NHS Booking and Referral Standard

Guide v1.10.0 | Core v1.3.1 | Package v1.37.0

Connecting to environments

In each BaRS workflow there are two roles: Sender and Receiver. In applications with response workflows, both parties act as a Sender and a Receiver, and will need to follow the instructions to connect to environments as both.

The Sender obtains a token from the API-M platform to make requests of the BaRS API Proxy, which brokers the request through the Receiver, secured via TLS-MA (Transport Layer Security-Mutual Authentication).

BaRS is based on internet-first principles and there is no requirement for Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) connectivity.

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