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File Document (Transactional)

Overview

The File Document endpoint allows consumer applications to add a document to the patient’s care record. The document is then retrievable via the ‘Retrieve Patient Journal’ endpoint.

Prerequisites

All uploaded documents are marked as “finalised” in the care record.

When a request is made, all files are scanned for malware.

Supported File Types

  • .txt

  • .pdf

  • .XML

  • .rtf, .rtx

  • .au

  • .mp3

  • .png

  • .gif

  • .jpg, .jpe, .jpeg

  • .tif, .tiff

  • .mpg, .mpeg, .mpe

  • .doc, .docx

  • .dcm

Making a Request

HTTP method: POST

URL: https://{{medicusTenant}}.{{medicusBaseURL}}/transactional-api/v1/patient/{{patientId}}/file-inbound-document

Request Headers

Header

Value

Description

Authorization

Bearer [token]

The JWT token provided by the Consumer

Idempotency-Key

UUID

The unique idempotency key

URL Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

patientId

uuid

Medicus Patient ID

Mandatory

e.g. e9af860e-cf8e-4272-b81a-a95cc8a531f7

Body Parameters

Parameter

Nested-parameters

Description

Validation Rules

fileName

N/A

The file’s name

string

documentType

  • conceptId

  • description

The document type

SNOMED CT code

clinicalSpeciality

  • conceptId

  • description

The document’s clinical speciality

SNOMED CT code

documentDate

N/A

The document’s date

date

authoredByPractitioner

  • name

  • identifier

  • identifierType

The document’s author

Practitioner

Accepted identifier types:

  • gb-gmc-number

  • gb-gphc-number

  • gb-hcpc-number

  • gb-nmc-pin

authoredByOrganisation

  • name

  • identifier

  • identifierType

The organisation of the document’s author

Organisation

Accepted identifier types:

  • nhs-england-ods-code

  • medicus-tenant-id

file

N/A

The file payload

Data URL format (See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Data_URLs )

Data URL Encoder: https://dopiaza.org/tools/datauri/index.php

filedByPractitioner

PractitionerInformation

The Practitioner who filed the document.

Mandatory

filedByOrganisation

OrganisationInformation

The Organisation that the practitioner belongs to.

Mandatory

filedDate

LocalDate

The date that the document was filed.

Mandatory

Example Request

JSON
POST /transactional-api/v1/patient/3ef13a1e-1cc3-4f79-868f-ae973ce8c68f/file-inbound-document
Authorization: Bearer [token]
Idempotency-Key: 14bc8012-3da1-403c-9258-a6c9f5f30bf8

{
    "fileName": "Discharge_Letter.pdf",
    "documentType": {
        "conceptId": "823701000000103",
        "description": "Discharge letter"
    },
    "clinicalSpeciality": {
        "conceptId": "702931005",
        "description": "Oncology clinic"
    },
    "documentDate": "2023-02-01",
    "authoredByPractitioner": {
        "name": "Dr Joel Ward",
        "identifier": "AC12345",
        "identifierType": "gb-gmc-number"
    },
    "authoredByOrganisation": {
        "name": "Riley House GP Practice",
        "identifier": "F85003",
        "identifierType": "nhs-england-ods-code"
    },
    "filedByPractitioner": {
        "name": "Dr Joel Ward",
        "identifier": "AC12345",
        "identifierType": "gb-gmc-number"
    },
    "filedByOrganisation": {
        "name": "Riley House GP Practice",
        "identifier": "F85003",
        "identifierType": "nhs-england-ods-code"
    },
    "filedDate": "2023-02-01",
    "file": "data:application/pdf;base64,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"
}

Response Details

Specific Response Codes

HTTP Code

Error Code

Scenario

200

The upload was successful

400

FILE_CONTAINS_MALWARE

The file is suspected of containing malware. Unable to download

400

INVALID_DATE

The supplied document date is in the future or is in an invalid format

400

MISSING_REQUIRED_PROPERTY

The body payload is missing one or more required properties.

400

FILE_CONTAINS_MALWARE

This file contains malware and cannot be uploaded

422

UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE

Documents with that file type are not supported. Please upload a file using one of the following types: .pdf .doc .docx .xls .xlsx .tif .tiff .jpeg.

Example Response (Unsupported Media Type)

JSON
HTTP/1.1 422 Unprocessable Entity
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE"
      "title": "Unsupported Media Type",
      "detail": "Documents with that file type are not supported. Please upload a file using one of the following types: .pdf .doc .docx .xls .xlsx .tif .tiff .jpeg" 
    }
  ]
}

Example Response (Successful Recording of Document)

JSON
HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
    "success": true
}
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