Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Data API

The data API from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — 1 operation(s) for data.

Operations 1

GET /data/{jobId}/{filename} Get data file #

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cms-data-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Beneficiary Claims Data API
  description: 'The Beneficiary Claims Data API (BCDA) allows downloading of claims data in accordance with the FHIR Bulk Data Export specification.


    If you have a Client ID and Secret you can use this page to explore the API.  To do this:

    1. Click the green "Authorize" button below and enter your Client ID and secret in the Basic Authentication boxes.

    2. Request a bearer token from /auth/token

    3. Click the green "Authorize" button below and put "Bearer {YOUR_TOKEN}" in the bearer_token box.


    Until you click logout your token will be presented with every request made.  To make requests click on the

    "Try it out" button for the desired endpoint.'
  contact:
    email: bcapi@cms.hhs.gov
  license:
    name: Public Domain
    url: https://github.com/CMSgov/bcda-app/blob/main/LICENSE.md
  version: 1.0.0
servers: []
tags:
- name: data
paths:
  /data/{jobId}/{filename}:
    get:
      tags:
      - data
      summary: Get data file
      description: Returns the NDJSON file of data generated by an export job, which can be found via the jobs/{jobId} response.  Will be in the format <UUID>.ndjson or <UUID>-error.ndjson. Gzip is highly encouraged for faster downloads.
      operationId: serveData
      parameters:
      - name: jobId
        in: path
        description: ID of data export job
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          x-go-name: JobID
        x-go-name: JobID
      - name: filename
        in: path
        description: Name of file to be downloaded
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          x-go-name: Filename
        x-go-name: Filename
      - name: Accept-Encoding
        in: header
        description: Encoding type to use
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - gzip
          x-go-name: AcceptEncoding
        x-go-name: AcceptEncoding
      responses:
        '200':
          description: File of newline-delimited JSON FHIR objects
          headers:
            Content-Encoding:
              description: Header defining encoding type used
              schema:
                type: string
                enum:
                - gzip
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NDJSON'
        '400':
          description: Malformed request. The body will contain a FHIR OperationOutcome resource in JSON format. https://www.hl7.org/fhir/operationoutcome.html.
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationOutcomeResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. The provided credentials are invalid for the requested resource.
          content: {}
        '404':
          description: The requested path was not found. The body will contain a FHIR OperationOutcome resource in JSON format. https://www.hl7.org/fhir/operationoutcome.html
          content:
            application/fhir+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperationOutcomeResponse'
      security:
      - bearer_token: []
components:
  schemas:
    OperationOutcomeResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Issue:
          type: object
          required:
          - Severity
          - Code
          - Diagnostics
          properties:
            Severity:
              description: 'Severity of the outcome: fatal | error | warning | information'
              type: string
            Code:
              description: Error or warning code
              type: string
            Diagnostics:
              description: Additional diagnostic information about the issue
              type: string
      x-go-package: github.com/CMSgov/bcda-app/bcda/models
    NDJSON:
      type: string
      x-go-package: github.com/CMSgov/bcda-app/bcda/models
  securitySchemes:
    basic_auth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
    bearer_token:
      type: apiKey
      description: The Group and Patient endpoints require a Bearer Token. 1) Put your credentials in Basic Authentication, 2) Request a bearer token from /auth/token, 3) Put "Bearer {TOKEN}" in this field (no quotes) using the bearer token retrieved in step 2
      name: Authorization
      in: header
x-original-swagger-version: '2.0'