Create HL7v2 message

Send a message to an HL7v2 store.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Creating and managing HL7v2 messages

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"
	"encoding/base64"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"

	healthcare "google.golang.org/api/healthcare/v1"
)

// createHL7V2Message creates an HL7V2 message.
func createHL7V2Message(w io.Writer, projectID, location, datasetID, hl7V2StoreID, messageFile string) error {
	ctx := context.Background()

	hl7v2message, err := os.ReadFile(messageFile)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("ReadFile: %w", err)
	}

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

	messagesService := healthcareService.Projects.Locations.Datasets.Hl7V2Stores.Messages

	req := &healthcare.CreateMessageRequest{
		Message: &healthcare.Message{
			Data: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(hl7v2message),
		},
	}
	parent := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/datasets/%s/hl7V2Stores/%s", projectID, location, datasetID, hl7V2StoreID)
	resp, err := messagesService.Create(parent, req).Do()
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("messagesService.Create: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Created HL7V2 message: %q\n", resp.Name)
	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Cloud Healthcare API quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Cloud Healthcare API Java 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 com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequestInitializer;
import com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpTransport;
import com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory;
import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
import com.google.api.services.healthcare.v1.CloudHealthcare;
import com.google.api.services.healthcare.v1.CloudHealthcare.Projects.Locations.Datasets.Hl7V2Stores.Messages;
import com.google.api.services.healthcare.v1.CloudHealthcareScopes;
import com.google.api.services.healthcare.v1.model.CreateMessageRequest;
import com.google.api.services.healthcare.v1.model.Message;
import com.google.auth.http.HttpCredentialsAdapter;
import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

@SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:AbbreviationAsWordInName")
public class HL7v2MessageCreate {
  private static final String HL7v2_NAME = "projects/%s/locations/%s/datasets/%s/hl7V2Stores/%s";
  private static final JsonFactory JSON_FACTORY = new GsonFactory();
  private static final NetHttpTransport HTTP_TRANSPORT = new NetHttpTransport();

  public static void hl7v2MessageCreate(String hl7v2StoreName, String messageId, String filePath)
      throws IOException {
    // String hl7v2StoreName =
    //    String.format(
    //        HL7v2_NAME, "your-project-id", "your-region-id", "your-dataset-id", "your-hl7v2-id");
    // String messageId = "your-message-id";
    // String filePath = "path/to/file.txt";

    // Initialize the client, which will be used to interact with the service.
    CloudHealthcare client = createClient();

    // Load the data from file representing the message.
    List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(filePath), Charset.defaultCharset());
    String data = String.join("\n", lines);
    Message message = new Message().setData(data).setName(messageId);
    CreateMessageRequest createRequest = new CreateMessageRequest().setMessage(message);

    // Create request and configure any parameters.
    Messages.Create request =
        client
            .projects()
            .locations()
            .datasets()
            .hl7V2Stores()
            .messages()
            .create(hl7v2StoreName, createRequest);

    // Execute the request and process the results.
    Message response = request.execute();
    System.out.println("HL7v2 message created: " + response.toPrettyString());
  }

  private static CloudHealthcare createClient() throws IOException {
    // Use Application Default Credentials (ADC) to authenticate the requests
    // For more information see https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production
    GoogleCredentials credential =
        GoogleCredentials.getApplicationDefault()
            .createScoped(Collections.singleton(CloudHealthcareScopes.CLOUD_PLATFORM));

    // Create a HttpRequestInitializer, which will provide a baseline configuration to all requests.
    HttpRequestInitializer requestInitializer =
        request -> {
          new HttpCredentialsAdapter(credential).initialize(request);
          request.setConnectTimeout(60000); // 1 minute connect timeout
          request.setReadTimeout(60000); // 1 minute read timeout
        };

    // Build the client for interacting with the service.
    return new CloudHealthcare.Builder(HTTP_TRANSPORT, JSON_FACTORY, requestInitializer)
        .setApplicationName("your-application-name")
        .build();
  }
}

Node.js

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

const google = require('@googleapis/healthcare');
const healthcare = google.healthcare({
  version: 'v1',
  auth: new google.auth.GoogleAuth({
    scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'],
  }),
});
const fs = require('fs');
const util = require('util');
const readFile = util.promisify(fs.readFile);

const createHl7v2Message = async () => {
  // TODO(developer): uncomment these lines before running the sample
  // const cloudRegion = 'us-central1';
  // const projectId = 'adjective-noun-123';
  // const datasetId = 'my-dataset';
  // const hl7v2StoreId = 'my-hl7v2-store';
  // const hl7v2MessageFile = 'hl7v2-message.json';
  const hl7v2Message = JSON.parse(await readFile(hl7v2MessageFile));

  const parent = `projects/${projectId}/locations/${cloudRegion}/datasets/${datasetId}/hl7V2Stores/${hl7v2StoreId}`;
  const request = {parent, resource: hl7v2Message};

  const response =
    await healthcare.projects.locations.datasets.hl7V2Stores.messages.create(
      request
    );
  const {data} = response;
  console.log('Created HL7v2 message with data:\n', data);
};

createHl7v2Message();

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 create_hl7v2_message(
    project_id, location, dataset_id, hl7v2_store_id, hl7v2_message_file
):
    """Creates an HL7v2 message and sends a notification to the
    Cloud Pub/Sub topic.

    See https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/python-docs-samples/tree/main/healthcare/api-client/v1/hl7v2
    before running the sample."""
    # Imports the Google API Discovery Service.
    from googleapiclient import discovery

    # Imports Python's built-in "json" module
    import json

    api_version = "v1"
    service_name = "healthcare"
    # Returns an authorized API client by discovering the Healthcare API
    # and using GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable.
    client = discovery.build(service_name, api_version)

    # TODO(developer): Uncomment these lines and replace with your values.
    # project_id = 'my-project'  # replace with your GCP project ID
    # location = 'us-central1'  # replace with the parent dataset's location
    # dataset_id = 'my-dataset'  # replace with the HL7v2 store's parent dataset ID
    # hl7v2_store_id = 'my-hl7v2-store'  # replace with the HL7v2 store's ID
    # hl7v2_message_file = 'hl7v2-message.json'  # replace with the path to the HL7v2 file
    hl7v2_parent = f"projects/{project_id}/locations/{location}"
    hl7v2_store_name = "{}/datasets/{}/hl7V2Stores/{}".format(
        hl7v2_parent, dataset_id, hl7v2_store_id
    )

    with open(hl7v2_message_file) as hl7v2_message:
        hl7v2_message_content = json.load(hl7v2_message)

    request = (
        client.projects()
        .locations()
        .datasets()
        .hl7V2Stores()
        .messages()
        .create(parent=hl7v2_store_name, body=hl7v2_message_content)
    )

    response = request.execute()
    print(f"Created HL7v2 message from file: {hl7v2_message_file}")
    return response

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