You can access the NCBI Gene Records Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "query": "BRCA1[gene] AND human[organism]",
12    "maxResults": 3
13};
14
15// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
16const run = await client.actor("benthepythondev/ncbi-gene-records-scraper").call(input);
17
18// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
19console.log('Results from dataset');
20console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
21const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
22items.forEach((item) => {
23    console.dir(item);
24});
25
26// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

NCBI Gene Records Scraper API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use NCBI Gene Records Scraper API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

NCBI Gene Records Scraper API in Python

NCBI Gene Records Scraper API through CLI

NCBI Gene Records Scraper OpenAPI definition

NCBI Gene Records Scraper API

NCBI Gene Database Scraper

parseforge/ncbi-eutils-gene-scraper

Query NCBI Gene through Entrez syntax such as BRCA1[gene] AND human[orgn]. Returns gene symbol, description, organism, chromosome, map location, summary, aliases, and designations. Useful for genomics pipelines, target discovery, and clinical research across model organisms.

ParseForge

NCBI EUtils Gene Summary Scraper

parseforge/ncbi-eutils-gene-summary-scraper

Pull gene summaries from NCBI EUtils by Gene UID, returning official symbol, full name, aliases, organism, chromosome, map location, and description. Useful for annotating variant lists, building gene knowledge panels, and enriching bioinformatics dashboards with canonical NCBI metadata.

ParseForge

NCBI Gene Lookup — Genomics API for Pharma R&D

azureblue/ncbi-gene-scraper

Search NCBI Gene via E-utilities. Returns gene symbol, full name, chromosome location, map locus, aliases, OMIM ID, organism and functional summary.

azureblue

NCBI Bio Datasets

flamelit_arowana/ncbi-bio-datasets

Query NCBI databases (PubMed, Gene, Protein, SNPs) via the E-utilities API. Search biomedical literature, gene sequences, protein data, and genetic variants — no API key required.

Kevin Grossi

HGNC Gene Symbols Scraper

parseforge/hgnc-gene-symbols-scraper

Query the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee database for approved human gene symbols, names, aliases, chromosomal location, gene family, RefSeq, Ensembl, OMIM, UniProt, and external links. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel for bioinformatics, genomics research, and pharmaceutical pipelines.

ParseForge

Ensembl Gene Lookup Scraper

parseforge/ensembl-gene-lookup-scraper

Resolve human gene symbols against the Ensembl REST API to fetch stable gene identifiers, chromosome location, strand, biotype, and description. Useful for variant annotation, RNA seq pipelines, and gene set enrichment workflows that need clean Ensembl mappings from a list of HGNC symbols.

ParseForge

NCBI Clinvar Variants Scraper

benthepythondev/ncbi-clinvar-variants-scraper

Collect NCBI ClinVar records and export clinvar id, query, source, scraped at as structured JSON, CSV or Excel data.

Ben

NCBI ClinVar Variant Scraper

parseforge/clinvar-esummary-scraper

Query NCBI ClinVar for human genetic variants tied to disease. Search by gene symbol, variant ID, or clinical significance and pull variation IDs, gene info, molecular consequence, clinical assertions, and review status. Useful for clinical genomics, variant curation, and research.

ParseForge

NCBI dbSNP Variant Scraper

parseforge/dbsnp-esummary-scraper

Search NCBI dbSNP for short genetic variants by gene symbol or rs ID. Returns rs accession, chromosome position, allele info, gene context, and global minor allele frequencies. Useful for GWAS pipelines, variant annotation, population genetics, and pharmacogenomics work.

ParseForge