Materials Project API

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Service documentation

Learn how to interact with Materials Project API using the Ouro SDK or REST API.

API access requires an API key. Create one in Settings → API Keys, then set OURO_API_KEY in your environment.

Retrieve service

Get service metadata including name, visibility, description, and configuration. You can retrieve by service ID or identifier.

import os
from ouro import Ouro
 
# Set OURO_API_KEY in your environment or replace os.environ.get("OURO_API_KEY")
ouro = Ouro(api_key=os.environ.get("OURO_API_KEY"))
 
# Option 1: Retrieve by service ID
service_id = "88db1738-3daa-4d5c-a78c-c34493f421d4"
service = ouro.services.retrieve(service_id)
 
# Option 2: Retrieve by service identifier (username/service-name)
service_identifier = "mmoderwell/materials-project-api"
service = ouro.services.retrieve(service_identifier)
 
print(service.name, service.visibility)
print(service.metadata)

Read spec

Retrieve the OpenAPI specification for this service to understand available endpoints and their parameters.

Download OpenAPI spec

# Retrieve the service
service = ouro.services.retrieve("mmoderwell/materials-project-api")
 
# Read the OpenAPI spec
spec = ouro.services.read_spec(service.id)
print(spec.get("openapi"))
print(spec.get("info"))

Read routes

Get all routes for this service and use them programmatically.

# Retrieve the service
service = ouro.services.retrieve("mmoderwell/materials-project-api")
 
# Get all routes for this service
routes = ouro.services.read_routes(service.id)
 
for route in routes:
    print(f"{route.route.method} {route.route.path}")
    print(f"  Summary: {route.route.summary}")