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This service returns part or all of the so-called feature table ; which aggregates the most important findings across ALL pipelines in the GDAC Firehose analysis workflow into a single table for simple access. One feature table is created per disease cohort. Results may be filtered
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/FeatureTable?date=2026-06-02&page=1&cohort=example&column=example&format=tsv&page_size=10"
import requests
params = {
"date": "2026-06-02",
"page": "1",
"cohort": "example",
"column": "example",
"format": "tsv",
"page_size": "10"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/FeatureTable",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/FeatureTable');
url.searchParams.set('date', '2026-06-02');
url.searchParams.set('page', '1');
url.searchParams.set('cohort', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('column', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('format', 'tsv');
url.searchParams.set('page_size', '10');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/FeatureTable")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("date", "2026-06-02")
q.Set("page", "1")
q.Set("cohort", "example")
q.Set("column", "example")
q.Set("format", "tsv")
q.Set("page_size", "10")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/FeatureTable")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"date" => "2026-06-02",
"page" => "1",
"cohort" => "example",
"column" => "example",
"format" => "tsv",
"page_size" => "10"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/FeatureTable?" . http_build_query([
"date" => "2026-06-02",
"page" => "1",
"cohort" => "example",
"column" => "example",
"format" => "tsv",
"page_size" => "10"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));This service returns URLs to the analysis result reports for runs of the Broad Institute GDAC Firehose analysis pipeline. At least one year of run reports are maintained in the database, but the reports from the latest run will be returned by default. The set of <a href="https://confluence.broadinst
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/Reports?date=2026-06-02&name=test&page=1&type=json&cohort=example&format=json&sort_by=date&page_size=10"
import requests
params = {
"date": "2026-06-02",
"name": "test",
"page": "1",
"type": "json",
"cohort": "example",
"format": "json",
"sort_by": "date",
"page_size": "10"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/Reports",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/Reports');
url.searchParams.set('date', '2026-06-02');
url.searchParams.set('name', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('page', '1');
url.searchParams.set('type', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('cohort', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('format', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('sort_by', 'date');
url.searchParams.set('page_size', '10');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/Reports")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("date", "2026-06-02")
q.Set("name", "test")
q.Set("page", "1")
q.Set("type", "json")
q.Set("cohort", "example")
q.Set("format", "json")
q.Set("sort_by", "date")
q.Set("page_size", "10")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/Reports")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"date" => "2026-06-02",
"name" => "test",
"page" => "1",
"type" => "json",
"cohort" => "example",
"format" => "json",
"sort_by" => "date",
"page_size" => "10"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Analyses/Reports?" . http_build_query([
"date" => "2026-06-02",
"name" => "test",
"page" => "1",
"type" => "json",
"cohort" => "example",
"format" => "json",
"sort_by" => "date",
"page_size" => "10"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));This service returns the archive URLs for our Firehose standard data runs, providing a RESTful interface similar in spirit to the command line firehose_get tool. The archives can be filtered based on date, cohort, data type, p
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Archives/StandardData?date=2026-06-02&page=1&tool=example&level=example¢er=example&cohort=example&format=json&sort_by=cohort&platform=example&protocol=example&data_type=example&page_size=10"
import requests
params = {
"date": "2026-06-02",
"page": "1",
"tool": "example",
"level": "example",
"center": "example",
"cohort": "example",
"format": "json",
"sort_by": "cohort",
"platform": "example",
"protocol": "example",
"data_type": "example",
"page_size": "10"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Archives/StandardData",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Archives/StandardData');
url.searchParams.set('date', '2026-06-02');
url.searchParams.set('page', '1');
url.searchParams.set('tool', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('level', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('center', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('cohort', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('format', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('sort_by', 'cohort');
url.searchParams.set('platform', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('protocol', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('data_type', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('page_size', '10');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Archives/StandardData")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("date", "2026-06-02")
q.Set("page", "1")
q.Set("tool", "example")
q.Set("level", "example")
q.Set("center", "example")
q.Set("cohort", "example")
q.Set("format", "json")
q.Set("sort_by", "cohort")
q.Set("platform", "example")
q.Set("protocol", "example")
q.Set("data_type", "example")
q.Set("page_size", "10")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Archives/StandardData")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"date" => "2026-06-02",
"page" => "1",
"tool" => "example",
"level" => "example",
"center" => "example",
"cohort" => "example",
"format" => "json",
"sort_by" => "cohort",
"platform" => "example",
"protocol" => "example",
"data_type" => "example",
"page_size" => "10"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/firebrowse.org/1.1.38/Archives/StandardData?" . http_build_query([
"date" => "2026-06-02",
"page" => "1",
"tool" => "example",
"level" => "example",
"center" => "example",
"cohort" => "example",
"format" => "json",
"sort_by" => "cohort",
"platform" => "example",
"protocol" => "example",
"data_type" => "example",
"page_size" => "10"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Postman Setup Guide
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- enriching your app with third-party datasets
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- powering research, analysis, and reporting tools
- syncing reference data into your own systems
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