How to add profiles via the FHIR REST api (HAPI)

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I've looked at the documentation for creating profiles for FHIR, and I've used Forge to create some xml that I believe is valid to describe a profile. I can't find in the documentation where it actually states what request I need to make to the RESTful api to actually add a new profile.

Any ideas?

Is that done in the same way as posting a bundle, or is there a specific url for structures? — Andy, Oct 14 '16 at 13:44
It should be the same as with other resources. A Bundle should work as well. Use my information with caution. I just started learning FHIR. — Günter Zöchbauer, Oct 14 '16 at 13:48

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 17 '16 at 11:45

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You can of course just "store" your profiles on a FHIR server by POSTing them to a FHIR endpoint, but you probably mean: can I actively let instances be validated against the StructureDefinition?

There are two ways, both of which require a bit of experimentation to see which public servers support them:

Any FHIR instance may declare it adheres to a StructureDefinition, by adding the canononical url (StructureDefinition.url) to the instances meta.profile as shown below. Servers may pick this up on a POST and validate the instance against the stated profile:

  <Patient>
    <id value="44Q3"/>
    <meta>
      <profile value="http://example.org/StructureDefinition/PatientNL"/>
    </meta>
  </Patient>

Actively ask a server to validate your instance using the $validate FHIR operation (see http://hl7.org/fhir/resource-operations.html#validate)

edited Oct 17 '16 at 11:45

Günter Zöchbauer

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So posting the `StructureDefinition` doesn't have any effect on the behavior of a FHIR server or is this just implementation specific whether a server uses these SDs for validation or not? – Günter Zöchbauer Oct 17 '16 at 11:42
Correct, posting a SD will not change the behavior of FHIR servers. But as Ewout already said, a FHIR server may validate an instance against the profile(s) listed in the metadata of that instance. – Mirjam Baltus Oct 17 '16 at 12:19

How to add profiles via the FHIR REST api (HAPI)

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