Materials Project · Capability
Materials Project API — Materials XAS
Materials Project API — Materials XAS. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get XASDoc documents. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Materials Project business surface.
What You Can Do
GET
Searchmaterialsxasget
— Get XASDoc documents
/v1/materials/xas
MCP Tools
get-xasdoc-documents
Get XASDoc documents
read-only
idempotent
Capability Spec
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
label: Materials Project API — Materials XAS
description: 'Materials Project API — Materials XAS. 1 operations. Lead operation: Get XASDoc documents. Self-contained
Naftiko capability covering one Materials Project business surface.'
tags:
- Materials Project
- Materials XAS
created: '2026-05-19'
modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
keys:
MATERIALS_PROJECT_API_KEY: MATERIALS_PROJECT_API_KEY
capability:
consumes:
- type: http
namespace: materials-project-materials-xas
baseUri: ''
description: Materials Project API — Materials XAS business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
resources:
- name: materials-xas
path: /materials/xas/
operations:
- name: searchmaterialsxasget
method: GET
description: Get XASDoc documents
outputRawFormat: json
outputParameters:
- name: result
type: object
value: $.
inputParameters:
- name: material_ids
in: query
type: string
description: Comma-separated list of material_id values to query on
- name: formula
in: query
type: string
description: Query by formula including anonymized formula or by including wild cards. A comma delimited string
list of anonymous formulas or regular formulas can also be pr
- name: chemsys
in: query
type: string
description: A comma delimited string list of chemical systems. Wildcards for unknown elements only supported for
single chemsys queries
- name: elements
in: query
type: string
description: Query by elements in the material composition as a comma-separated list
- name: exclude_elements
in: query
type: string
description: Query by excluded elements in the material composition as a comma-separated list
- name: edge
in: query
type: string
- name: spectrum_type
in: query
type: string
- name: absorbing_element
in: query
type: string
- name: spectrum_ids
in: query
type: string
description: Comma-separated list of spectrum_id to query on
- name: _page
in: query
type: integer
description: Page number to request (takes precedent over _limit and _skip).
- name: _per_page
in: query
type: integer
description: Number of entries to show per page (takes precedent over _limit and _skip). Limited to 1000.
- name: _skip
in: query
type: integer
description: Number of entries to skip in the search.
- name: _limit
in: query
type: integer
description: Max number of entries to return in a single query. Limited to 1000.
- name: _fields
in: query
type: string
description: 'Fields to project from XASDoc as a list of comma separated strings. Fields include:
`builder_meta` `nsites` `elements` `nelements` `compositi'
- name: _all_fields
in: query
type: boolean
description: Include all fields.
- name: _sort_fields
in: query
type: string
description: Comma delimited fields to sort with. Prefixing '-' to a field will force a sort in descending order.
authentication:
type: apikey
key: X-API-KEY
value: '{{env.MATERIALS_PROJECT_API_KEY}}'
placement: header
exposes:
- type: rest
namespace: materials-project-materials-xas-rest
port: 8080
description: REST adapter for Materials Project API — Materials XAS. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation,
prefixed with /v1.
resources:
- path: /v1/materials/xas
name: materials-xas
description: REST surface for materials-xas.
operations:
- method: GET
name: searchmaterialsxasget
description: Get XASDoc documents
call: materials-project-materials-xas.searchmaterialsxasget
with:
material_ids: rest.material_ids
formula: rest.formula
chemsys: rest.chemsys
elements: rest.elements
exclude_elements: rest.exclude_elements
edge: rest.edge
spectrum_type: rest.spectrum_type
absorbing_element: rest.absorbing_element
spectrum_ids: rest.spectrum_ids
_page: rest._page
_per_page: rest._per_page
_skip: rest._skip
_limit: rest._limit
_fields: rest._fields
_all_fields: rest._all_fields
_sort_fields: rest._sort_fields
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.
- type: mcp
namespace: materials-project-materials-xas-mcp
port: 9090
transport: http
description: MCP adapter for Materials Project API — Materials XAS. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through
this capability's consumes block.
tools:
- name: get-xasdoc-documents
description: Get XASDoc documents
hints:
readOnly: true
destructive: false
idempotent: true
call: materials-project-materials-xas.searchmaterialsxasget
with:
material_ids: tools.material_ids
formula: tools.formula
chemsys: tools.chemsys
elements: tools.elements
exclude_elements: tools.exclude_elements
edge: tools.edge
spectrum_type: tools.spectrum_type
absorbing_element: tools.absorbing_element
spectrum_ids: tools.spectrum_ids
_page: tools._page
_per_page: tools._per_page
_skip: tools._skip
_limit: tools._limit
_fields: tools._fields
_all_fields: tools._all_fields
_sort_fields: tools._sort_fields
outputParameters:
- type: object
mapping: $.