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BioTools Search By Type

Search the ELIXIR Bio.tools registry for bioinformatics resources by tool type. Returns resources of a specific category. Available types: 'Command-line tool', 'Web application', 'Web API', 'Web service', 'Database portal', 'Desktop application', 'Library', 'Plug-in', 'Suite', 'Script', 'Workflow', 'Workbench', 'Ontology', 'Bioinformatics portal'. Use this to find, for example, all database portals or all web APIs for a research domain.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 1459msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 1459ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "format": {
      "default": "json",
      "description": "Response format. Must be 'json'.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "page": {
      "default": 1,
      "description": "Page number (1-based). Default: 1.",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "q": {
      "description": "Optional free-text query to further filter results. Example: 'proteomics' to find only proteomics-related tools of the specified type.",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "size": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Results per page (1-50). Default: 10.",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "toolType": {
      "description": "Bio.tools resource type. Examples: 'Command-line tool', 'Web application', 'Web API', 'Database portal', 'Library', 'Suite', 'Workflow'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "toolType"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default BioTools Search By Type call

public-safeinput

{
  "page": 1,
  "size": 1,
  "toolType": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_BioTools_search_by_type
Tool name: BioTools_search_by_type
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

BioTools Search By Type

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 1459msCortexa

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{ "properties": { "format": { "default": "json", "description": "Response format. Must be 'json'.", "type": "string" }, "page": { "default": 1, "description": "Page number (1-based). Default: 1.", "type": "integer" }, "q": { "description": "Optional free-text query to further filter results. Example: 'proteomics' to find only proteomics-related tools of the specified type.", "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "size": { "default": 10, "description": "Results per page (1-50). Default: 10.", "type": "integer" }, "toolType": { "description": "Bio.tools resource type. Examples: 'Command-line tool', 'Web application', 'Web API', 'Database portal', 'Library', 'Suite', 'Workflow'.", "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "toolType" ], "type": "object" }