Conditional delete resource

Delete FHIR resources that match a search query.

Code sample

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Cloud Healthcare API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Healthcare API Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Healthcare API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

	healthcare "google.golang.org/api/healthcare/v1beta1"
)

// queryParamOpt is a googleapi.Option (https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/api/googleapi#CallOption)
// that adds query parameters to an API call.
type queryParamOpt struct {
	key, value string
}

func (qp queryParamOpt) Get() (string, string) { return qp.key, qp.value }

// ConditionalDeleteFHIRResource conditionally deletes an FHIR resource.
func ConditionalDeleteFHIRResource(w io.Writer, projectID, location, datasetID, fhirStoreID, resourceType string) error {
	// projectID := "my-project"
	// location := "us-central1"
	// datasetID := "my-dataset"
	// fhirStoreID := "my-fhir-store"
	// resourceType := "Patient"

	ctx := context.Background()

	healthcareService, err := healthcare.NewService(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("healthcare.NewService: %w", err)
	}

	fhirService := healthcareService.Projects.Locations.Datasets.FhirStores.Fhir

	parent := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/datasets/%s/fhirStores/%s", projectID, location, datasetID, fhirStoreID)

	call := fhirService.ConditionalDelete(parent, resourceType)

	// Refine your search by appending tags to the request in the form of query
	// parameters. This searches for resources updated in the last 48 hours.
	twoDaysAgo := time.Now().Add(-48 * time.Hour).Format("2006-01-02")
	lastUpdated := queryParamOpt{key: "_lastUpdated", value: "gt" + twoDaysAgo}

	if _, err := call.Do(lastUpdated); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("ConditionalDelete: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Deleted %q", parent)

	return nil
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Cloud Healthcare API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Healthcare API Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Healthcare API, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

def conditional_delete_resource(
    service_account_json, base_url, project_id, cloud_region, dataset_id, fhir_store_id
):
    """Deletes FHIR resources that match a search query."""
    url = f"{base_url}/projects/{project_id}/locations/{cloud_region}"

    # The search query in this request deletes all Observations
    # with a status of 'cancelled'.
    resource_path = "{}/datasets/{}/fhirStores/{}/fhir/Observation".format(
        url, dataset_id, fhir_store_id
    )
    # The search query is passed in as a query string parameter.
    params = {"status": "cancelled"}

    # Make an authenticated API request
    session = get_session(service_account_json)

    response = session.delete(resource_path, params=params)
    print(response.url)
    if response.status_code != 404:  # Don't consider missing to be error
        response.raise_for_status()

    print("Conditionally deleted all Observations with status='cancelled'.")

    return response

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