Overview

This guide details how to register samples interactively in BioSamples through a web browser without having to go through the technical challenges of using an API. If you would like to create a process for syncing samples programmatically, refer to the BioSamples JSON API.

Requirements

You will need a WEBIN submission account to proceed with this route. Please refer to ‘Registering a WEBIN Submission Account’ for more information.

Portals

There are two BioSamples portals: one for test registrations and another for production (real) registrations. We advise that you trial your submission using the BioSamples test service before submitting to the production service.

• Test service URL: https://wwwdev.ebi.ac.uk/biosamples/submit

• Production service URL: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biosamples/submit

Broadly, interactive sample registration involves completing a tsv template spreadsheet with the necessary metadata, validating, and submitting the spreadsheet to the BioSamples online web browser. In the next section we break this down into individual steps.