biotech

Validate a human gene symbol against HGNC

Validate a gene symbol against HGNC. valid is true ONLY for the current approved symbol — a recognized alias or previous symbol returns valid=false WITH status ('alias'/'previous') and the canonical form, so check status, not just the boolean, before concluding a symbol is unknown. Fully local and deterministic: a real dictionary verdict (approved/alias/previous/unknown) scores confidence 1.0; empty input scores 0.0 (nothing to look up). Charges 1 cost_unit.

post/v1/biotech/gene/validate

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/validate
  • 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

symbolstring required

The gene symbol to validate (e.g. 'BRCA1').

include_traceboolean

Response

Successful Response

statusstring
confidencenumber required

Changes

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