Skip to content
GET /v1/search

Search the EM archive

Try it live

10 free calls per day — no sign-up, no API key. Goes through the oanor gateway.

Custom headers (optional)
api.oanor.com/emdb-api

It works. Grab an API key and use it in your project.

Get an API key

Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/emdb-api/v1/search" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/emdb-api/v1/search", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/emdb-api/v1/search");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/emdb-api/v1/search",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "count": 10,
        "query": "ribosome",
        "entries": [
            {
                "title": "Manikomycin bound to the Escherichia coli 70S ribosome",
                "method": "singleParticle",
                "emdb_id": "EMD-54009",
                "resolution_angstrom": 2.45
            },
            {
                "title": "Cryo-EM structure of P. urativorans 70S ribosome after 2h acute stress - State 1: Rotated with E-tRNA/P-tRNA",
                "method": "singleParticle",
                "emdb_id": "EMD-57867",
                "resolution_angstrom": 3.08
            },
            {
                "title": "Cryo-EM structure of P. urativorans 70S ribosome after 2h acute stress - State 4: E-tRNA/RaiA/Balon",
                "method": "singleParticle",
                "emdb_id": "EMD-57870",
                "resolution_angstrom": 2.59
            },
            {
                "title": "E. coli 70S ribosome with peptidyl-tRNA, mRNA and Hsp15",
                "method": "singleParticle",
                "emdb_id": "EMD-57974",
                "resolution_angstrom": 2.78
            },
            {
                "title": "E. coli 70S ribosome with peptidyl-tRNA and Hsp15",
                "method": "singleParticle",
                "emdb_id": "EMD-57975",
                "resolution_angstrom": 2.92
            },
            {
                "title": "EMCV IRES captured on mammalian 40S with initiator tRNA",
                "method": "singleParticle",
                "emdb_id": "EMD-64644",
                "resolution_angstrom": 4.6
            },
            {
                "title": "EMCV IRES captured on mammalian 40S ribosome with initiator tRNA and eIF2",
                "method": "singleParticle",
                "emdb_id": "EMD-64645",
                "resolution_angstrom": 5.01
            },
            {
                "title": "40S ribosome without initiation factors",
                "method": "singleParticle",
                "emdb_id": "EMD-64646",
                "resolution_angstrom": 4.5
            },
            {
                "title": "70S ribosome containing RpmE2 from Neisseria gonorrhoeae",
                "method": "singleParticle",
                "emdb_id": "EMD-76891",
                "resolution_angstrom": 3.27
            },
            {
                "title": "70S ribosome containing RpmE from Neisseria gonorrhoeae",
                "method": "singleParticle",
                "emdb_id": "EMD-76892",
                "resolution_angstrom": 3.21
            }
        ]
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-01T16:23:19.293Z",
        "request_id": "d55f9c6d-9497-4624-aec5-1dd2d5af91cb"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Entries retrieved",
    "success": true
}