1Stores, processes, explores and shares genomic data. This API implements 2the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) v0.5.1 API as well as 3several extensions. 4 5The Google Genomics API supports access via both 6[JSON/REST](https://cloud.google.com/genomics/reference/rest) and 7[gRPC](https://cloud.google.com/genomics/reference/rpc). JSON/REST is more 8broadly available and is easier for getting started with Google Genomics; it 9works well for small metadata resources (datasets, variant sets, read group 10sets) and for browsing small genomic regions for datasets of any size. For 11performant bulk data access (reads and variants), use gRPC. 12 13See also an [overview of genomic resources](https://cloud.google.com/genomics/v1/users-guide) 14and an overview of [Genomics on Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/genomics/overview).