STRING-DB

live BioNetworks

STRING — protein-protein interaction networks across ~12k organisms. Keyless.

5 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

resolve required: identifiers

Map identifiers → STRING ids.

Parameters
Name Type Description
identifiers req array —
species opt number —
limit opt number —
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interactions required: identifiers

Interaction partners.

Parameters
Name Type Description
identifiers req array —
species opt number —
required_score opt number —
limit opt number —
network_type opt string —
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network required: identifiers

Network for a gene set.

Parameters
Name Type Description
identifiers req array —
species opt number —
required_score opt number —
network_type opt string —
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enrichment required: identifiers

Functional enrichment.

Parameters
Name Type Description
identifiers req array —
species opt number —
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homology required: identifiers

Homology mappings.

Parameters
Name Type Description
identifiers req array —
species opt number —
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/string-db/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/string-db/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"resolve","arguments":{"identifiers": "example"}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("resolve", {"identifiers":"example"});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("string — protein-protein interaction networks across ~12k organisms");