Disease Ontology API

The Human Disease Ontology API provides a RESTful interface for accessing disease-related data. The API allows users to retrieve specific disease terms, search for diseases, and explore disease relationships, definitions, cross-references, and associated metadata.

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Base URL: https://www.disease-ontology.org/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 12
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 16:08:05.580842

Links

Homepage: https://disease-ontology.org/outreach/contact-us
API Base: https://www.disease-ontology.org/
Documentation:

100.0%

Uptime (7d)

572ms

Avg latency (7d)

8

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Topics

HEALTH, SCIENCE

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET / Execute SPARQL query — — —
GET /disease/search Search diseases by name — — —
GET /disease/{id} Get disease by DOID — — —
GET /disease/{id}/children Get child diseases — — —
GET /disease/{id}/parents Get parent diseases — — —
GET /imports Get a list of all DO imports — 200 484ms
GET /imports/{importName} Get all valid terms from an import — — —
GET /info Get DO API Metadata — 200 447ms
GET /prefixes Get DO prefixes and URIs — — —
GET /terms Get all disease terms — 200 532ms
GET /terms/label/{label} Find term by label — 200 1192ms
POST /terms/search Search for disease terms — — —
GET /terms/{termId} Find term by ID — 200 460ms