GET /{model}/describe.{format}

brain-map.org:allen-brain-atlas-api

Summary: Describe model associations
Operation ID: describeModel
Auth: unknown
Description

Returns metadata about the model's associations and relationships to other models.

Parameters (2)

format (string, path, required)

Response format

Constraints: {'enum': ['json', 'xml', 'csv']}

model (string, path, required)

Data model name

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
Describe Structure model in JSON curl https://api.brain-map.org/api/v2/data/Structure/describe.json
Describe Gene model in JSON curl https://api.brain-map.org/api/v2/data/Gene/describe.json
Describe SectionDataSet model in XML curl https://api.brain-map.org/api/v2/data/SectionDataSet/describe.xml

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:46:58.654830 200 614ms
2026-03-23 10:36:30.813480 200 598ms
2026-03-23 09:10:18.730644 200 613ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 10:36:30.813480 6a07b7ae3582 3aa4977f033e
2026-03-23 10:46:58.654830 3aa4977f033e 24b356a535b2