Ensembl REST ping
healthy
- Publisher
- EMBL-EBI (Ensembl)
- Human landing
- https://rest.ensembl.org/
- Artifact URL
https://rest.ensembl.org/info/ping?content-type=application/json
- Auth
- none recorded
- Rate limit
- Ensembl REST asks clients to use a descriptive User-Agent and to keep request volume reasonable. This row is the ping endpoint, not a genomic bulk download.
Evidence
Publisher identity: EMBL-EBI (Ensembl) Artifact relationship: official domain Automated access: plain GET succeeded Integrity hash: 64877f16df2e… Parseability: valid Effects: read Licensing: Ensembl data as published; genomes stay link-only. Freshness: Sep 17, 2026, 7:11 PM PDT
Notes
Returns {"ping":1}. A stable document, so the checker hashes the body.
Tasks this artifact can answer
- check that Ensembl REST is reachable
- fetch the Ensembl REST ping JSON without downloading genomes
Change history
- healthy · HTTP 200
- healthy · HTTP 200
- healthy · HTTP 200