Method: fhir.search

Full name: projects.locations.datasets.fhirStores.fhir.search

Searches for resources in the given FHIR store according to criteria specified as query parameters.

Implements the FHIR standard search interaction (DSTU2, STU3, R4) using the search semantics described in the FHIR Search specification (DSTU2, STU3, R4).

Supports four methods of search defined by the specification:

  • GET [base]?[parameters] to search across all resources.
  • GET [base]/[type]?[parameters] to search resources of a specified type.
  • POST [base]/_search?[parameters] as an alternate form having the same semantics as the GET method across all resources.
  • POST [base]/[type]/_search?[parameters] as an alternate form having the same semantics as the GET method for the specified type.

The GET and POST methods do not support compartment searches. The POST method does not support application/x-www-form-urlencoded search parameters.

On success, the response body contains a JSON-encoded representation of a Bundle resource of type searchset, containing the results of the search. Errors generated by the FHIR store contain a JSON-encoded OperationOutcome resource describing the reason for the error. If the request cannot be mapped to a valid API method on a FHIR store, a generic GCP error might be returned instead.

The server's capability statement, retrieved through capabilities, indicates what search parameters are supported on each FHIR resource. A list of all search parameters defined by the specification can be found in the FHIR Search Parameter Registry (STU3, R4). FHIR search parameters for DSTU2 can be found on each resource's definition page.

Supported search modifiers: :missing, :exact, :contains, :text, :in, :not-in, :above, :below, :[type], :not, and recurse (DSTU2 and STU3) or :iterate (R4).

Supported search result parameters: _sort, _count, _include, _revinclude, _summary=text, _summary=data, and _elements.

The maximum number of search results returned defaults to 100, which can be overridden by the _count parameter up to a maximum limit of 1000. The server might return fewer resources than requested to prevent excessively large responses. If there are additional results, the returned Bundle contains a link of relation "next", which has a _page_token parameter for an opaque pagination token that can be used to retrieve the next page.

Resources with a total size larger than 5MB or a field count larger than 50,000 might not be fully searchable as the server might trim its generated search index in those cases.

Note: FHIR resources are indexed asynchronously, so there might be a slight delay between the time a resource is created or changes and when the change is reflected in search results.

For samples and detailed information, see Searching for FHIR resources and Advanced FHIR search features.

HTTP request

GET https://healthcare.googleapis.com/v1beta1/{parent=projects/*/locations/*/datasets/*/fhirStores/*}/fhir/{resourceType}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
parent

string

Name of the FHIR store to retrieve resources from.

Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource parent:

  • healthcare.fhirStores.searchResources
resourceType

string

The FHIR resource type to search, such as Patient or Observation. For a complete list, see the FHIR Resource Index (DSTU2, STU3, R4).

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response is a generic HTTP response whose format is defined by the method.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-healthcare
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.