Get all variants in CIViC for a specific entrez symbol

get_variants_for_gene.py

import requests

entrez_symbol = 'BRAF'

gene_url = 'https://civicdb.org/api/genes/{}?identifier_type=entrez_symbol'.format(entrez_symbol)
gene_response = requests.get(gene_url)
gene_body = gene_response.json()

variant_details = []

variants_with_evidence = [variant for variant in gene_body['variants'] if variant['evidence_items']['accepted_count'] > 0]

for variant in variants_with_evidence:
    variant_detail_url = 'https://civicdb.org/api/variants/{}'.format(variant['id'])
    variant_detail_response = requests.get(variant_detail_url)
    variant_detail_body = variant_detail_response.json()
    variant_details.append(variant_detail_body)

print('Retrieved {} variants for gene {}, the last of which is named {}.'
      .format(len(variant_details), entrez_symbol, variant_details[-1]['name']))