HM Land Registry ECD API
The ECD API from HM Land Registry — 1 operation(s) for ecd.
The ECD API from HM Land Registry — 1 operation(s) for ecd.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Estimate Completion Date ECD API
description: A specification for the HMLR Business Gateway estimate completion date service.
version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://businessgateway.landregistry.gov.uk/bg2/api
description: Live endpoint
- url: https://bgtest.landregistry.gov.uk/bg2test/api
description: Customer Test Endpoint
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: ECD
paths:
/v1/applications/{application_reference}/estimate-completion-date:
get:
operationId: getEstimateCompletionDate
tags:
- ECD
summary: Get estimate completion date of associated application reference
description: Get estimated completion date for register create/update applications associated to application reference.
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApplicationReferenceParameter'
responses:
'200':
description: Successfully retrieved the application estimate completion date
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- data
properties:
data:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ECDResponseData'
examples:
'Example: Application reference valid, application is received. ECD is available.':
value:
data:
application_reference: X000XXX
application_status: RECEIVED
application_priority_date: 20/08/2021
estimated_completion_date_status: AVAILABLE
estimated_completion_dates:
- date: 17/03/2023
probability: 0.9
'Example: Application reference is valid, application is delayed. ECD is available.':
value:
data:
application_reference: X001XXX
application_status: DELAYED
application_priority_date: 19/01/2023
estimated_completion_date_status: AVAILABLE
estimated_completion_dates:
- date: 13/05/2024
probability: 0.9
'Example: Application reference is valid, application is received. ECD status is exceeded.':
value:
data:
application_reference: X002XXX
application_status: RECEIVED
application_priority_date: 12/02/2022
estimated_completion_date_status: EXCEEDED
'Example: Application reference valid and matches an application. ECD is not yet calculated.':
value:
data:
application_reference: X003XXX
application_status: RECEIVED
application_priority_date: 20/04/2022
estimated_completion_date_status: CALCULATING
'Example: Application reference is valid and matches a cancelled application. ECD status is unavailable.':
value:
data:
application_reference: X004XXX
application_status: CANCELLED
application_priority_date: 23/08/2022
estimated_completion_date_status: UNAVAILABLE
4XX:
description: client errors
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
'Example 400: Application reference invalid format':
value:
errors:
- code: BG40001
detail: Malformed invalid schema. Application Reference is invalid.
status: '400'
trace_id: c62e9b3f-e523-4f04-a941-c6cf0d60c080
title: Invalid application reference.
'Example 404: Application reference valid format but does not match an HMLR application':
value:
errors:
- code: BG40002
detail: application reference is not found.
status: '404'
trace_id: c62e9b3f-e523-4f04-a941-c6cf0d60c080
title: application reference not found.
5XX:
$ref: '#/components/responses/DefaultErrorResponse'
components:
schemas:
Source:
type: object
description: An object containing references to the primary source of the error.
properties:
pointer:
type: string
description: JSON Pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error
parameter:
type: string
description: A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error
header:
type: string
description: A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error
ECD:
type: object
description: If EstimatedCompletionDateStatus is [AVAILABLE] the estimated completion date of the application is provided.
properties:
date:
type: string
format: date
description: ECD is calculated using the time in which 90% of the application type were completed. See documentation for current calculation ruleset.
probability:
description: The chance the application will be completed by this date.
type: number
example: 0.9
minimum: 0
maximum: 1
ErrorResponse:
description: A response for an unsuccessful result.
type: object
properties:
errors:
description: A collection of one or more errors as to why the API request failed.
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
Error:
type: object
description: An error response for an unsuccessful request.
required:
- code
- detail
properties:
code:
description: The code related to this error, see documentation for more information.
type: string
detail:
description: The descriptive reason behind an error.
type: string
status:
description: The http status code related to this error.
type: string
example: '503'
trace_id:
type: string
description: A trace identifier for this request.
example: c62e9b3f-e523-4f04-a941-c6cf0d60c080
title:
type: string
description: A short summary of the problem that does not change from occurrence to occurrence of the problem.
source:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Source'
ApplicationReference:
description: HMLR generated unique set of characters that identifies applications
type: string
pattern: ^([A-Z][0-9]{3}[A-Z]{3})|([A-Z]{2}[0-9A-F]{5})$
ApplicationStatus:
type: string
description: "A code representing the status of an application. \n - DELAYED: The application has requisitions, an extension of time has been granted, a site visit has been requested, the application has been referred internally or there are prior pending applications. \n - RECEIVED: The application has been received, the priority is protected and is awaiting processing. \n - CANCELLED: The application has been cancelled and removed from the Daylist. \n - COMPLETED: The application has been completed and is no longer active on the Daylist."
enum:
- DELAYED
- CANCELLED
- RECEIVED
- COMPLETED
ECDResponseData:
description: Response object
type: object
required:
- application_reference
- application_status
- application_priority_date
- estimated_completion_date_status
properties:
application_reference:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApplicationReference'
application_status:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApplicationStatus'
application_priority_date:
type: string
format: date
description: Date of a Land Registry Application that is used to confer priority.
estimated_completion_date_status:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ECDStatus'
estimated_completion_dates:
type: array
minItems: 1
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ECD'
ECDStatus:
type: string
description: "A code representing the status of obtaining the estimated completion date. \n - AVAILABLE: ECD is available \n - CALCULATING: This is shown when the ECD for the application is being calculated for the first time. \n - EXCEEDED: ECD is unavailable. This is shown when the ECD for the application has elapsed. \n - UNAVAILABLE: ECD is unavailable. Application status is completed or cancelled. \n - NOT_APPLICABLE: ECD is unavailable."
enum:
- AVAILABLE
- CALCULATING
- EXCEEDED
- UNAVAILABLE
- NOT_APPLICABLE
responses:
DefaultErrorResponse:
description: An error has occurred.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
examples:
Gateway Timeout:
value:
errors:
- code: BG50004
detail: The gateway has timed out.
status: '504'
trace_id: c62e9b3f-e523-4f04-a941-c6cf0d60c080
title: An error has occurred
parameters:
ApplicationReferenceParameter:
in: path
name: application_reference
description: HMLR generated unique set of characters that identifies applications.
required: true
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApplicationReference'
securitySchemes:
basicAuth:
type: http
scheme: basic