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Ols Get Term Ancestors

Get ancestor terms of a specific term in an ontology. Use `term_id` with CURIE format (e.g., 'HP:0001928') — the ontology is auto-inferred from the prefix. Or supply `term_iri` + `ontology` explicitly.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 119msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 119ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "include_obsolete": {
      "default": false,
      "description": "Include obsolete terms (default: false)",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "ontology": {
      "description": "Ontology ID (e.g., 'hp', 'go', 'efo'). Auto-inferred from term_id prefix when not supplied.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "operation": {
      "const": "get_term_ancestors",
      "description": "The operation to perform (get_term_ancestors)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "size": {
      "default": 20,
      "description": "Number of results to return (default: 20)",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "term_id": {
      "description": "Short-form CURIE (e.g., 'HP:0001928', 'GO:0008150'). Ontology is auto-inferred from prefix.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "term_iri": {
      "description": "The full IRI of the term (e.g., http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000408)",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Ols Get Term Ancestors call

public-safeinput

{
  "include_obsolete": false,
  "size": 1
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_ols_get_term_ancestors
Tool name: ols_get_term_ancestors
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

Schema

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

{ "properties": { "include_obsolete": { "default": false, "description": "Include obsolete terms (default: false)", "type": "boolean" }, "ontology": { "description": "Ontology ID (e.g., 'hp', 'go', 'efo'). Auto-inferred from term_id prefix when not supplied.", "type": "string" }, "operation": { "const": "get_term_ancestors", "description": "The operation to perform (get_term_ancestors)", "type": "string" }, "size": { "default": 20, "description": "Number of results to return (default: 20)", "type": "integer" }, "term_id": { "description": "Short-form CURIE (e.g., 'HP:0001928', 'GO:0008150'). Ontology is auto-inferred from prefix.", "type": "string" }, "term_iri": { "description": "The full IRI of the term (e.g., http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000408)", "type": "string" } }, "required": [], "type": "object" }