KEGG API
KEGG API is a REST-style Application Programming Interface to the KEGG database resource.Restriction: KEGG API at rest.kegg.jp is made available only for academic use by academic users. Non-academic users are requested to follow the guidline shown in Non-academic use of KEGG.
Please limit your API calls up to 3 times per second. Otherwise, your access will be blocked.
Please refer to the following document for details.
Update history
| December 1, 2024 | YK code included as an outside identifier |
| March 1, 2023 | Output format of list uses simplified KEGG identifiers |
| October 1, 2022 | /list/<org> includes chromosomal positions |
| June 1, 2022 | Moved from HTTP to HTTPS |
| December 1, 2017 | NETWORK and VARIANT released |
| September 1, 2017 | Options json for brite and conf for pathway included in get |
| August 1, 2017 | Brite table files and xl files included in list and get |
| June 1, 2017 | PubMed is included in link, Linked db displayed in info |
| December 1, 2016 | New output format of list for GENES |
| October 1, 2016 | RPAIR removed |
| February 1, 2016 | New version of link and conv without using LinkDB |
| September 1, 2015 | NCBI-ProteinID added to conv |
| July 1, 2014 | DGROUP added |
| June 1, 2014 | RDF format supported for link in KEGG MEDICUS |
| April 1, 2014 | NDC (National Drug Code) added to DDI search |
| April 1, 2013 | KEGG MEDICUS API released |
| February 1, 2013 | (WebLinks) Pathway map coloring by POST method |
| January 18, 2013 | KGML file retrieval, genes database in conv and link |
| July 25, 2012 | HTTP status code implemented |
| July 17, 2012 | Added: /find/<database>/<query>/<option> |
| July 6, 2012 | Added: /list/<database>/<org> |
| June 20, 2012 | First release |
Last updated: December 1, 2024