8 Service APIs
This section provides a reference for APIs that should be implemented by this Building Block.
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This section provides a reference for APIs that should be implemented by this Building Block.
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The APIs defined here establish a blueprint for how the Building Block will interact with other Building Blocks. Additional APIs may be implemented by the Building Block, but the listed APIs define a minimal set of functionality that should be provided by any implementation of this Building Block.
The GovStack non-functional requirements document provides additional information on how 'adaptors' may be used to translate an existing API to the patterns described here. This section also provides guidance on how candidate products are tested and how GovStack validates a product's API against the API specifications defined here.
The tests for the Digital Registries Building Block can be found in this GitHub repository.
The Digital Registries Building Block may contain multiple registries/databases. The dynamic nature of the database structure requires a standard set of automatically generated APIs for all databases hosted on the platform. The system generates default API method endpoints automatically after each publication of the database schema. A new API service version is generated after each schema publish. Database schema version and API versions are in sync.
The naming convention and structure of the API endpoint are the following:
/{information type}/{registry acronym or code}/{version}/{API method as a name}.
Example 1: /api/data/cr/1.0/create
Example 2: /api/v1/database/modify
Each registry contains a unique set of data and the Building Block enables an Analyst to change the data storage structure/schema on the fly. In the following example API descriptions are generated for one example dataset for the Postpartum Infant Care Program registry, where the Caretaker and infant child are registered and a registration ID is issued.
Digital Registries Building Block is expected to host the following API services for each database hosted on the platform.
The API is built using a representational state transfer (REST) software architectural style and described in Open API 3 standard using YAML (a human-readable data-serialization language). Request and response body is in JSON (lightweight data-interchange format).
API endpoint that allows user to delete database schema
Id of the database that schema is requested
1
Success
"Success"
API endpoint that allows user to get information about all databases
API endpoint that allows user to create or modify database schema
Group name where this schema is located
"Test"
Catalog name where this schema is located
"Mother and Child"
Short code of the database
"MCR"
Success
"object"
20
API endpoint that allows user to get database information with schema
Id of the database that schema is requested
1
Database ID
353
Database version number
"2.7"
Database name
"MCTS"
Database description
"Database holding information about MCTS objects"
Owner of the database (institution)
"Ministry of Social Affairs"
Number format in database
"{code}{indexNoByCode}"
Schema object describing the database
List of different schema tags that are related to the database
List of different schema flags that are related to the database
Shows database draft status (is draft true/false)
false
Shows if database is disabled or not
false
Shows if database is archived or not
false
Shows database last modification time
"2021-10-03T08:35:01.775915Z"
Shows user name of a person who created the database
"ingmar.dev"
Shows id of a person who created the database
1
Shows user id whose behalf was this database created
0
Shows user name whose behalf was this database created
List of possible API services for this database
Shows database increment
0
Shows if this database has logo or not
false