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MedlinePlus Search Topics By Keyword

Search for relevant information in MedlinePlus Web Service by keyword across health topics or other sub-libraries (such as drugs, genetics, etc.).

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 126msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 126ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "db": {
      "description": "Specify the database to search, e.g., healthTopics (English health topics), healthTopicsSpanish (Spanish health topics), drugs (English drugs), etc.",
      "enum": [
        "healthTopics",
        "healthTopicsSpanish",
        "drugs",
        "drugsSpanish",
        "genetics",
        "medicalTests",
        "medicalEncyclopedia"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "rettype": {
      "default": "topic",
      "description": "Result return format, options: brief (concise information, default), topic (detailed XML record), all (includes all available information).",
      "enum": [
        "brief",
        "topic",
        "all"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "term": {
      "description": "Search keyword, e.g., \"diabetes\", needs to be URL encoded before passing.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "term",
    "db"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default MedlinePlus Search Topics By Keyword call

public-safeinput

{
  "db": "",
  "term": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_MedlinePlus_search_topics_by_keyword
Tool name: MedlinePlus_search_topics_by_keyword
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

Schema

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

{ "properties": { "db": { "description": "Specify the database to search, e.g., healthTopics (English health topics), healthTopicsSpanish (Spanish health topics), drugs (English drugs), etc.", "enum": [ "healthTopics", "healthTopicsSpanish", "drugs", "drugsSpanish", "genetics", "medicalTests", "medicalEncyclopedia" ], "type": "string" }, "rettype": { "default": "topic", "description": "Result return format, options: brief (concise information, default), topic (detailed XML record), all (includes all available information).", "enum": [ "brief", "topic", "all" ], "type": "string" }, "term": { "description": "Search keyword, e.g., \"diabetes\", needs to be URL encoded before passing.", "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "term", "db" ], "type": "object" }