Cortexa research tool·drug discovery·dgidb

DGIdb Get Drug Info

Get basic drug metadata from DGIdb by drug name. Returns drug name, concept ID, and approval status. To get drug-gene interactions, use DGIdb_get_drug_gene_interactions instead.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 89msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 89ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "drugs": {
      "description": "Drug name(s) to look up. Accepts a single name or a list.",
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "description": "Single drug name (e.g., \"imatinib\").",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "description": "List of drug names (e.g., [\"imatinib\", \"erlotinib\"]).",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "type": "array"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "drugs"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default DGIdb Get Drug Info call

public-safeinput

{}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_DGIdb_get_drug_info
Tool name: DGIdb_get_drug_info
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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