Color Populations API

Read-side queries across a population: participants, results, samples, self-reported results.

Operations 6

POST /populations/eligibility_list Upload an eligibility file for a population #
GET /populations/participants List participants #
GET /populations/results List results #
GET /populations/samples List samples #
GET /populations/samples/{kit_barcode} Retrieve a sample by kit barcode #
GET /populations/self_reported_results List self-reported results #

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OpenAPI Specification

color-populations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: External API V1 Populations API
  description: Color Health's External API V1 — the partner-facing REST API behind docs.color.com/reference. It lets benefit administrators and lab/LIMS partners manage eligibility entries for their populations, upload eligibility files, query participants, results, samples and self-reported results, and (for lab partners) accession, report and destroy test samples. Authentication is a Color-issued bearer token supplied in the Authorization header; staging and production use separate tokens.
  termsOfService: https://www.color.com/tos/
  contact:
    email: dev@color.com
    name: Color Health API Support
    url: https://docs.color.com/reference
  license:
    name: private
  version: v1
servers:
- url: https://api.color.com/api/v1/external
  description: Production
security:
- Bearer: []
tags:
- name: populations
  description: 'Read-side queries across a population: participants, results, samples, self-reported results.'
paths:
  /populations/eligibility_list:
    parameters: []
    post:
      operationId: populations_eligibility_list
      description: Create and/or update eligibility data from file.
      requestBody:
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                eligibility_file:
                  description: The csv file containing eligible recipient data.
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                population:
                  description: The name of the population. This indicates the testing population you are uploading the eligibility data for. Separate requests are needed to add/update each population.
                  type: string
                replace:
                  description: If "true", we remove all existing eligible participants that are not part of the new list. If "false", we append any eligible participants from this list but do not remove existing ones. If the identifier exists already we simply update the external_id/testing_cadence_cohort to the newly provided details. Optional; the default is false if not provided.
                  type: boolean
              required:
              - eligibility_file
              - population
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Response body will contain JSON object indicating numbers of rows modified.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EligibilityListResponse'
        '400':
          description: Response body will contain list of all error messages.
        '403':
          description: Authentication token was not provided or accepted.
        '500':
          description: An error has occurred, please try again.
      tags:
      - populations
      summary: Upload an eligibility file for a population
  /populations/participants:
    parameters: []
    get:
      operationId: populations_participants_list
      description: List Participants Endpoint
      parameters:
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: A page number within the paginated result set.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
      - name: page_size
        in: query
        description: 'Optional: represents the maximum number of participants to return. This integer should be between 1 (min) and 500 (max) inclusive. By default, 50 participants will be returned.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
      - name: populations
        in: query
        description: represents your populations - this indicates the testing populations that you are querying participants for. If you do not provide populations, then participants from all of the organization’s populations will be returned.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: latest_sample_activated_at_start
        in: query
        description: indicates the earliest (inclusive) activation time of the participant’s most recent sample. Defaults to the earliest activation time if not provided. If provided, only users with samples in this time range will be returned.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: latest_sample_activated_at_end
        in: query
        description: indicates the datetime of latest (exclusive) activation time of the participant’s most recent sample. Defaults to the time of the request. If provided, only users with samples in this time range will be returned.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: sample_activated_at_start
        in: query
        description: indicates the earliest (inclusive) activation time of the returned samples. Defaults to the earliest activation time if not provided. If provided, only samples in this time range will be returned.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: sample_activated_at_end
        in: query
        description: indicates the datetime of latest (exclusive) activation time of the returned samples. Defaults to the time of the request. If provided, only samples in this time range will be returned.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: participant_ids
        in: query
        description: array of strings representing participant ids of participants. If an array of participant ids is provided, only participants with participant ids in the array will be returned. Query for a maximum of 50 external ids per request.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: external_ids
        in: query
        description: array of strings representing external ids of participants. These external ids are provided via eligibility file uploads or via the Eligibility List API. If an array of external ids is provided, only participants with external ids in the array will be returned. Query for a maximum of 50 external ids per request.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: vaccination_statuses
        in: query
        description: 'array of strings representing vaccination statuses of participants. Must be one of the following: fully_vaccinated, partially_vaccinated, not_vaccinated_but_intend_to, not_vaccinated_and_do_not_intend_to, not_vaccinated, declined_to_answer. If an array of vaccination statuses is provided, only consenting participants with vaccination statuses in the array will be returned.'
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - fully_vaccinated
            - partially_vaccinated
            - not_vaccinated_but_intend_to
            - not_vaccinated_and_do_not_intend_to
            - not_vaccinated
            - declined_to_answer
      - name: vaccine_status_last_updated_at_start
        in: query
        description: indicates the earliest (inclusive) last update time for a vaccination status.  If provided, only samples where the vaccination status was updated after this time will be returned.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: vaccine_status_last_updated_at_end
        in: query
        description: indicates the latest (inclusive) last update time for a vaccination status.  If provided, only samples where the vaccination status was updated before this time will be returned.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: ordering
        in: query
        description: 'Optional: query parameter in which participants can be ordered by. By default, participants are ordered by latest created_at time.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - created_at
          - -created_at
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                required:
                - count
                - results
                type: object
                properties:
                  count:
                    type: integer
                  next:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    format: uri
                    description: URL prepopulated with query parameters to get the next page. Will be null if currently on the last page.
                  previous:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    format: uri
                    description: URL prepopulated with query parameters to get the previous page. Will be null if currently on the first page.
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ParticipantStatusApi'
        '400':
          description: Response body will contain list of all error messages.
        '403':
          description: Authentication token was not provided or accepted.
        '500':
          description: An error has occurred, please try again.
      tags:
      - populations
      summary: List participants
  /populations/results:
    parameters: []
    get:
      operationId: populations_results_list
      description: List Results Endpoint
      parameters:
      - name: ordering
        in: query
        description: 'Optional: query parameter in which results can be ordered by. By default, results are ordered by latest released_at time.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - released_at
          - -released_at
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        description: The pagination cursor value.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page_size
        in: query
        description: 'Optional: represents the maximum number of results to return. This integer should be between 1 (min) and 500 (max) inclusive. By default, 50 results will be returned.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
      - name: populations
        in: query
        description: represents your populations - this indicates the testing populations that you are querying results for. If you do not provide populations, then results from all of the organization’s populations will be returned.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: released_at_start
        in: query
        description: indicates the earliest (inclusive) release date of results. Earliest accepted datetime is 2 weeks before the time of the request. Defaults to 2 weeks before the time of the request if not provided.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: released_at_end
        in: query
        description: indicates the datetime of the most recent (exclusive) release date. Defaults to the time of the request.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: kit_barcodes
        in: query
        description: represents sample barcodes. If an array of barcodes is provided, only results with barcodes in the array will be returned. Query for a maximum of 50 barcodes per request.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            pattern: ^D-\d{10}$
      - name: test_significance
        in: query
        description: string indicating the desired test significance of the results. If the query parameter is included, but does not contain one of the accepted values, we will return 400 Bad request.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - detected
          - not_detected
          - inconclusive
          - failed
      - name: organizations
        in: query
        description: this can only be used with customer accounts. This indicates the organizations that you are querying results for. If you do not provide organizations, then results from all organizations will be returned.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: external_ids
        in: query
        description: array of strings representing external ids of participants. These external ids are provided via eligibility file uploads or via the Eligibility List API. If an array of external ids is provided, only results for participants matching the external ids in the array will be returned. Query for a maximum of 50 external ids per request.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                required:
                - results
                type: object
                properties:
                  next:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    format: uri
                    description: URL prepopulated with query parameters to get the next page. Will be null if currently on the last page.
                  previous:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    format: uri
                    description: URL prepopulated with query parameters to get the previous page. Will be null if currently on the first page.
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResultApi'
        '400':
          description: Response body will contain list of all error messages.
        '403':
          description: Authentication token was not provided or accepted.
        '500':
          description: An error has occurred, please try again.
      tags:
      - populations
      summary: List results
  /populations/samples:
    parameters: []
    get:
      operationId: populations_samples_list
      description: List Samples Endpoint
      parameters:
      - name: ordering
        in: query
        description: 'Optional: query parameter in which samples can be ordered by. By default, samples are ordered by latest activated_at time.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - activated_at
          - -activated_at
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        description: The pagination cursor value.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page_size
        in: query
        description: 'Optional: represents the maximum number of samples to return. This integer should be between 1 (min) and 500 (max) inclusive. By default, 50 samples will be returned.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
      - name: populations
        in: query
        description: represents your populations - this indicates the testing populations that you are querying samples for. If you do not provide populations, then samples from all of the organization’s populations will be returned.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: activated_at_start
        in: query
        description: indicates the earliest (inclusive) activation time of the returned samples. Defaults to the the activation time two weeks ago if not provided.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: activated_at_end
        in: query
        description: indicates the datetime of latest (exclusive) activation time of the returned samples. Defaults to the time of the request.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      - name: kit_barcodes
        in: query
        description: represents sample barcodes. If an array of barcodes is provided, only samples with barcodes in the array will be returned. Query for a maximum of 50 barcodes per request.
        required: false
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            pattern: ^D-\d{10}$
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                required:
                - results
                type: object
                properties:
                  next:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    format: uri
                    description: URL prepopulated with query parameters to get the next page. Will be null if currently on the last page.
                  previous:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    format: uri
                    description: URL prepopulated with query parameters to get the previous page. Will be null if currently on the first page.
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/SampleApi'
        '400':
          description: Response body will contain list of all error messages.
        '403':
          description: Authentication token was not provided or accepted.
        '500':
          description: An error has occurred, please try again.
      tags:
      - populations
      summary: List samples
  /populations/samples/{kit_barcode}:
    parameters:
    - name: kit_barcode
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      operationId: populations_samples_read
      description: Retrieve Samples Endpoint
      parameters:
      - name: kit_barcode
        in: path
        description: Barcode included in the test collection kit
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SampleApi'
        '400':
          description: Response body will contain list of all error messages.
        '403':
          description: Authentication token was not provided or accepted.
        '404':
          description: Result could not be retrieved. Please check your query parameters.
        '500':
          description: An error has occurred, please try again.
      tags:
      - populations
      summary: Retrieve a sample by kit barcode
  /populations/self_reported_results:
    parameters: []
    get:
      operationId: populations_self_reported_results_list
      description: List Self-Reported Results Endpoint
      parameters:
      - name: ordering
        in: query
        description: 'Optional: query parameter in which self-reported results can be ordered by. By default, self-reported results are ordered by latest reported_at time.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - reported_at
          - -reported_at
      - name: reported_at_start
        in: query
        description: Indicates the earliest (start) or latest (end) reported time of self-reported results to be returned
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: reported_at_end
        in: query
        description: Indicates the earliest (start) or latest (end) reported time of self-reported results to be returned
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: test_date_start
        in: query
        description: Indicates the earliest (start) or latest (end) test date of self-reported results to be returned
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: test_date_end
        in: query
        description: Indicates the earliest (start) or latest (end) test date of self-reported results to be returned
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: populations
        in: query
        description: Represents your populations - this indicates the testing populations that you are querying self-reported results for. If you do not provide populations, then self-reported results from all of the organization’s populations will be returned.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: participant_ids
        in: query
        description: Array of strings representing participant ids of participants. If an array of participant ids is provided, only self-reported results with participant ids in the array will be returned. Query for a maximum of 50 external ids per request.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: test_significance
        in: query
        description: String indicating the desired test significance of the self-reported results. If the query parameter is included, but does not contain one of the accepted values, we will return 400 Bad request.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: test_type
        in: query
        description: String indicating the desired test type of the self-reported results. If the query parameter is included, but does not contain one of the accepted values, we will return 400 Bad request.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        description: The pagination cursor value.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page_size
        in: query
        description: 'Optional: represents the maximum number of self-reported results to return. This integer should be between 1 (min) and 500 (max) inclusive. By default, 50 self-reported results will be returned.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                required:
                - results
                type: object
                properties:
                  next:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    format: uri
                    description: URL prepopulated with query parameters to get the next page. Will be null if currently on the last page.
                  previous:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                    format: uri
                    description: URL prepopulated with query parameters to get the previous page. Will be null if currently on the first page.
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/SelfReportedResultApi'
        '400':
          description: Response body will contain list of all error messages.
        '403':
          description: Authentication token was not provided or accepted.
        '500':
          description: An error has occurred, please try again.
      tags:
      - populations
      summary: List self-reported results
components:
  schemas:
    Address:
      type: object
      properties:
        line1:
          title: Address line 1
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
        line2:
          title: Address line 2
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
        city:
          title: City
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
        state:
          title: State/Province
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
        country:
          title: Country
          type: string
          enum:
          - AF
          - AX
          - AL
          - DZ
          - AS
          - AD
          - AO
          - AI
          - AQ
          - AG
          - AR
          - AM
          - AW
          - AU
          - AT
          - AZ
          - BS
          - BH
          - BD
          - BB
          - BY
          - BE
          - BZ
          - BJ
          - BM
          - BT
          - BO
          - BQ
          - BA
          - BW
          - BV
          - BR
          - IO
          - BN
          - BG
          - BF
          - BI
          - CV
          - KH
          - CM
          - CA
          - KY
          - CF
          - TD
          - CL
          - CN
          - CX
          - CC
          - CO
          - KM
          - CG
          - CD
          - CK
          - CR
          - CI
          - HR
          - CU
          - CW
          - CY
          - CZ
          - DK
          - DJ
          - DM
          - DO
          - EC
          - EG
          - SV
          - GQ
          - ER
          - EE
          - SZ
          - ET
          - FK
          - FO
          - FJ
          - FI
          - FR
          - GF
          - PF
          - TF
          - GA
          - GM
          - GE
          - DE
          - GH
          - GI
          - GR
          - GL
          - GD
          - GP
          - GU
          - GT
          - GG
          - GN
          - GW
          - GY
          - HT
          - HM
          - VA
          - HN
          - HK
          - HU
          - IS
          - IN
          - ID
          - IR
          - IQ
          - IE
          - IM
          - IL
          - IT
          - JM
          - JP
          - JE
          - JO
          - KZ
          - KE
          - KI
          - KW
          - KG
          - LA
          - LV
          - LB
          - LS
          - LR
          - LY
          - LI
          - LT
          - LU
          - MO
          - MG
          - MW
          - MY
          - MV
          - ML
          - MT
          - MH
          - MQ
          - MR
          - MU
          - YT
          - MX
          - FM
          - MD
          - MC
          - MN
          - ME
          - MS
          - MA
          - MZ
          - MM
          - NA
          - NR
          - NP
          - NL
          - NC
          - NZ
          - NI
          - NE
          - NG
          - NU
          - NF
          - KP
          - MK
          - MP
          - 'NO'
          - OM
          - PK
          - PW
          - PS
          - PA
          - PG
          - PY
          - PE
          - PH
          - PN
          - PL
          - PT
          - PR
          - QA
          - RE
          - RO
          - RU
          - RW
          - BL
          - SH
          - KN
          - LC
          - MF
          - PM
          - VC
          - WS
          - SM
          - ST
          - SA
          - SN
          - RS
          - SC
          - SL
          - SG
          - SX
          - SK
          - SI
          - SB
          - SO
          - ZA
          - GS
          - KR
          - SS
          - ES
          - LK
          - SD
          - SR
          - SJ
          - SE
          - CH
          - SY
          - TW
          - TJ
          - TZ
          - TH
          - TL
          - TG
          - TK
          - TO
          - TT
          - TN
          - TR
          - TM
          - TC
          - TV
          - UG
          - UA
          - AE
          - GB
          - UM
          - US
          - UY
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          - VG
          - VI
          - WF
          - EH
          - YE
          - ZM
          - ZW
          readOnly: true
        postal_code:
          title: Postal Code
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
    CycleThresholdValue:
      required:
      - gene
      - value
      type: object
      properties:
        gene:
          title: Gene
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        value:
          title: Value
          type: string
          format: decimal
    EligibilityListResponse:
      required:
      - results
      - total
      - ignored_columns
      type: object
      properties:
        results:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EligiblityListRowCounts'
        total:
          title: Total
          description: Total number of active eligible entries in the population.
          type: integer
        ignored_columns:
          description: List of ignored columns from the input csv.
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
    EligiblityListRowCounts:
      required:
      - created
      - updated
      - invalidated
      type: object
      properties:
        created:
          title: Created
          description: Number of new entries added to the eligibility list.
          type: integer
        updated:
          title: Updated
          description: Number of existing entries (entries with the same identifier) that were updated with new information.
          type: integer
        invalidated:
          title: Invalidated
          description: Number of old entries that were removed from an eligibility list.
          type: integer
    PatientProfileResultApi:
      description: Object containing patient profile data.
      required:
      - sex
      - race_ethnicity
      type: object
      properties:
        first_name:
          title: First name
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
        last_name:
          title: Last name
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
        middle_name:
          title: Middle name
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
        birthday:
          title: Birthday
          type: string
          format: date
          readOnly: true
        sex:
          title: Sex
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        email:
          title: Email
          type: string
          format: email
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
        phone_number:
          title: Phone number
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        address:
          title: Address
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        external_id:
          title: External id
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
        race_ethnicity:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - African American / Black
            - Asian
            - Cambodian
            - Chinese
            - Filipino
            - Asian Indian
            - Japanese
            - Korean
            - Laotian
            - Vietnamese
            - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (NHOP)
            - Guamanian
            - Hawaiian
            - Samoan
            - Native American
            - Middle Eastern
            - North African
            - Latino/a
            - White
            - Multiethnic
            - Other
    SelfReportedResultApi:
      type: object
      properties:
        participant_id:
          title: Participant id
          description: The patient ID of the participant with self reported test results
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          minLength: 1
        patient:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatientProfileResultApi'
        population:
          title: Population
          description: The population this participant belongs to in the organization
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        test_type:
          title: Test type
          description: The type of test reported by the participant.
          type: string
        

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