GET /overlap/id/{id}

ensembl.org:ensembl-rest-api

Summary: Get overlapping features
Operation ID: getOverlapById
Auth: none

Find all genomic features that overlap a specific gene or transcript. Given an Ensembl ID, returns features like genes, transcripts, exons, CDS, variations, and regulatory elements that physically overlap this feature's coordinates. This answers questions like 'What variants are in this gene?' or 'What other genes are nearby?' without needing to know the exact coordinates.

Original spec description

Retrieves features (e.g., genes, transcripts, variants) that overlap a region defined by the given identifier.

Usage Tips

- Use the `feature` parameter multiple times to get multiple feature types - Valid feature types: gene, transcript, cds, exon, repeat, simple_feature, misc_feature - Without filters, returns ALL overlapping features which can be overwhelming - The `featuretype` field in results tells you what each returned item is

Parameters (2)

feature (array, query, optional)

Feature types to retrieve

id (string, path, required)

Ensembl ID

Examples (1)

TitleTypeURLAction
Get overlapping features for BRCA2 gene probe-gate https://rest.ensembl.org/overlap/id/ENSG00000139618?feature=gene&content-type=application/json

No probe data for this endpoint yet.