IDR Search Images
Search the Image Data Resource (IDR) for individual images across ALL published studies at once by curated metadata, using the IDR searchengine (Elasticsearch-backed). This is the cross-study entry point that the project-tree tools (IDR_list_studies / IDR_list_dataset_images) cannot provide. Filter by a metadata key (e.g. 'Gene Symbol', 'Organism', 'Compound Name', 'Cell Line', 'Phenotype', 'Antibody Name'; use IDR_list_metadata_keys to see all keys) and a value (e.g. Gene Symbol = 'TP53'). Eac…
Overview
Search the Image Data Resource (IDR) for individual images across ALL published studies at once by curated metadata, using the IDR searchengine (Elasticsearch-backed). This is the cross-study entry point that the project-tree tools (IDR_list_studies / IDR_list_dataset_images) cannot provide. Filter by a metadata key (e.g. 'Gene Symbol', 'Organism', 'Compound Name', 'Cell Line', 'Phenotype', 'Antibody Name'; use IDR_list_metadata_keys to see all keys) and a value (e.g. Gene Symbol = 'TP53'). Each returned image includes its IDR image ID, a webclient URL, and its flattened key/value metadata pairs (gene, cell line, organism, antibody, etc.). Use operator='contains' for substring matching. Note: value matching is case-sensitive on the stored form regardless of case_sensitive (e.g. organism must be 'Homo sapiens', not 'homo sapiens'); call IDR_list_values_for_key to get the exact stored values, which are reported lower-cased there but matched with their original capitalization in search. Example: key='Gene Symbol', value='TP53' returns thousands of images annotated with the TP53 gene.
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
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Examples (1)
Default IDR Search Images call
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Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_IDR_search_images
- Tool name
- IDR_search_images
- Added
- 2026-07-29 18:13Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse