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Get a structure definition by ID

get

/StructureDefinition/{ID}

Retrieves an individual structure definition by the associated ID.

Note:

• Authentication is not required to access the StructureDefinition resource.
• You can retrieve this resource by its defining URL or from the StructureDefinition resource located at the service root URL. For example, both of the following URLs work:
• https://fhir-ehr.cerner.com/dstu2/StructureDefinition/patient-friendly-display
• https://fhir-open.cerner.com/dstu2/ec2458f2-1e24-41c8-b71b-0e701af7583d/StructureDefinition/patient-friendly-display

Authorization Types

Authorization is not required.

Request

Path Parameters

• ID(required): string
  The logical resource ID associated with the resource.

Header Parameters

• accept(required): string
  The media type to be requested. See what the resource's operation produces for what is supported.

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Response

Supported Media Types

• application/json+fhir

Default Response

Example Request:

GET https://fhir-ehr.cerner.com/dstu2/StructureDefinition/patient-friendly-display

Example Response:

{
  "resourceType": "StructureDefinition",
  "id": "patient-friendly-display",
  "url": "https://fhir-ehr.cerner.com/dstu2/StructureDefinition/patient-friendly-display",
  "name": "Patient-Friendly Display",
  "status": "draft",
  "publisher": "Cerner",
  "date": "2016-12-13",
  "description": "An expression of the original string in terminology that patients should be able to understand",
  "fhirVersion": "1.0.2",
  "kind": "datatype",
  "constrainedType": "Extension",
  "abstract": false,
  "contextType": "datatype",
  "context": [
    "string"
  ],
  "base": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension",
  "snapshot": {
    "element": [
      {
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "String equivalent with patient-friendly terminology",
        "definition": "An expression of the original string in terminology that patients should be able to understand",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "*"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.id",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "xml:id (or equivalent in JSON)",
        "definition": "unique id for the element within a resource (for internal references).",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.id",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "id"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "name": "extension",
        "short": "Extension",
        "definition": "An Extension",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "0",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.extension",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "*"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.url",
        "representation": [
          "xmlAttr"
        ],
        "short": "identifies the meaning of the extension",
        "definition": "Source of the definition for the extension code - a logical name or a URL.",
        "comments": "The definition may point directly to a computable or human-readable definition of the extensibility codes, or it may be a logical URI as declared in some other specification. The definition should be version specific.  This will ideally be the URI for the Resource Profile defining the extension, with the code for the extension after a #.",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.url",
          "min": 1,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "https://fhir-ehr.cerner.com/dstu2/StructureDefinition/patient-friendly-display"
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.valueString",
        "short": "Value of extension",
        "definition": "Value of extension - may be a resource or one of a constrained set of the data types (see Extensibility in the spec for list).",
        "min": 1,
        "max": "1",
        "base": {
          "path": "Extension.value[x]",
          "min": 0,
          "max": "1"
        },
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "differential": {
    "element": [
      {
        "path": "Extension",
        "short": "String equivalent with patient-friendly terminology",
        "definition": "An expression of the original string in terminology that patients should be able to understand",
        "min": 0,
        "max": "1",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "Extension"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.extension",
        "name": "extension",
        "max": "0"
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.url",
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "uri"
          }
        ],
        "fixedUri": "https://fhir-ehr.cerner.com/dstu2/StructureDefinition/patient-friendly-display"
      },
      {
        "path": "Extension.value[x]",
        "min": 1,
        "type": [
          {
            "code": "string"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Headers

• X-Request-Id: string
  Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact Oracle about a particular request, provide the X-Request-Id, if present.
• opc-request-id: string
  Unique Oracle-assigned identifier for the request. If you need to contact Oracle about a particular request, provide the opc-Request-Id, if present.

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