KEGG API

	KEGG KEGG2 PATHWAY BRITE MEDICUS

KEGG API (application programming interface) consists of the SOAP/WSDL interface and the REST interface to the KEGG system. It allows customization of KEGG-based analysis, such as for searching and computing biochemical pathways in cellular processes or analyzing the universe of genes in the completely sequenced genomes.

KEGG SOAP

The users can access the KEGG SOAP server by the SOAP technology over the HTTP protocol. The SOAP server also comes with the WSDL, which makes it easy to build a client library for a specific computer language. This enables the users to write their own programs for many different purposes and to automate the procedure of accessing the KEGG SOAP server and retrieving the results.

Document

KEGG API reference manual (in English / Japanese)

WSDL file

KEGG.wsdl

Java class archive

keggapi.jar (for axis-1.4)
Java doc (in English / Japanese)

These files are automatically generated by WSDL2Java. Consult the manual for the instructions to use.

Version

Current version of the KEGG API is v6.2 released on August 17, 2007. (ChangeLog)

KEGG REST

The REST interface is being developed at the kegg.jp server (not the genome.jp server). Currently available URLs are the following:

http://www.kegg.jp/entry/kid
http://www.kegg.jp/pathway/mapid
http://www.kegg.jp/brite/brid

where kid is a KEGG object identifier, mapid is a KEGG pathway map identifer, and brid is a KEGG BRITE file identifier.

Last updated: May 1, 2011