Development status

Development of the PDG API is continuing in order to add additional features. See below for what is currently available and what features are still under development and will become available in the future.

Release notes for different versions of the Python API can be found in the CHANGELOG file.

Bug reports and feedback

To provide feedback on the PDG API or to report any bugs:

• For general comments as well as feedback or bugs specific to REST API or database files, please contact api@pdg.lbl.gov.

• For anything related to the Python API, either submit an Issue on github or contact api@pdg.lbl.gov.

Features supported by the current version

• REST API with pdgLive JSON download links

• Python API API package pdg

• PDG database files - see API page on the PDG website for available files

• All of the above tools support access to the data published in the Summary Tables (excluding footnotes), with access both via individual PDG Identifiers and navigation via particles to particle properties, branching fractions, and the corresponding Summary Table values.

Features under development

• Processing of aliases such as \ell and generic decay products in branching fractions

• Improved handling of “indented” decay modes

• Access to data published in the Particle Listings

• Searching of PDG Identifiers and associated data (other than by low-level SQL querying of the data in the SQLite file)

• General improvements of and extensions to existing features

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