GET /{model}/{id}.{format}

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

Summary: Get a specific resource by ID
Operation ID: getResourceById
Auth: unknown
Description

Retrieves a single data model instance by its unique identifier.

Parameters (4)

format (string, path, required)

Response format

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

id (integer, path, required)

Unique identifier for the resource

include (string, query, optional)

Eager load associations (e.g., 'organism,gene')

model (string, path, required)

Data model name (capitalized, singular)

Constraints: {'enum': ['Gene', 'Structure', 'Donor', 'Organism', 'Product', 'Specimen', 'SectionDataSet', 'AtlasDataSet', 'MicroarrayDataSet', 'TransgenicLine', 'SectionImage', 'AtlasImage', 'Probe', 'Chromosome', 'ManualAnnotation', 'NeuronalModel']}

Examples (3)

TitleTypeURLAction
Get SectionDataSet by ID in JSON format curl https://api.brain-map.org/SectionDataSet/1.json
Get Gene by ID with organism association curl https://api.brain-map.org/Gene/2.json?include=organism
Get Atlas structure in XML format curl https://api.brain-map.org/Structure/997.xml

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:16:10.182066 404 604ms
2026-03-23 09:30:25.235160 404 630ms
2026-03-23 09:24:23.059097 404 588ms