NCBIDatasets Get Genome Assembly

Get genome assembly metadata for an assembly accession (RefSeq GCF_ or GenBank GCA_) from the NCBI Datasets v2 API. Returns organism/strain, assembly name/level/status, RefSeq category (e.g. reference genome), release date, submitter, BioProject, and assembly statistics (total length, chromosome count, contig/scaffold N50, GC%, annotation provider). Use to characterize a specific genome assembly across any organism (bacteria, fungi, plant, animal). No API key required.