Bio Target Search
by Saylor Innovations Data Desk in Search & web
Gene and drug-target lookup from Open Targets - Ensembl id, location, function, tractability by modality and top associated diseases with scores
https://saylorinnovations.com/api/bio/target-search- Price
- $0.01
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 1.0 s
- 1.0 s slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 2 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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How to call it
GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/bio/target-search
Each call costs $0.01 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/bio/target-search?q=BRCA1Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
q | string | Yes | Gene symbol, name or Ensembl id, e.g. BRCA1, EGFR, ENSG00000146648 |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 96 lines
{
"other_matches": [
{
"description": "BRCA1 pseudogene 1",
"ensembl_id": "ENSG00000267595",
"symbol": "BRCA1P1"
},
{
"description": "BRCA1 interacting DNA helicase 1",
"ensembl_id": "ENSG00000136492",
"symbol": "BRIP1"
},
{
"description": "BRCA1 associated deubiquitinase 1",
"ensembl_id": "ENSG00000163930",
"symbol": "BAP1"
},
{
"description": "BRCA1 associated RING domain 1",
"ensembl_id": "ENSG00000138376",
"symbol": "BARD1"
}
],
"query": "BRCA1",
"source": "Open Targets Platform",
"top_match": {
"associated_disease_count": 1324,
"biotype": "protein_coding",
"ensembl_id": "ENSG00000012048",
"function": "E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase that specifically mediates the formation of 'Lys-6'-linked polyubiquitin chains and plays a central role in DNA repair by facilitating cellular responses to DNA damage. It is unclear whether it also mediates the formation of other types of polyubiquitin chains. The BRCA1-BARD1 heterodimer coordinates a diverse range of cellular pathways such as DNA damage repair, ubiquitination and transcriptional regulation to maintain genomic stability. Regulates centrosomal microt…",
"location": {
"chromosome": "17",
"end": 43170245,
"start": 43044292,
"strand": "NEGATIVE"
},
"name": "BRCA1 DNA repair associated",
"symbol": "BRCA1",
"top_diseases": [
{
"association_score": 0.844,
"disease": "breast cancer",
"efo_id": "MONDO_0007254"
},
{
"association_score": 0.828,
"disease": "hereditary breast ovarian cancer syndrome",
"efo_id": "MONDO_0003582"
},
{
"association_score": 0.817,
"disease": "Fanconi anemia, complementation group S",
"efo_id": "MONDO_0054748"
},
{
"association_score": 0.811,
"disease": "ovarian cancer",
"efo_id": "MONDO_0008170"
},
{
"association_score": 0.8,
"disease": "breast neoplasm",
"efo_id": "MONDO_0021100"
},
{
"association_score": 0.799,
"disease": "breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, 1",
"efo_id": "MONDO_0011450"
},
{
"association_score": 0.788,
"disease": "ovarian neoplasm",
"efo_id": "MONDO_0021068"
},
{
"association_score": 0.779,
"disease": "cancer",
"efo_id": "MONDO_0004992"
}
],
"tractability_by_modality": {
"AB": [
"GO CC high conf"
],
"PR": [
"UniProt Ubiquitination",
"Database Ubiquitination",
"Small Molecule Binder"
],
"SM": [
"Druggable Family"
]
}
},
"url": "https://platform.opentargets.org/target/ENSG00000012048"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.01.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://saylorinnovations.com/api/bio/target-search?q=BRCA1'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://saylorinnovations.com/api/bio/target-search?q=BRCA1' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.01 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.01" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.01 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsaylorinnovations.com%2Fapi%2Fbio%2Ftarget-search
const res = await pay("https://saylorinnovations.com/api/bio/target-search?q=BRCA1");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.01 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.01"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://saylorinnovations.com/api/bio/target-search?q=BRCA1")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 h ago | Passed | 402 | 1.0 s | $0.01 |