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[ search · endpoint ]Search API · Health

Public Health & Pharmacovigilance Search API

Query WHO global health statistics, NIH research grants, and openFDA drug adverse-event reports from one endpoint. Pre-shaped JSON for AI-driven public-health research, grant discovery, and pharmacovigilance.

●30 credits / call●60 req / minPOST /api/search/health
[ 01 · live ]

Try Health Data Search Live

Enter your API key and run a real query against the live endpoint.

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[ 02 · integrate ]

Integration guide

Copy a snippet, replace your API key, run. Works in any HTTP client — examples below in cURL, JavaScript, and Python.

spec
POST/api/search/health
base
https://www.apipick.com

Semantic search across WHO health data, NIH grants, and openFDA drug events. Returns ranked records with source URLs ready for downstream LLMs.

parameters
querystringrequired

Natural-language search query

max_num_resultsintegeroptional

1–5, default 5

relevance_thresholdnumberoptional

0.0–1.0 quality filter

country_codestringoptional

ISO country code (e.g. US, GB)

start_datestringoptional

ISO date YYYY-MM-DD

end_datestringoptional

ISO date YYYY-MM-DD

curl -X POST "https://www.apipick.com/api/search/health" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "query": "WHO global tuberculosis statistics",
  "max_num_results": 5,
  "country_code": "US",
  "start_date": "2026-01-01"
}'
● 200 · response
{
  "query": "WHO global tuberculosis statistics",
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "Example result",
      "url": "https://example.com/article",
      "snippet": "Short excerpt of the page content…",
      "source_type": "web",
      "published_at": "2026-04-15",
      "score": 0.92
    }
  ],
  "result_count": 1,
  "credits_used": 30,
  "remaining_credits": 99
}
[ 03 · limits ]

Rate limits

Throttling is per API key, sliding 60-second window. Hit the limit and you get a clean 429 with a Retry-After header.

request rate

60req/min

Per API key, per endpoint. Sliding 60-second window.

concurrency

3concurrent

Max simultaneous in-flight requests per API key.

response headers
X-RateLimit-LimitMaximum requests allowed per minute
X-RateLimit-RemainingRequests remaining in the current window
X-RateLimit-ResetSeconds until the current window resets
Retry-AfterSeconds to wait before retrying (only on 429)
● 429 · too many requests
HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Retry-After: 12
X-RateLimit-Limit: 60
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 0
X-RateLimit-Reset: 12

{
  "error": "rate_limit_exceeded",
  "message": "Rate limit exceeded: 60 requests/minute per API key. Retry after 12s.",
  "retry_after": 12
}
[ faq ]

Frequently Asked Questions

01

Why is this 30 credits per call?

WHO statistics, NIH grant records, and openFDA adverse-event data are aggregated and index-maintained, so the endpoint is priced at 30 credits (≈ $0.03 per call).

02

Which sources are covered?

WHO global health statistics, NIH research funding records, and openFDA drug adverse-event reports. All three are queried in parallel. For clinical trials and drug labels, see the Clinical Search endpoint.

03

Is this medical advice?

No. The API surfaces public health databases for research and software workflows. Output is not medical advice and must not be used for clinical decision-making without a qualified human in the loop.

04

Date filtering?

Yes. Pass start_date and end_date in YYYY-MM-DD to scope to a specific window.

05

Tool schema for OpenAI / Claude?

GET /api/search/health/tool-schema returns ready-to-paste OpenAI function and Claude tool-use definitions.