Cancer.gov History endpoints API

The History endpoints API from Cancer.gov — 2 operation(s) for history endpoints.

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Operations 2

GET /api/v1/history/{terminology}/{code}/replacements Gets suggested replacements for a specified terminology and retired code. #

GET /api/v1/history/{terminology}/replacements Gets suggested replacements for a specified terminology and a comma-separated… #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NCI EVS Rest History endpoints API
  description: Endpoints to support searching, metadata, and content retrieval for EVS terminologies. To learn more about how to interact with this api, see the Github evsrestapi-client-SDK project.
  termsOfService: https://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NCI_Thesaurus/ThesaurusTermsofUse.htm
  contact:
    name: NCI EVS
    email: NCIAppSupport@nih.gov
  version: 2.4.1.RELEASE
servers:
- url: /
tags:
- name: History endpoints
paths:
  /api/v1/history/{terminology}/{code}/replacements:
    get:
      tags:
      - History endpoints
      summary: Gets suggested replacements for a specified terminology and retired code.
      operationId: getReplacements
      parameters:
      - name: terminology
        in: path
        description: Terminology, e.g. 'ncit' or 'ncim' (<a href="https://github.com/NCIEVS/evsrestapi-client-SDK/blob/main/doc/TERMINOLOGIES.md">See here for complete list</a>)
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: ncit
      - name: code
        in: path
        description: Code in the specified terminology, e.g. <ul><li>'C4654' for <i>ncit</i></li><li>'C0000733' for <i>ncim</i></li></ul>.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestException'
        '417':
          description: Expectation failed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestException'
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved the requested information
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/History'
  /api/v1/history/{terminology}/replacements:
    get:
      tags:
      - History endpoints
      summary: Gets suggested replacements for a specified terminology and a comma-separated…
      operationId: getReplacementsFromList
      parameters:
      - name: terminology
        in: path
        description: Terminology, e.g. 'ncit' or 'ncim' (<a href="https://github.com/NCIEVS/evsrestapi-client-SDK/blob/main/doc/TERMINOLOGIES.md">See here for complete list</a>)
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: ncit
      - name: list
        in: query
        description: Comma-separated list of codes, e.g. <ul><li>'C4654,C40117' for <i>ncit</i></li><li>'C0000733,C3551741' for <i>ncim</i></li></ul>.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestException'
        '417':
          description: Expectation failed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestException'
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved the requested information
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/History'
components:
  schemas:
    RestException:
      type: object
      properties:
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        status:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        error:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        path:
          type: string
      description: Payload for JSON error responses
    History:
      type: object
      properties:
        uri:
          type: string
          description: URI for this element in an rdf-based source file
        ct:
          type: integer
          description: Used to indicate the total amount of data in cases where a limit is being applied
          format: int32
        code:
          type: string
          description: Code for this history record
        name:
          type: string
          description: Last known preferred name for the code
        action:
          type: string
          description: Indicates the history action, e.g. 'merge', 'active', 'retire', 'SY', 'RB', etc.
        date:
          type: string
          description: Date of the history record
        replacementCode:
          type: string
          description: Code replacing this code
        replacementName:
          type: string
          description: Preferred name of the code replacing this code
      description: Represents a history record, generally for a retired concept