
          "feature": null
        }
      ],
      "gene_symbol": "CDKL5",
      "gene_hgnc_id": 11411,
      "dbsnp": "rs201473442",
      "frequency_reference_population": 0.00015449259,
      "hom_count_reference_population": 60,
      "allele_count_reference_population": 187,
      "gnomad_exomes_af": 0.000146602,
      "gnomad_genomes_af": 0.000231731,
      "gnomad_exomes_ac": 161,
      "gnomad_genomes_ac": 26,
      "gnomad_exomes_homalt": 0,
      "gnomad_genomes_homalt": 0,
      "gnomad_mito_homoplasmic": null,
      "gnomad_mito_heteroplasmic": null,
      "computational_score_selected": -0.7699999809265137,
      "computational_prediction_selected": "Benign",
      "computational_source_selected": "BayesDel_noAF",
      "splice_score_selected": 0,
      "splice_prediction_selected": "Benign",
      "splice_source_selected": "max_spliceai",
      "revel_score": null,
      "revel_prediction": null,
      "alphamissense_score": null,
      "alphamissense_prediction": null,
      "bayesdelnoaf_score": -0.77,
      "bayesdelnoaf_prediction": "Benign",
      "phylop100way_score": 0.029,
      "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": -21,
      "acmg_classification": "Benign",
      "acmg_criteria": "BP4_Strong,BP6_Very_Strong,BP7,BS1,BS2",
      "acmg_by_gene": [
        {
          "score": -21,
          "benign_score": 21,
          "pathogenic_score": 0,
          "criteria": [
            "BP4_Strong",
            "BP6_Very_Strong",
            "BP7",
            "BS1",
            "BS2"
          ],
          "verdict": "Benign",
          "transcript": "ENST00000623535.2",
          "gene_symbol": "CDKL5",
          "hgnc_id": 11411,
          "effects": [
            "synonymous_variant"
          ],
          "inheritance_mode": "XL,AD",
          "hgvs_c": "c.2652C>T",
          "hgvs_p": "p.Gly884Gly"
        }
      ],
      "clinvar_disease": " 2,Angelman syndrome-like,Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy,not provided",
      "clinvar_classification": "Benign",
      "clinvar_review_status": "criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts",
      "clinvar_submissions_summary": "B:4",
      "phenotype_combined": "not provided|Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy, 2;Angelman syndrome-like",
      "pathogenicity_classification_combined": "Benign",
      "custom_annotations": null
    }
  ],
  "message": null
}