Send Requests

Use these guidelines when sending requests using the Oracle Health Immunization Management Cloud Service REST API.

URL Structure

Here's the URL structure for the requests:

https://<domain_name>.ohms.oracle.com/ords/esi_api/<resource_path>

Where:

  • <domain_name> is the fully qualified domain name of the host server for Oracle Health Immunization Management Cloud Service.
  • <resource_path> is the relative path that defines the resource. For example:

    /api/v1/groups

Supported Methods

You can perform basic CRUD operations (create, read, update, and delete) on a resource by using standard HTTP method requests, as summarized in the following table.

HTTP Method Description
GET Retrieve information about the Oracle Health Immunization Management Cloud Service resource.
POST Create the Oracle Health Immunization Management Cloud Service resource.
PUT Update the Oracle Health Immunization Management Cloud Service resource.

Media Types

The following media types are supported by the Oracle Health Immunization Management Cloud Service REST API:

  • application/json

Supported Headers

The Oracle Health Immunization Management Cloud Service REST API supports the following headers that may be passed in the header section of the HTTP request or response.

Header Description Example
Accept-Encoding List of acceptable encodings to support compression. Accept-Encoding: gzip
Authorization The header for IDCS. To generate an authorization token, see Authenticate. Authorization: Bearer <access_token>
Content-Encoding List of acceptable encodings to support compression. Content-Encoding: deflate
Content-Type Media type of the body of the request. Required for POST and PUT requests. Content-Type: application/json
X-ID-TENANT-NAME Identity domain name of Oracle Health Immunization Management Cloud Service, used for authentication. X-ID-TENANT-NAME:ExampleIdentityDomain

Compression

Use compression on the Oracle Health Immunization Management Cloud Service REST resource request and response for improved performance. To use compression, include one of the following HTTP headers in the request: Accept-Encoding or Content-Encoding.