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OpenPrescribing

OpenPrescribing Reference API

BNF code, organisation code and organisation-location reference lookups.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

OpenPrescribing Reference API is one of 7 APIs that OpenPrescribing publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Reference. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://openprescribing.net/api/1.0.

4 operations 4 paths 2 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://openprescribing.net/api/1.0
Contact
Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
License
MIT
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Reference 4

BNF code, organisation code and organisation-location reference lookups.

GET
/org_details/
Organisation statistics (list size, ASTRO-PU, STAR-PU)
getOrgDetails 4 params → 200400
GET
/bnf_code/
Search BNF sections, chemicals and presentations
getBnfCodes 3 params → 200
GET
/org_code/
Look up NHS organisations by code or name
getOrgCodes 3 params → 200
GET
/org_location/
Organisation boundaries and locations (GeoJSON)
getOrgLocation 3 params → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BnfCode (5 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
Django REST Framework error envelope.
1 property
BnfCode
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

openprescribing-reference-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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OpenPrescribing Information API
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OpenPrescribing Measures API
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OpenPrescribing Spending API
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OpenPrescribing Tariff API
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API Details
ID
openprescribing:openprescribing-reference-api
Base URL
https://openprescribing.net/api/1.0
Docs
https://openprescribing.net/api/
Provider
OpenPrescribing
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