Let’s use the MyGene.info API with the Tabulator JavaScript library by Oli Folkerd to create a simple web page for making tidy tables with information about genes. See how it works below, download the code, and try it yourself.

🐎 In action

Here is an animation that shows what this code can do:

⚡ Try it

Try pasting a list of gene ids at quickgene.net

After you click “Search”, we use the MyGene.info service or Ensembl API to guess the Entrez IDs or Ensembl IDs that match your query.

💾 Download the code

Download the code and try it out yourself:

• genes.html

Tip: Open the HTML file in your favorite web browser.