Research & Grey LiteratureDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

WikiPathways JSON API

Biological pathways across species, as static JSON files

Freeauth: noneCC0-1.0✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree static JSON files.
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Commercial use?: YesCC0-1.0, with credit

The fine print

License note: The terms page links the Creative Commons CC0 Waiver to the CC0 1.0 legal code. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Not required under CC0; citing WikiPathways is good practice.

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// Overview

WikiPathways JSON API

WikiPathways, a community-curated biological pathway database, publishes static JSON files that list every pathway, organism, gene and ontology tag; they replace its retired web services.

Coverage

Biological pathways across species, as static JSON files.

Good for

#research-grey-literature#biology#pathways#genes#api#open-data

Verdict

A pathway reference for gene-set and enrichment work, alongside reactome-content-service-api. Licence: CC0-1.0: the terms say "WikiPathways content is covered by the Creative Commons CC0 Waiver" and link the CC0 1.0 legal code. The JSON page says "This set of JSON files contain all the information needed to replace the prior, deprecated web services." Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free static JSON files.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	CC0-1.0
License note	The terms page links the Creative Commons CC0 Waiver to the CC0 1.0 legal code. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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// Full record · catalog.json

name: WikiPathways JSON API
slug: wikipathways-json-api
category: Research & Grey Literature
domain: Research & Grey Literature
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/wikipathways-json-api
providerUrl: https://www.wikipathways.org/json/index.html
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free static JSON files.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://www.wikipathways.org/json/index.html
coverage: Biological pathways across species, as static JSON files.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://www.wikipathways.org/json/index.html
https://www.wikipathways.org/json/listPathways.json
https://www.wikipathways.org/terms.html
tasks: research-grey-literature
biology
pathways
genes
api
open-data
license: CC0-1.0
licenseUrl: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
licenseNote: The terms page links the Creative Commons CC0 Waiver to the CC0 1.0 legal code. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Not required under CC0; citing WikiPathways is good practice.

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Request · get_entry

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

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