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 <!-- ============= 2019 archived news ============= -->
 <a name="2019"></a>
 
+<a name="062519"></a>
+<h2> Jun. 25, 2019 &nbsp;&nbsp; JSON API now available</h2>
+
+<p>
+The UCSC Genome Browser is pleased to announce its new <a href="help/api.html" 
+target="_blank">JSON API</a>. The API provides direct access to different 
+data including annotations and sequence data for both native Genome Browser assemblies as 
+well as hubs.</p>
+
+<p>
+Some functions possible with the API include:
+<ul>
+  <li>List of all available UCSC Genome Browser assemblies</li>
+  <li>List of chromosomes contained in a UCSC Genome Browser assembly or assembly hub</li>
+  <li>List of all data tracks in a specific assembly</li>
+  <li>Extraction of any track data from a UCSC Genome Browser assembly or hub</li>
+</ul></p>
+
+<p>
+See our <a href="help/api.html#Return" target="_blank">help page</a> for 
+a complete list of what data can be accessed, as well as as 
+<a href="help/api.html#list_examples" 
+target="_blank">examples of how to access the data</a>.</p>
+
+<p>
+The UCSC Genome Browser would like to thank Hiram Clawson and Lou Nassar for the development and 
+testing of this new feature.</p>
+
 <a name="062019"></a>
 <h2> Jun. 20, 2019 &nbsp;&nbsp; New GDC Cancer variants track and lollipop display for human
 (GRCh38/hg38)</h2>
 <p>
 We are pleased to announce the
 <a href="../cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg38&position=chr1%3A11102837-11267747&g=gdcCancer" target="_blank">
 GDC Cancer mutations</a> track for human (<em>GRCh38/hg38</em>). This
 track shows the genomic positions of somatic variants found through whole genome sequencing of
 tumors as part of
 <a href="https://www.cancer.gov/about-nci/organization/ccg/research/structural-genomics/tcga"
 target="_blank">The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)</a> by the National Cancer Institute, made available
 through the <a href="https://portal.gdc.cancer.gov/" taret="_blank">Genomic Data Commons Portal</a>.
 The data shown is sometimes called the &quot;Pan-Cancer dataset&quot;, a collection of
 thirty-three TCGA projects processed in a uniform way.
 </p>