Differences between new and legacy API
Comparison between the old (legacy) and new Materials Project (MP) APIs.
A summary of differences between the new and legacy API can be found in the table below. For more detailed information on differences regarding the Python API client, please see the Legacy API Users section.
New API | Legacy API | |
|---|---|---|
Currently recommended for | Early adopters | Everyone else |
Base URL | api.materialsproject.org | materialsproject.org/rest/v2 |
Documentation | ||
Specification | None available | |
Support | Our new API will be supported for the forseeable future once released | Will be available for at least one year after new API is finalized |
Data Updates | Will receive new data updates included latest and most accurate data | Will be frozen at database release v2021.03.13 |
API Key | ||
Python client installation | pip install mp-api (may be available in pymatgen at a later date) | pip install pymatgen |
Python client import code | from mp_api.client import MPRester | from pymatgen.ext.matproj import MPRester |
MPContribs integration for user contributed data | Yes | No |