EncoMPASS

Encompass Web Service APIs

If, instead of browsing the database through the Advanced Search option, you would like to query the EncoMPASS dataset in your automated workflow, we provide an API service. The service returns JSON formatted results.

The base URL for the API is:

To retrieve all data for a structure:
• for whole structures: /pdbs?search=pdbid:1a0s or /pdbs?search=pdbid:1a0s,4ycr,1jv6
• for chains: /chainpdbs?search=chainpdbid:1a0s_P or /chainpdbs?search=chainpdbid:1a0s_P,4ycr_B,1jv6_A

To list all PDB codes:
This request returns a large dataset so it might take a few minutes to load. The response will include the basic protein structure information for each PDB code in the current version of the database.
• for whole structures: /pdbs
• for chains: /chainpdbs

To retrieve the entire database:
This request returns a large dataset so it might take a few minutes to load.
• or whole structures: /downloadPdbData

Additional options:
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