Web Service:PR-WS-2

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Web Service: PR-WS-2 Query For Providers


Fetches a HC Professional Enterprise ID for the professional specified by the professional ID parameter.

URL /ws/rest/v2/query/providers
GET Parameters The following query parameters are allowed:
  • ${size} The maximum number number of EPIDs to return. Defaults to 50.
  • ${start} The starting offset for listing EPIDs. Defaults to 10.
  • The following search possible parameters will be "and"ed together
    • ${firstname} The provider's given name.
    • ${surname} The professional’s family name.
    • ${fosaid} The FOSAID for the facility a provider is posted to.
    • ${location} The code for the organizational unit under which the provider is posted.
    • ${category} The category (or cadre) of the provider.
    • ${type} The type of the provider 'PPS' for paid-public sector or 'CHW' for community health worker.
  • {format}The response format. One of 'hl7' or 'json'.
GET Response HTTP 200 - OK

The HTTP response body will contain a list of matching EIDSs as specified by the ${format} parameter:

  • If ${format}=json. Example:

{

    providers: {
      211312: {
        providerDetails : 'http://rhea-pr.ihris.org/webservices/details/provider?epid=211312',
        editProvider : 'http://rhea-pr.ihris.org/webservices/edit/provider?epid=211312',
        addPost : 'http://rhea-pr.ihris.org/webservices/add/post?epid=211312',
        queryPosts : 'http://rhea-pr.ihris.org/webservices/details/post?epid=211312',
        viewProvider : 'http://rhea-pr.ihris.org/providerregistry/view?id=person%7C23123123
      },
      131241241: {
        providerDetails : 'http://rhea-pr.ihris.org/webservices/details/provider?epid=131241241',
        editProvider : 'http://rhea-pr.ihris.org/webservices/edit/provider?epid=131241241',
        addPost : 'http://rhea-pr.ihris.org/webservices/add/post?epid=131241241',
        queryPosts : 'http://rhea-pr.ihris.org/webservices/details/post?epid=131241241',
        viewProvider : 'http://rhea-pr.ihris.org/providerregistry/view?id=person%7C31234
      },
    },
    total_size : 300,
    start: 10

}

  • ${format}=hl7. one per professional that matches the criteria, that contains the details of that professional. These messages will be contained within a RSS feed XML message. HL7v2 message specification and mapping:
GET Error
  • HTTP 500 - Server Error - If the server encountered an error.
  • HTTP 400 - Bad Request - If the parameters are malformed.
GET Example /ws/rest/v2/query/providers/?foasid=123&size=2&start=10
Notes Need to good way for limiting response length. See A collection: the list of bugs in the Launchpad API

Other Resources: Use Case:PR-WS-2