biotech

Look up a human gene's canonical HGNC record

Validates and normalizes a human gene symbol against the HGNC approved list, returning the canonical symbol, full name, HGNC id, chromosome location, alias/previous symbols, and Entrez/Ensembl/OMIM cross-references. Fully local (bundled HGNC set, no upstream). confidence 1.0 = exact approved symbol or HGNC id; 0.9 = resolved via an alias or previous symbol (canonical record returned, matched_by says how); 0.0 = not found. Charges 1 cost_unit.

post/v1/biotech/gene/lookup

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.snipget.ai (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
  • URL: https://api.snipget.ai/v1/biotech/gene/lookup
  • Auth: none declared

Query parameters

include_receiptboolean

Set true to attach an execution receipt at meta.receipt — caller-verifiable sha256 hashes over the RFC 8785 (JCS) canonicalization of this call's as-received JSON body and its result (free, like include_trace). Reproduce with any JCS library: input_hash = sha256(jcs({"tool": <request path>, "args": <your body minus include_trace/include_receipt>})); result_hash = sha256(jcs(result)). For deterministic tools, same input on the same build reproduces result_hash.

Headers

authorizationstring nullable
X-API-Keystring nullable

Request body

querystring required

The gene symbol or HGNC id to look up (e.g. 'BRCA1').

query_typestring

How to interpret the query: 'symbol' (default; also resolves aliases and previous symbols), 'hgnc_id' (e.g. 'HGNC:1100' or '1100'), 'alias', or 'prev_symbol'.

include_traceboolean

Response

Successful Response

statusstring
confidencenumber required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.