Reading a resource with GET

This example shows you how to read a patient FHIR resource using a GET request.

Example Reading a specific Patient resource using a GET request.

To create a HealthLake data store GET request, use your data store's endpoint. To find a data store's endpoint, look in the HealthLake console under Data Stores or by using the DescribeFHIRDatastore operation in the AWS HealthLake API Reference.

You also must include the resource type, Patient and a valid identifier, 2de04858-ba65-44c1-8af1-f2fe69a977d9.

GET https://healthlake.your-region.amazonaws.com/datastore/your-datastore-id/r4/Patient/2de04858-ba65-44c1-8af1-f2fe69a977d9

JSON Response

When successful, you will receive a 200 HTTP status code and the following JSON response.

{
    "resourceType": "Patient",
    "active": true,
    "name": [
        {
            "use": "official",
            "family": "Doe",
            "given": [
                "Jane"
            ]
        },
        {
            "use": "usual",
            "given": [
                "Jane"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "gender": "female",
    "birthDate": "1966-09-01",
    "meta": {
        "lastUpdated": "2020-11-23T06:24:13.202Z"
    },
    "id": "2de04858-ba65-44c1-8af1-f2fe69a977d9"
}