FHIR API: Practitioner Update v2


Pre-requisites


Resource:

PUT /partners/fhir/stu3/api/v2/Practitioner/{id}

Authentication:

Endpoint is secured with mutual TLS. More information can be found here: API Authentication


API Request

Request Parameters

Name Description Type Required Example
id Practitioner logical ID (FHIR ID) of the practitioner to be updated.
Note: practitioner.id received in the response of the Practitioner Creation v2 API		 String Yes sZX6uQW-VOH-0868

Request Headers

Name Description Type Required Example
org_id Organization OID String Yes 2.16.724.4.2
x-origin-request-id Request Unique ID generated by EMR middleware (UUID) String Yes 5109d51b-421e-4746-b673-16e3fe2b3442"
client_id Public identifier for organizations generated by Roche DC String Yes 1234567890
client_secret Client related secret known only to the EMR and Roche DC String Yes 1234567890
Content-Type json or fhir+json String Yes application/json or application/fhir+json

Profile overview

The list of profiles used in practitioner Update:


Request Example

  • The email of the practitioner with unique identifier sZX6uQW-VOH-0868 (which is already created in RDC) is updated from "jamessmith111@email.com" to "jamessmith999@email.com"
curl --location --request PUT 'https://api-services-eu.rochedcplatform.com/partners/fhir/stu3/api/v2/Practitioner/sZX6uQW-VOH-0868' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'client_id: 1234567890' \
--header 'client_secret: 1234567890' \
--header 'org_id: 2.16.724.4.2' \
--data-raw '{
    "identifier": [
        {
            "system": "urn:oid:2.16.724.4.305",
            "value": "11111111H"
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "profile":  [
            "http://roche.com/fhir/rdc/StructureDefinition/practitioner-v2"
        ]
    },
    "name": [
        {
            "given": [
                "James"
            ],
            "family": "Smith"
        }
    ],
    "telecom": [
        {
            "system": "email",
            "value": "jamessmith999@email.com"
        }
    ],
    "id": "sZX6uQW-VOH-0868",
    "resourceType": "Practitioner"
}'

API Response

API code response

HTTP Response Code Description Response Body FHIR error code FHIR error code description
200 Practitioner updated Empty NA NA
400 Request failed because of incorrect parameters, returns no data OperationOutcome required Request failed because of incorrect parameters, returns no data
400 Request failed because of incorrect parameters, returns no data OperationOutcome structure A structural issue in the content such as wrong namespace, or unable to parse the content completely, or invalid json syntax.
400 Request failed because of incorrect parameters, returns no data OperationOutcome invalid Content invalid against the specification or a profile.
401 Request failed with unauthorized access, returns no data Empty NA NA
404 Practitioner Not Found OperationOutcome not-found Not Found
405 Method Not Allowed Empty NA NA
415 Unsupported Media Type. OperationOutcome not-supported Content-Type is not one of (application/json, application/fhir+json)
500 Request failed with internal exception OperationOutcome exception Internal server error.
501 Not implemented Empty NA NA

API Payload response

Successful response object:

On successful update of Practitioner through API will return HTTP 200 Status Code with empty body.


Error response object:

As an example, if we try to update a record that does not exist, we will obtain a 404 HTTP error status code together the following response body:

{
    "resourceType": "OperationOutcome",
    "issue": [
        {
            "severity": "error",
            "code": "not-found",
            "diagnostics": "Practitioner not found"
        }
    ]
}