generated: '2026-08-15'
method: searched
source: >-
  registry.npmjs.org search API, pypi.org/pypi/<pkg>/json, rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/<pkg>.json,
  https://www.ibx.com/developer-resources, https://devportal.ibx.com/, and the Developer Portal
  Terms and Conditions PDF (https://www.ibx.com/htdocs/custom/tnc/Developer%20Portal%20TandC.pdf)
package_count: 0
packages: []
note: >-
  Independence Blue Cross publishes NO first-party client libraries. Searched npm (registry search for
  "independence blue cross" and "ibx fhir" — only unrelated third-party FHIR packages such as
  fhirclient and @medplum/* were returned), PyPI (ibx, ibx-fhir, independence-blue-cross all 404) and
  RubyGems (ibx 404). apis.yml carries no SDK, CLI or SourceCode link to derive candidates from, and
  the company maintains no public GitHub organization for its FHIR surface — the developer portal
  distributes documentation and sandbox credentials rather than open-source code. There is also no CDN
  or unpkg/jsDelivr distribution to read a pinned version from, so there is no version/published date
  to record anywhere. This is a real, checked zero, not an unchecked gap.
registries_checked:
  - registry: npm
    query: registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/search?text=independence%20blue%20cross
    first_party_hits: 0
  - registry: npm
    query: registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/search?text=ibx%20fhir
    first_party_hits: 0
  - registry: pypi
    query: pypi.org/pypi/ibx/json
    status: 404
  - registry: pypi
    query: pypi.org/pypi/ibx-fhir/json
    status: 404
  - registry: pypi
    query: pypi.org/pypi/independence-blue-cross/json
    status: 404
  - registry: rubygems
    query: rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/ibx.json
    status: 404
implication: >-
  Third-party app developers integrating the IBX Patient Access, Provider Directory and Drug Formulary
  APIs must use a generic HL7 FHIR R4 client (for example smart-on-fhir/client-js or HAPI FHIR) rather
  than a vendor SDK. No SDKs pointer is emitted in apis.yml because no official SDK exists.