# Provenance stamped 2026-10-07 (roadmap#943): written by an API Evangelist sweep (undated — the file carries no date and git cannot supply one), not
# harvested from the provider. `method: generated` so the economics campaign may replace it with a
# dated, verbatim transcription; every figure below is unverified until it does.
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name: NCBI BLAST URL API Plans
description: >
  The NCBI BLAST URL API is free to use with no API key required. Responsible
  use guidelines apply; automated large-scale submissions should be throttled
  appropriately to avoid overloading NCBI servers.
provider: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
url: https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/doc/blast-help/developerinfo.html

plans:

  - name: Public (Free)
    description: >
      Open, unauthenticated access for submitting BLAST search requests,
      polling job status, and retrieving results in XML, JSON, tabular, or
      HTML formats. NCBI requests that automated clients include a meaningful
      email address in requests and avoid submitting excessive concurrent jobs.
    free: true
    features:
      - HTTPS job submission (Put request)
      - Asynchronous job status polling (Get request)
      - Result retrieval in XML, JSON, tabular, and HTML formats
      - Cloud-based processing option
      - All BLAST program variants (blastn, blastp, blastx, tblastn, tblastx)
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  generated: '2026-10-08'
  vocabulary: all/0-working/economics/plans-canonical.yml
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  - name: Anonymous (No API Key)
    access: other
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  - name: Registered API Key
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