Cancer.gov

Cancer.gov Best Bets API

The Best Bets API from Cancer.gov — 2 operation(s) for best bets.

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Operations 2

GET /BestBets/{collection}/{language}/{term} Get the Best Bet Categories specified language and term #

GET /BestBets/status Provides an endpoint for checking that the various services which make up the… #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Best Bets API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: /bestbets/v1
tags:
- name: Best Bets
paths:
  /BestBets/{collection}/{language}/{term}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Best Bets
      summary: Get the Best Bet Categories specified language and term
      operationId: BestBets_Get
      parameters:
      - name: collection
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The collection to use. For normal operation use 'live'.
        schema:
          type: string
        x-position: 1
      - name: language
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The language of the results. This should be either 'en' for English or 'es' for Spanish.
        schema:
          type: string
        x-position: 2
      - name: term
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The search term to get categories for.
        schema:
          type: string
        x-position: 3
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The get.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/IBestBetDisplay'
  /BestBets/status:
    get:
      tags:
      - Best Bets
      summary: Provides an endpoint for checking that the various services which make up the…
      operationId: BestBets_GetStatus
      responses:
        '200':
          description: "The contents of BestBetsController.HEALTHY_STATUS ('alive!') if\n            all services are running. If unhealthy services are found, APIErrorException is thrown\n            with HTTPStatusCode set to 500."
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
components:
  schemas:
    IBestBetDisplay:
      type: object
      description: Represents Display information about a Best Bet
      x-abstract: true
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Gets the ID of the category
        name:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Gets the name of the category
        html:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Gets the HTML to be displayed
        weight:
          type: integer
          description: Gets the weighting of this category for diplay purposes
          format: int32
x-generator: NSwag v13.20.0.0 (NJsonSchema v10.9.0.0 (Newtonsoft.Json v13.0.0.0))