---
title: "Get a taxonomy data package by Taxonomy ID"
method: GET
path: "/taxonomy/taxon/{tax_ids}/download"
tags: ["Taxonomy"]
---

# Get a taxonomy data package by Taxonomy ID

`GET /taxonomy/taxon/{tax_ids}/download`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/v2`
- URL: `https://api.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/v2/taxonomy/taxon/{tax_ids}/download`
- Auth: API key in header `api-key`

Download a taxonomy data package, including taxonomy and names reports, as a compressed zip archive.

## Path parameters

- `tax_ids` integer[], required

## Query parameters

- `aux_reports` V2TaxonomyDatasetRequestTaxonomyReportType[]
- `filename` string

## Response `200`

A successful response

## Other responses

- `default`: An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2025-02-08** `00bdccfc6283`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/ncats/apis/ncbi-datasets-api/changes/taxonomy/taxon/:tax_ids/download/get.md)

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