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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: EBSCO Content API
version: '2026-10-14'
description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-10-14: 2 operation(s) read from 6 public documentation page(s) (each operation names its page in x-source). This is not the provider''s published contract; EBSCO has published no machine-readable contract that the pipeline could find. Engine: local.'
x-evidence-tiers:
code-example: 0
documentation: 2
pages-with-code: 0
pages-read: 6
x-generated-from: documentation
x-provenance: generated
x-authored-by: API Evangelist
x-generated: '2026-10-14'
x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
x-engine: local
x-sources:
- https://developer.ebsco.com/dynamed/reference/get-change-alerts.md
- https://developer.ebsco.com/dynamed/reference/topic-metadata-v2.md
- https://developer.ebsco.com/dynamed/reference/post-transfertoken-v1.md
- https://developer.ebsco.com/dynamed/reference/get-content-change-alerts.md
- https://developer.ebsco.com/knowledge-services/reference/get_custid-holdings.md
- https://developer.ebsco.com/knowledge-services/reference/post_custid-holdings.md
servers:
- url: https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-dynamed
security:
- x-api-key: []
tags:
- name: Content
paths:
/content/change-alerts:
get:
operationId: get_content_change_alerts
tags:
- Content
summary: Retrieve Change Alerts
description: The DynaMed API GET /content/change-alerts endpoint returns change alerts for all topics.
x-source: https://developer.ebsco.com/dynamed/reference/get-change-alerts.md
parameters:
- name: limit
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: Returns specified number of records, if not provided defaults to 5, max is any number less than 100
- name: updatesPriorities
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
description: 'Comma separated list of priorities for all updates. For eg: ppc,standard,lowplus'
responses:
'200':
description: Success (status as documented)
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/GetContentChangeAlertsResponse'
x-evidence:
kind: documentation
components:
schemas:
GetContentChangeAlertsResponse:
type: object
properties:
_metadata:
type: object
_metadata.links:
type: array
_metadata.links[].rel:
type: string
description: rel link
_metadata.links[].href:
type: string
description: href link
_metadata.totalItems:
type: number
description: Total number of items returned.
items:
type: array
description: All updates, available at all cases
items[].updatesText:
type: string
description: Updated text
items[].updatedAtTimestamp:
type: string
description: Timestamp when the update occurred
items[].asDate:
type: string
description: Timestamp when the update occurred
items[].practiceChangingUpdate:
type: boolean
description: Is this a practice changing update
items[].updatePriority:
type: string
description: Update priority
items[].updateType:
type: string
description: Update type
items[].relevantTopics:
type: array
items[].relevantTopics[].id:
type: string
description: Id for the topic
items[].relevantTopics[].anchor:
type: string
description: Link to the update within the topic
items[].relevantTopics[].practiceChangingUpdate:
type: boolean
description: Is this a practice changing update
items[].relevantTopics[].slug:
type: string
description: 'Slug of the topic - this gets appended to the domain ex: www.dynamed.com/slug'
items[].relevantTopics[].title:
type: string
description: Title of the topic
securitySchemes:
x-api-key:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: x-api-key
x-source: https://developer.ebsco.com/ebscohost-api/docs/authentication-and-access-tokens.md