{output}: Get compound descriptions

API: nih.gov:pubchem-api
Endpoint: /pug/compound/cid/{cid}/description/{output}
Response format: unknown
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 660ms

Description

Retrieve textual descriptions of a compound from various sources (ChEBI, other databases).

Parameters (2)

cid (string, path, required)

PubChem Compound ID

output (string, path, required)

Output format

Constraints: {'enum': ['JSON', 'XML']}

Examples (1)

Get compound descriptions openapi-spec 
curl 'https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/2244/description/JSON'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/2244/description/JSON")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("pubchem")
result = api.fetch("pug/compound/cid/{cid}/description/{output}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/2244/description/JSON");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 03:04:40.991466 200 660ms
2026-04-15 03:54:38.597279 200 529ms
2026-04-14 02:32:32.821934 200 501ms
2026-04-12 16:06:22.534451 200 656ms
2026-04-10 01:21:30.524957 200 423ms
2026-04-09 03:49:36.888286 200 470ms