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HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Form Alpha API

The Form Alpha API from HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) — 2 operation(s) for form alpha.

HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Form Alpha API is one of 21 APIs that HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 6 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Form Alpha. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, rate-limit docs, and 6 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.fda.gov.

3 operations 2 paths 9 schemas 1 GET2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v0
Base URL
https://api.fda.gov
Authentication
API Key, API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

HHS (US Department of Health and Human Services) Form Alpha API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-SGG-Token (ApiJwtAuth). An API key is passed in the header as X-SGG-Internal-Token (InternalApiJwtAuth). An API key is passed in the header as X-API-Key (ApiUserKeyAuth).

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 1 GET, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Form Alpha 3
GET
/alpha/forms/{form_id}
Form Get
1 param → 200401404
PUT
/alpha/forms/{form_id}
Form Update
1 param body → 200422401404
PUT
/alpha/forms/{form_id}/form_instructions/{form_instruction_id}
Form Instruction Upsert
2 params body → 200422401404

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FormAlphaSchema (17 properties), FormUpdateRequestSchema (14 properties), FormInstructionSchema (5 properties), ErrorResponseSchema (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FormAlphaSchema
object
17 properties
FormResponseAlphaSchema
object
4 properties
FormUpdateRequestSchema
object
14 properties 6 required
FormInstructionSchema
object
5 properties
ErrorResponseSchema
object
5 properties
FormInstructionUploadResponseSchema
object
3 properties
FormUpdateResponseSchema
object
3 properties
ValidationIssueSchema
object
4 properties
FormInstructionUploadRequestSchema
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hhs-form-alpha-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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