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VA Lighthouse

VA Lighthouse Service History API

The Service History API from VA Lighthouse — 1 operation(s) for service history.

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VA Lighthouse Service History API is one of 35 APIs that VA Lighthouse publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Service History. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a changelog, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 3.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://sandbox-api.va.gov/services/address-validation/{version}, https://api.va.gov/services/address-validation/{version}.

2 operations 1 paths 17 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
3
Base URL
https://api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v1
Authentication
API Key
License
Creative Commons
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

VA Lighthouse Service History API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as apikey (apikey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Service History 2
GET
/service_historydeprecated
Retrieve service history of authorized Veteran
GET:/service_history → 200400401403404413429500
POST
/service_history
Retrieve the service history of a Veteran using demographics to search for the Veteran.
POST:/service_history body → 200400401403404413429500

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are VeteranAttributes (17 properties), ServiceHistoryAttributes (12 properties), ServiceHistoryMilitarySummary (10 properties), ApiErrorDetails_2 (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

InternalServerApiError
object
1 property
ApiErrorDetails_2
object
4 properties
Deployment
object
Deployment during a service history episode
3 properties 3 required
ServerSoapFaultApiError
object
1 property
MissingIcn
object
1 property
AuthorizationError
object
3 properties
BackendServiceApiError_2
object
1 property
ServiceHistoryResponse
object
verification servicehistory endpoint
2 properties
BadRequest
object
1 property
ServiceHistoryEpisode
object
Service history for authorized Veteran
3 properties 3 required
InaccessibleServiceDefintionErrorApiError
object
1 property
BackendServiceApiError
object
1 property
ServiceHistoryAttributes
object
Attributes for servicehistory endpoint
12 properties 11 required
ForbiddenServerError
object
3 properties
ApiErrorDetails
object
4 properties
ServiceHistoryMilitarySummary
object
Military Summary for Veteran
10 properties 10 required
VeteranAttributes
object
Use the current residence address of the Veteran. Some unhoused Veterans can use a local USPS, support organization, or other location such as 'the corner of R…
17 properties 7 required

Specification

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Source

va-gov-service-history-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
va-gov:va-gov-service-history-api
Base URL
https://api.va.gov/services/va_facilities/v1
Docs
https://developer.va.gov/explore/api/va-facilities/docs
Provider
VA Lighthouse
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