1*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerStores, processes, explores and shares genomic data. This API implements 2*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerthe Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) v0.5.1 API as well as 3*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerseveral extensions. 4*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 5*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerThe Google Genomics API supports access via both 6*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker[JSON/REST](https://cloud.google.com/genomics/reference/rest) and 7*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker[gRPC](https://cloud.google.com/genomics/reference/rpc). JSON/REST is more 8*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerbroadly available and is easier for getting started with Google Genomics; it 9*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerworks well for small metadata resources (datasets, variant sets, read group 10*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard Workersets) and for browsing small genomic regions for datasets of any size. For 11*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerperformant bulk data access (reads and variants), use gRPC. 12*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker 13*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerSee also an [overview of genomic resources](https://cloud.google.com/genomics/v1/users-guide) 14*d5c09012SAndroid Build Coastguard Workerand an overview of [Genomics on Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/genomics/overview).