Research & Grey LiteratureDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

NCI Thesaurus EVS REST API

NCI Thesaurus concepts and related terminologies, via a keyless REST API

Freeauth: noneCC-BY-4.0✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree keyless REST API.
Sign-up?: None neededCall it straight away
Commercial use?: YesCC-BY-4.0, with credit

The fine print

License note: CC-BY-4.0: the Terms of Use release the NCI Thesaurus under CC BY 4.0 and point to the versioned legal code. The name NCI Thesaurus is a trademark. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Required by CC BY 4.0: credit NCI EVS.

Open api-evsrest.nci.nih.gov

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// Overview

NCI Thesaurus EVS REST API

The US National Cancer Institute's Enterprise Vocabulary Services (EVS) offers a keyless REST API for the NCI Thesaurus: concept lookup, search and related terminology services, as JSON.

Coverage

NCI Thesaurus concepts and related terminologies, via a keyless REST API.

Good for

#research-grey-literature#health#cancer#vocabularies#api#government

Verdict

A biomedical vocabulary source for cancer and clinical research coding, alongside nlm-mesh-rdf-api. Licence: CC-BY-4.0: the Terms of Use say "The NCI Thesaurus™ is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0)." and "Please see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode for the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license." The API's OpenAPI document links the same Terms of Use. The name NCI Thesaurus is a trademark. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

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Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free keyless REST API.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	CC-BY-4.0
License note	CC-BY-4.0: the Terms of Use release the NCI Thesaurus under CC BY 4.0 and point to the versioned legal code. The name NCI Thesaurus is a trademark. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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// Full record · catalog.json

name: NCI Thesaurus EVS REST API
slug: nci-thesaurus-evs-api
category: Research & Grey Literature
domain: Research & Grey Literature
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/nci-thesaurus-evs-api
providerUrl: https://api-evsrest.nci.nih.gov/v3/api-docs
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free keyless REST API.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://api-evsrest.nci.nih.gov/v3/api-docs
coverage: NCI Thesaurus concepts and related terminologies, via a keyless REST API.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://api-evsrest.nci.nih.gov/v3/api-docs
https://api-evsrest.nci.nih.gov/api/v1/concept/ncit/C3224
https://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NCI_Thesaurus/ThesaurusTermsofUse.htm
tasks: research-grey-literature
health
cancer
vocabularies
api
government
license: CC-BY-4.0
licenseUrl: https://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NCI_Thesaurus/ThesaurusTermsofUse.htm
licenseNote: CC-BY-4.0: the Terms of Use release the NCI Thesaurus under CC BY 4.0 and point to the versioned legal code. The name NCI Thesaurus is a trademark. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Required by CC BY 4.0: credit NCI EVS.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "nci-thesaurus-evs-api"
    }
  }
}

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