GET taxonomy/search

uniprot.org:uniprot-rest-api

Summary: Search taxonomy
Operation ID: searchTaxonomy
Auth: unknown
Description

Search for taxonomic entries in the UniProt taxonomy database.

Parameters (2)

query (string, query, required)

Search query string (organism name, taxon ID, etc.)

size (integer, query, optional, default: 25)

Number of results to return per page

Constraints: {'maximum': 500}

Examples (1)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search taxonomy openapi-spec https://rest.uniprot.org/taxonomy/search?query=9606

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TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:13:49.746581 200 136ms