GET /esummary.fcgi

nih.gov:ncbi-gene-api

Summary: Get gene summaries
Operation ID: getGeneSummary
Auth: none
Description

Retrieves document summaries for a list of gene IDs.

Parameters (6)

WebEnv (string, query, optional)

Web environment string for history server

db (string, query, required, default: gene)

Database

Constraints: {'enum': ['gene']}

id (string, query, optional)

Gene ID(s) - comma-separated list

query_key (string, query, optional)

Query key for history server

retmode (string, query, optional, default: json)

Return mode

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

version (string, query, optional, default: 1.0)

Version of output format

Constraints: {'enum': ['1.0', '2.0']}

Examples (1)

TitleTypeURLAction
Get gene summaries openapi-spec https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esummary.fcgi?id=7157

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2026-03-23 09:38:10.486783 200 337ms