\n\n\n## Overview\n\n\n\nUse this API to send booking and referral information between NHS service providers.\n\nYou can:\n * get a specific booking\n * get bookings for a patient\n * process a message, either a booking or a referral\n * get message definition\n * get capability statement\n * get a specific referral\n * get referrals for a patient\n * get slots\n\nThe following describes the end-to-end process:\n1. Send a request from your sender application to this API, along with a service identifier header.\n2. This API redirects the request to the service associated with the service identifier header.\n3. The target backend handles the request and sends a response back to this API.\n4. This API returns the response to your sender application.\n5. In some [Applications](https://simplifier.net/guide/nhsbookingandreferralstandard/home/design/bars-applications) the target may send a follow up request to indicate the outcome of a request.\n\n\n
\n\n\n## Who can use this API\nThis API can only be used for the Booking and Referral Standard where there is a legal basis to do so. Make sure you have a valid use case before you go too far with your development. We'll ask you to demonstrate this as part of the digital onboarding process before your software goes live.\n\n## Related APIs\nThe following APIs are related to this API:\n * This API replaces the [NHS Booking - FHIR API](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/nhs-booking-fhir)\n\n## API status and roadmap\nThis version of the API is in [Production](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/reference-guide#statuses), meaning:\n * it is available for testing in the integration environment\n * it has availability in production \n * it is NOT subject to breaking changes\n\nTo see our roadmap, or to suggest, comment or vote on features for this API, see our [interactive product backlog](https://nhs-digital-api-management.featureupvote.com/?order=popular&filter=allexceptdone&tag=booking-and-referral&deleted=0#controls).\nIf you have any other queries, please [contact us](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/help-and-support).\n\n## Service level\nThis API is a platinum service, meaning it is operational and supported 24 x 7 x 365.\n\nFor more details, see [service levels](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/reference-guide#service-levels).\n\n## Technology\nThis API is [RESTful](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/our-api-technologies#basic-rest) and uses HTTP POST to submit data.\n\nIt conforms to the [FHIR](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/our-api-technologies#fhir) global standard for health care data exchange, specifically to [FHIR R4 (v4.0.1)](https://hl7.org/fhir/r4/).\n\nIt includes:\n * country-specific FHIR extensions, which are built against [FHIR UK Core](https://digital.nhs.uk/services/fhir-uk-core), specifically [fhir.r4.ukcore.stu1 0.5.1](https://simplifier.net/packages/fhir.r4.ukcore.stu1/0.5.1)\n * BaRS-specific FHIR extensions and ammendments, documented in the [BaRS FHIR project](https://simplifier.net/NHSBookingandReferrals)\n\n## Network access\nThis API is available on the internet and also indirectly via HSCN.\n\nFor more details, see [Network access for APIs](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/network-access-for-apis).\n\n## Security and authorisation\n\nThis API is [application-restricted](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/security-and-authorisation#application-restricted-apis),\nmeaning we authenticate the calling application but not the end user.\n\nTo use this access mode, use the following security pattern:\n* [application-restricted RESTful API - signed JWT authentication](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/security-and-authorisation/application-restricted-restful-apis-signed-jwt-authentication)\n\nFor more details, see [BaRS Core - Security and authorisation](https://simplifier.net/guide/nhsbookingandreferralstandard/home/design/bars-core#Security-and-authorisation).\n\n## Errors\nWe use standard HTTP status codes to show whether an API request succeeded or not. They are usually in the range:\n\n* 200 to 299 if it succeeded, including code 202 if it was accepted by an API that needs to wait for further action\n* 400 to 499 if it failed because of a client error by your application\n* 500 to 599 if it failed because of an error on our server\n\nExample errors specific to each API are shown in the endpoints section, under Response. See the BaRS Core [Error Handling section](https://simplifier.net/guide/nhsbookingandreferralstandard/home/design/bars-core#core-ErrorHandling) for further information on error handling within the BaRS Standard.\n\n\n## Environments and testing\n| Environment | Base URL |\n| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Sandbox | `https://sandbox.api.service.nhs.uk/booking-and-referral/FHIR/R4` | \n| Integration test | `https://int.api.service.nhs.uk/booking-and-referral/FHIR/R4` |\n| Production | `https://api.service.nhs.uk/booking-and-referral/FHIR/R4` |\n\nOur [sandbox environment](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/testing#sandbox-testing) is for early developer testing and covers a limited number of scenarios with predefined responses. Please not this environment is stateless.\n\nOur [integration test environment](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/testing#integration-testing) is for formal integration testing.\n\nFor more details see [integration testing with our RESTful APIs](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/testing#integration-testing-with-our-restful-apis).\n\n## Onboarding\nYou need to get your software approved by us before it can go live with this API. We call this onboarding. The onboarding process can sometimes be quite long, so it`s worth planning well ahead.\n\nAs part of this process, you need to demonstrate that you can manage risks and that your software conforms technically with the requirements for this API.\n\nInformation on this page might impact the design of your software. For details, see [Onboarding support information](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/booking-and-referral-fhir/onboarding-support-information).\n\nTo understand how our online digital onboarding process works, see [digital onboarding](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/digital-onboarding).\n\n
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version: 1.0.0
title: and Referral Booking communication API
termsOfService: https://developer.nhs.uk/apis/uec-appointments
contact:
email: uec.appointmentbooking@nhs.net
url: https://developer.nhs.uk/apis/uec-appointments
name: NHS Digital
license:
name: Apache 2.0
url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://sandbox.api.service.nhs.uk/booking-and-referral/FHIR/R4
description: Sandbox Server
- url: https://int.api.service.nhs.uk/booking-and-referral/FHIR/R4
description: Production
- url: https://api.service.nhs.uk/booking-and-referral/FHIR/R4
description: Integration Server
security:
- OAuth_Token: []
tags:
- name: communication
paths:
/communication/in-app/FHIR/R4/CommunicationRequest:
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/BearerAuthorization'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/CorrelationId'
post:
summary: Send an in-app message
operationId: create-in-app
description: '## Overview
Use this endpoint to send an in-app message followed by an associated native Apple or Android push notification to a single NHS App user.
Push notifications will not be sent to users between the hours of 10pm and 6am UK time. If a valid request to send an in-app message with an associated push notification is processed between these hours, the in-app message will be delivered immediately, and the push notification will be scheduled for delivery at 6am.
Recipients are specified by NHS number. A single request to this endpoint can send a message and push notification to a single NHS App user.
In-app messages and push notifications will only be sent to users who have had their identity verified to ''high'' (P9) level.
If a recipient is an active NHS App user but has not registered a device to receive native push notifications, they will still receive the in-app message.
This endpoint allows you to specify the content that will appear in the in-app message. It does not allow you to specify the content that will appear in the associated push notification. By default, the content of the associated push notification will read "NHS App. You have a new message." To discuss changing this standard push notification content for your application, [contact the NHS App team](mailto:app.onboarding@nhs.net).
When a recipient taps the native notification, the NHS App will open on the in-app messaging inbox page.
We support a subset of [Markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown) for describing the body text of in-app messages. For details of the subset see the ''payload'' property of the schema. Note that HTML encoded characters will be decoded on displaying them in the NHS App to the user. The length of each in-app message is limited to 5000 characters, including any markdown characters and embedded hyperlinks.
The body of requests made to this endpoint are instances of [HL7 FHIR R4 CommunicationRequest](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/communicationrequest.html) resources. This schema documentation describes which fields on that resource we require and support. The API is tolerant of (but will silently ignore) any additionally supplied optional fields. For example, we do not currently honour the [doNotPerform](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/communicationrequest-definitions.html#CommunicationRequest.doNotPerform) or [priority](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/communicationrequest-definitions.html#CommunicationRequest.priority) fields.
The outcome of communication requests can be determined using the [daily receipt report endpoint](#api-Communication-get-receipt-report). You may also create an endpoint into which NHS App can post the outcome of individual communication requests in realtime — we call this feature "realtime receipts". We have created [an Open API specification](https://github.com/NHSDigital/nhs-app-api/tree/master/specifications-callbacks/realtime-receipts) detailing the behaviour of the endpoint that you should create to subscribe to realtime receipts. Similarly, you can subscribe to the realtime replies responses to the same or different endpoint, we have created an [Open API specification](https://github.com/NHSDigital/nhs-app-api/tree/master/specifications-callbacks/realtime-replies) detailing the format/behaviour of the response that will be posted.
'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/requests/communication/communication-in-app-request.yaml
examples:
app-message:
summary: Sending an in-app message
value:
$ref: components/examples/requests/communication/in-app.json
app-message-with-keyword-reply:
summary: Sending an in-app message with keyword reply
value:
$ref: components/examples/requests/communication/in-app-with-keyword-reply.json
app-message-with-free-text-reply:
summary: Sending an in-app message with free text replies
value:
$ref: components/examples/requests/communication/in-app-with-free-text-reply.json
tags:
- communication
responses:
'201':
description: Request successfully received by the server and queued for sending to recipient.
headers:
Location:
schema:
type: string
description: The location of the newly-created resource.
example: https://int.api.service.nhs.uk/nhs-app/communication/a2d10720-9e72-4ae4-be72-8cbe1be292d1
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/responses/communication/communication-in-app-response.yaml
examples:
in-app:
summary: In app message response without keyword reply
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/201successInApp.json
in-app-with-keyword-reply:
summary: In app message response with keyword reply
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/201successInAppWithKeywordReply.json
in-app-with-free-text-reply:
summary: In app message response with free text reply
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/201successInAppWithFreeTextReply.json
'400':
description: There is an error in your request.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
invalid-resourcetype:
summary: Invalid resource type
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400invalidResourceType.json
body-too-long:
summary: Payload body text exceeds maximum length
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400contentStringTooLong.json
no-recipients:
summary: No recipient has been specified
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400noRecipients.json
invalid-recipient:
summary: A recipient has an invalid NHS number
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400invalidNhsNumber.json
exceed-recipient:
summary: Too many recipients have been specified
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400tooManyRecipients.json
no-recipient-and-campaign-id-too-long:
summary: Multiple issues - no recipient has been specified and campaign ID exceeds maximum length
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400multipleIssues.json
invalid-requester:
summary: The requester has an invalid identifier
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400InvalidRequester.json
invalid-contained-resource-type:
summary: The contained resource type of keyword reply is invalid
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400invalidContainedResourceType.json
invalid-contained-item-type:
summary: The contained item type of keyword or free text reply is invalid
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400invalidContainedItemType.json
invalid-contained-answer-options:
summary: The contained answer options length of keyword reply is invalid
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400invalidContainedAnswerOptionLength.json
'401':
description: Authorisation issue, for example a missing or expired bearer token.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
invalid-access-token:
summary: Invalid Access Token
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/401invalidAccessToken.json
expired-access-token:
summary: Expired Access Token
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/401ExpiredAccessToken.json
'403':
description: You are not authorised to perform this operation. For example, some onboarded client applications may be permitted to send Push Notifications but not In-app Messages, or vice versa.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
example:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/403permissionsMissingForAppMessage.json
'429':
description: You have exceeded your application’s [rate limit](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/reference-guide#rate-limits) or the API is currently receiving a high volume of requests.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
exceeded-quota-per-app:
summary: Your application has exceeded its quota
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-quotaperapp.json
exceeded-spike-arrest:
summary: Your application has created a spike in traffic
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-spikearrestperapp.json
exceeded-quota-per-proxy:
summary: API is receiving a high volume of requests
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-quotaperproxy.json
/communication/notification/FHIR/R4/CommunicationRequest:
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/BearerAuthorization'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/CorrelationId'
post:
summary: Send a push notification
operationId: create-notification
description: "## Overview\nUse this endpoint to send a native Apple or Android push notifications to mobile devices registered by specific users of the NHS App.\n\nPush notifications will not be sent to users between the hours of 10pm and 6am UK time. If a valid request to send a push notification is processed between these hours, the push notification will be scheduled for delivery at 6am.\n\nRecipients are specified by NHS number. A single request to this endpoint can send a push notification to a single NHS number.\nPush notifications will only be sent to users who have had their identity verified to 'high' (P9) level.\n\nThe body text of notifications can be up to 200 characters in length.\n\nThey must not contain:\n * personally identifiable information (for example, the name of a user’s doctor)\n * sensitive information (for example, details about a health condition)\n * links to external websites\n\nYou can also optionally specify a URL for a page within the NHS App to be opened when the recipient taps on the push notification. If a URL is not specified, the NHS App will open on the home page.\n\nThe body of requests made to this endpoint are instances of [HL7 FHIR R4 CommunicationRequest](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/communicationrequest.html) resources. This schema documentation describes which fields on that resource we require and support. The API is tolerant of (but will silently ignore) any additionally supplied optional fields. For example, we do not currently honour the [doNotPerform](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/communicationrequest-definitions.html#CommunicationRequest.doNotPerform) or [priority](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/communicationrequest-definitions.html#CommunicationRequest.priority) fields.\n\nThe outcome of communication requests can be determined using the [daily receipt report endpoint](#api-Communication-get-receipt-report). You may also create an endpoint into which NHS App can post the outcome of individual communication requests in realtime — we call this feature \"realtime receipts\". We have created [an OpenAPI specification](https://github.com/NHSDigital/nhs-app-api/tree/master/specifications-callbacks/realtime-receipts) detailing the behaviour of the endpoint that you should create to subscribe to realtime receipts.\n"
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/fhir+json:
examples:
push-notification:
summary: Sending a push notification
value:
$ref: components/examples/requests/communication/notification.json
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/requests/communication/communication-push-notifications-request.yaml
tags:
- communication
responses:
'201':
description: Request successfully received by the server and queued for sending to recipient.
headers:
Location:
schema:
type: string
description: The location of the newly-created resource.
example: https://int.api.service.nhs.uk/nhs-app/communication/a2d10720-9e72-4ae4-be72-8cbe1be292d1
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/responses/communication/communication-push-notifications-response.yaml
example:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/201successNotification.json
'400':
description: There is an error in your request.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
invalid-resourcetype:
summary: Invalid resource type
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400invalidResourceType.json
body-too-long:
summary: Payload body text exceeds maximum length
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400contentReferenceDisplayTooLong.json
no-recipients:
summary: No recipient has been specified
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400noRecipients.json
invalid-recipient:
summary: A recipient has an invalid NHS number
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400invalidNhsNumber.json
exceed-recipient:
summary: Too many recipients have been specified
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400tooManyRecipients.json
no-recipient-and-campaign-id-too-long:
summary: Multiple issues - no recipient has been specified and campaign ID exceeds maximum length
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400multipleIssues.json
'401':
description: Authorisation issue, for example a missing or expired bearer token.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
invalid-access-token:
summary: Invalid Access Token
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/401invalidAccessToken.json
expired-access-token:
summary: Expired Access Token
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/401ExpiredAccessToken.json
'403':
description: You are not authorised to perform this operation. For example, some onboarded client applications may be permitted to send Push Notifications but not In-app Messages, or vice versa.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
example:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/403permissionsMissingForPushNotification.json
'429':
description: You have exceeded your application’s [rate limit](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/reference-guide#rate-limits) or the API is currently receiving a high volume of requests.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
exceeded-quota-per-app:
summary: Your application has exceeded its quota
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-quotaperapp.json
exceeded-spike-arrest:
summary: Your application has created a spike in traffic
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-spikearrestperapp.json
exceeded-quota-per-proxy:
summary: API is receiving a high volume of requests
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-quotaperproxy.json
/communication/report/receipts/FHIR/R4/Task:
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/BearerAuthorization'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/CorrelationId'
get:
summary: Get a daily receipt report
operationId: get-receipt-report
description: '## Overview
Use this endpoint to get a daily report of receipts relating to in-app messages and push notifications that you have sent to NHS App users.
This report will include receipts detailing the outcome of an attempt to send each communication. For in-app messages, a receipt will also be included in this report if the recipient reads the message.
The following five types of receipt may be included in this response:
* `Rejected` – a request to send a communication was rejected. For example, this could happen if the NHS number of the intended recipient does not correspond to an NHS App user.
* `Delivered` – an in-app message has been successfully added to a user’s inbox.
* `NotificationAttempted` - a push notification request has been accepted by Apple Push Notification Service or Firebase Cloud Messaging. This doesn''t confirm whether the user ends up receiving the push notification or not, just that the request coming from the NHS has been accepted (as opposed to rejected, in which case the supplier will receive the `Unnotified` receipt).
* `Notified` – a push notification has been displayed by at least one native device. For iOS, if the user has enabled a notifications schedule, then this receipt will only be sent once the scheduled time has been reached.
* `Unnotified` – it has been determined that a push notification has not been successfully relayed to any native devices.
* `Read` – a user has read an in-app message for the first time.

A diagram of a finite state machine showing the transition between delivery states based on events occurring throughout the delivery process, such as successfully adding a message to a citizen’s inbox and displaying a notification on their mobile device.
In addition to this daily report endpoint, we also offer the ability for onboarded partners to receive these receipts in realtime by having us push individual Task resources to an endpoint that you make available to us for this purpose. We call this feature "real-time receipts". We have created [an OpenAPI specification](https://github.com/NHSDigital/nhs-app-api/tree/master/specifications-callbacks/realtime-receipts) detailing the behaviour of the endpoint that you should create to subscribe to realtime receipts.
## Pagination
To avoid returning excessively large response bodies, the results may be split across multiple pages. On retrieving the response for the first page of results, the `Link` header or `Link` array in the response body should be inspected to determine whether any additional pages of results exist. If so, these can be retrieved by making additional request(s) with the optional `page` parameter specified.
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parameters:
- name: day
description: The day for which to retrieve a receipt report.
example: '2022-08-22'
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
format: date
- name: page
description: The ordinal number of the page of results to be retrieved. If omitted, the first page of results will be returned. Use the Link header in the response to determine whether any further pages of results exist.
example: 2
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: integer
format: int32
tags:
- communication
responses:
'200':
description: Information successfully returned.
headers:
Link:
$ref: components/schemas/Link.yaml
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/responses/communication/report/receipts.yaml
example:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/report/200successReceipts.json
'400':
description: There is an error in your request.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
no-day:
summary: No day parameter has been specified
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/report/400noDay.json
invalid-day:
summary: The supplied day parameter is not in the correct format.
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400invalidDay.json
'401':
description: Authorisation issue, for example a missing or expired bearer token.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
invalid-access-token:
summary: Invalid Access Token
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/401invalidAccessToken.json
expired-access-token:
summary: Expired Access Token
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/401ExpiredAccessToken.json
'403':
description: You are not authorised to perform this operation. Some client applications may not be permitted to access the receipt report endpoint. To discuss granting your application access to this endpoint, [contact the NHS App team](mailto:app.onboarding@nhs.net).
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
example:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/403permissionsMissingForReceiptsReport.json
'429':
description: You have exceeded your application’s [rate limit](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/reference-guide#rate-limits) or the API is currently receiving a high volume of requests.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
exceeded-quota-per-app:
summary: Your application has exceeded its quota
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-quotaperapp.json
exceeded-spike-arrest:
summary: Your application has created a spike in traffic
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-spikearrestperapp.json
exceeded-quota-per-proxy:
summary: API is receiving a high volume of requests
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-quotaperproxy.json
/communication/report/patients:
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/BearerAuthorization'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/CorrelationId'
get:
summary: Get details of NHS App users
operationId: get-patient-report
description: '## Overview
Use this endpoint to get details of patients registered with the NHS App for a given GP surgery, and an indication of whether they have enabled push notifications on one or more devices. The response will only include patients who have had their identity verified to ''high'' (P9) level.
Client applications must only invoke this endpoint as agreed with the NHS App team, typically to retrieve details of patients at GP practices where their service is available.
This information can be used by client applications to determine whether it is appropriate to attempt to use the NHS App API to send in-app messages and push notifications to patients, or if alternative communication channels should be used instead.
The information provided by this endpoint is generated by a daily batch process. Client applications should cache and refresh local copies of this data accordingly.
## Pagination
To avoid returning excessively large response bodies, the results may be split across multiple pages. On retrieving the response for the first page of results, the `Link` header should be inspected to determine whether any additional pages of results exist. If so, these can be retrieved by making additional request(s) with the optional `page` parameter specified.
In order to test the pagination feature in the development and integration environments, use the ODS code `T00001` to return a report with multiple pages.
'
parameters:
- name: ods-organisation-code
description: 'The Organisation Data Service (ODS) code of the GP practice for which to retrieve a list of NHS App users.
Not case sensitive.
'
example: Y00001
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
pattern: ^[A-Za-z]\\d{5}$|^[A-Za-z]\\d[A-Za-z]\\d[A-Za-z]$
- name: page
description: The ordinal number of the page of results to be retrieved. If omitted, the first page of results will be returned. Use the Link header in the response to determine whether any further pages of results exist.
example: 2
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: integer
format: int32
tags:
- communication
responses:
'200':
description: Information successfully returned.
headers:
Link:
$ref: components/schemas/Link.yaml
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/responses/communication/report/patients.yaml
example:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/report/200successPatients.json
'400':
description: There is an error in your request.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
no-ods-code:
summary: No ods-organisation-code parameter has been specified
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/report/400noOdsCode.json
invalid-ods-code:
summary: The supplied ods-organisation-code parameter is not in the correct format.
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/400invalidOdsCode.json
'401':
description: Authorisation issue, for example a missing or expired bearer token.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
invalid-access-token:
summary: Invalid Access Token
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/401invalidAccessToken.json
expired-access-token:
summary: Expired Access Token
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/401ExpiredAccessToken.json
'403':
description: You are not authorised to perform this operation. Some client applications may not be permitted to access the patient report endpoint. To discuss granting your application access to this endpoint, [contact the NHS App team](mailto:app.onboarding@nhs.net).
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
example:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/403permissionsMissingForPatientReport.json
'404':
description: Report (or page of report) was not found. Ensure the ODS code for which you are requesting a report is valid and exists. Also make sure you are not requesting a page that is out of bounds of the report.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
'429':
description: You have exceeded your application’s [rate limit](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/reference-guide#rate-limits) or the API is currently receiving a high volume of requests.
headers:
X-Correlation-ID:
$ref: components/schemas/XCorrelationId.yaml
content:
application/fhir+json:
schema:
$ref: components/schemas/OperationOutcome.yaml
examples:
exceeded-quota-per-app:
summary: Your application has exceeded its quota
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-quotaperapp.json
exceeded-spike-arrest:
summary: Your application has created a spike in traffic
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-spikearrestperapp.json
exceeded-quota-per-proxy:
summary: API is receiving a high volume of requests
value:
$ref: components/examples/responses/communication/429throttled-quotaperproxy.json
components:
parameters:
CorrelationId:
in: header
name: X-Correlation-ID
required: false
description: 'A unique message identifier. We use this to trace the message if you raise an issue with our helpdesk.
If provided, we recommend a GUID for uniqueness and convenience.
This is mirrored back in the response headers.
'
schema:
type: string
example: b5bc6879-103e-4a78-975e-87e815c5da58
BearerAuthorization:
in: header
name: Authorization
description: 'An [OAuth 2.0 bearer token](https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/guides-and-documentation/security-and-authorisation#user-restricted-apis).
'
required: true
schema:
type: string
format: ^Bearer\ [[:ascii:]]+$
example: Bearer g1112R_ccQ1Ebbb4gtHBP1aaaNM
securitySchemes:
OAuth_Token:
type: http
scheme: bearer