# OPTIMADE API

**Provider:** OPTIMADE
**Category:** developer
**Base URL:** `http://optimade.local`
**Auth:** none — `# No auth required`
**Rate Limit:** See documentation
**Free Tier:** Yes — available
**Pricing:** Enterprise / contact sales (subscription)
**Docs:** http://optimade.local

## Description

The Open Databases Integration for Materials Design (OPTIMADE) consortium aims to make materials databases interoperational by developing a common REST API.

This specification is generated using [optimade-python-tools](https://github.com/Materials-Consortia/optimade-p

## Endpoints

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| GET | `http://optimade.local/info` | Get Info |
| GET | `http://optimade.local/info/{entry}` | Get Entry Info |
| GET | `http://optimade.local/links` | Get Links |
| GET | `http://optimade.local/references` | Get References |
| GET | `http://optimade.local/references/{entry_id}` | Get Single Reference |
| GET | `http://optimade.local/structures` | Get Structures |
| GET | `http://optimade.local/structures/{entry_id}` | Get Single Structure |
| GET | `http://optimade.local/versions` | Get Versions |

## Authentication

No authentication required

```
# No auth required
```

## Sample Request

```bash
curl -X GET 'http://optimade.local/info' \
  -H '# No auth required'
```

## Sample Response

```json
{}
```

## Pricing Details

Free — open public API, no authentication required.

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*Source: [API Map](https://apimap.dev/apis/optimade/) — CC BY 4.0*