Reference Servers will consists of two GET APIs.

  • GET Sequence by ID /sequence/:id
  • GET Metadata by ID /sequence/:id/metadata
  • GET Service info /sequence/service-info

Detailed specifications regarding these APIs are covered in the doc, available here

Important points :

  • Servers MAY or MAY NOT support circular sequences
  • Servers MUST implement MD5 while other algorithms are optional
  • Server MAY support a 302 Found and Location header redirecting the client to retrieve sequence data from an alternative location.