Centene Provider Search Suggest API

A single typeahead suggestion operation backing Centene’s member-facing provider search experiences. OAuth client credentials with audience ewsext.

Operations 1

POST /query Send a provider search suggest query to Elasticsearch #

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OpenAPI Specification

centene-provider-search-suggest-openapi.yaml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Provider Search Suggest API
  #termsOfService: http://swagger.io/terms/
  contact:
    email: provider_search_support@centene.com
    #license:
    #name: Apache 2.0
    #url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  version: 0.0.6
servers:
  - url: https://dev-int-api-gw.centene.com/provider-search-suggest
    description: Dev
  - url: https://d-api-gw.centene.com/dev/provider-search-suggest
    description: Dev DMZ
  - url: https://test-int-api-gw.centene.com/provider-search-suggest
    description: Test
  - url: https://d-api-gw.centene.com/test/provider-search-suggest
    description: Test DMZ
  - url: https://api-gateway-01.centene.com/provider-search-suggest
    description: Prod
  - url: https://d-api-gw.centene.com/provider-search-suggest
    description: Prod DMZ
tags:
  - name: query
    description: query elasticsearch
security:
  - basicAuth: [ ]
paths:
  /query:
    post:
      tags:
        - query
      summary: Send a provider search suggest query to Elasticsearch
      operationId: query
      requestBody:
        description: Centene Search DSL Request
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              anyOf:
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/activeDate'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/searchTerm'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/eligibleForDisplay'
                - $ref: '#/components/schemas/productIds'
            examples:
              SearchTerm Name Query:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "ale"
                  type: "name"
              SearchTerm SpecialtyDescription Query:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "card"
                  type: "specialty"
              SearchTerm SpecDescription with Synonyms Query:
                description: "NOTE: Experimental, please do not use"
                value:
                  searchTerm: "card"
                  type: "specialtySynonym"
              SearchTerm With ActiveDate Query:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "ale"
                  activeDate: "2020-09-10"
                  type: "name"
              SearchTerm With EligibleIndicator:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "ale"
                  type: "name"
                  eligibleForDisplay:
                    eligibleIndicator: Y
              SearchTerm ActiveDate And EligibleIndicator:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "ale"
                  type: "name"
                  activeDate: "2020-09-10"
                  eligibleForDisplay:
                    eligibleIndicator: Y
              ProductIds:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "ale"
                  type: "name"
                  productIds: [ 910, 1025 ]
              PrintDisplay:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "ale"
                  type: "name"
                  eligibleForDisplay:
                    printDisplay: "Y"
              ParDisplay:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "ale"
                  type: "name"
                  eligibleForDisplay:
                    parDisplay: "Y"
              SpecialtyDisplay:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "ale"
                  type: "name"
                  eligibleForDisplay:
                    specialtyDisplay: "Y"
              GeoCoordsDisplay:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "ale"
                  type: "name"
                  eligibleForDisplay:
                    geoCoordsDisplay: "Y"
              All EligibleForDisplay:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "ale"
                  type: "name"
                  eligibleForDisplay:
                    printDisplay: "Y"
                    parDisplay: "Y"
                    specialtyDisplay: "Y"
                    geoCoordsDisplay: "Y"
              Type of Specialty:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "cardiology"
                  type: "specialty"
                  language: "en"
                  activeDate: "2020-09-01"
                  eligibleForDisplay:
                  eligibleIndicator: "Y"
              Type of Specialty Synonym:
                description: ""
                value:
                  searchTerm: "addiction"
                  description: ""
                  type: "specialtySynonym"
                  language: "es"
                  activeDate: "2021-02-10"
                  eligibleForDisplay:
                  eligibleIndicator: "N"
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search accepted, executed, results returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Response'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: string
components:
  schemas:
    activeDate:
      type: string
    searchTerm:
      type: string
    type:
      type: string
    productIds:
      type: array
      items:
        type: string
    eligibleForDisplay:
      type: object
      description: "eligibleIndicator must be used alone, but any other of the fields can be used together"
      anyOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/eligibleIndicator'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/specialtyDisplay'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/printDisplay'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/geoCoordsDisplay'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/parDisplay'
    eligibleIndicator:
      type: string
    specialtyDisplay:
      type: string
    printDisplay:
      type: string
    geoCoordsDisplay:
      type: string
    parDisplay:
      type: string
    Response:
      type: object
      properties:
        suggestions:
          type: object
          properties:
            suggestType:
              type: string
            queryTime:
              type: string
            results:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  name:
                    type: string
                  entityType:
                    type: string
                  providerType:
                    type: string
                  score:
                    type: number
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic