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FourDN Get Experiment Metadata

Get metadata for 4DN experiments including experimental design, biosource information, protocol details, and associated files. Returns experiment type (Hi-C variants, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq), cell type, processing status, and list of output files. Prerequisites: Requires experiment accession - obtain by using FourDN_search_data with item_type='Experiment'. Use for: understanding experimental context, finding all files from experiment, checking data provenance.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 95msCortexa

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Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "experiment_accession": {
      "description": "4DN experiment accession (e.g., '4DNEXHVF8WA9'). Obtain by searching with FourDN_search_data (item_type='Experiment').",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "include_full_metadata": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Include complete API response in 'metadata' field (default: false). Set to true only if you need all raw fields. Omitting this reduces response size significantly.",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "operation": {
      "default": "get_experiment_metadata",
      "enum": [
        "get_experiment_metadata"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "operation",
    "experiment_accession"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default FourDN Get Experiment Metadata call

public-safeinput

{
  "experiment_accession": "P38398",
  "include_full_metadata": false,
  "operation": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_FourDN_get_experiment_metadata
Tool name: FourDN_get_experiment_metadata
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

FourDN Get Experiment Metadata

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 95msCortexa

Schema

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

{ "properties": { "experiment_accession": { "description": "4DN experiment accession (e.g., '4DNEXHVF8WA9'). Obtain by searching with FourDN_search_data (item_type='Experiment').", "type": "string" }, "include_full_metadata": { "default": false, "description": "Include complete API response in 'metadata' field (default: false). Set to true only if you need all raw fields. Omitting this reduces response size significantly.", "type": "boolean" }, "operation": { "default": "get_experiment_metadata", "enum": [ "get_experiment_metadata" ], "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "operation", "experiment_accession" ], "type": "object" }