Meddra Search API

The Search API from Meddra — 1 operation(s) for search.

Operations 1

POST /api/search Returns Search Results for a specific input #

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OpenAPI Specification

meddra-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: MedDRA API EUS SBX Search API
  description: Web API to access MedDRA Data
  contact:
    name: Web Admin
    url: http://www.meddra.org/
    email: wadmin@meddra.org
  version: '1'
security:
- oauth2:
  - meddraapi
tags:
- name: Search
paths:
  /api/search:
    post:
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Returns Search Results for a specific input
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json-patch+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchDTO'
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchDTO'
          text/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchDTO'
          application/*+json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchDTO'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRDTO'
        200 type=1:
          description: smqaRDTO
        200 type=10:
          description: smqaRDTO
        400 v1:
          description: Failed Model Validation
        400 v2:
          description: Language/Version Does Not exist
        400 v3:
          description: Insufficient Authorization
        400 v4:
          description: Invalid Input
        400 v5:
          description: Internal Server Exception
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized Access
        '415':
          description: Unsupported Media Type
        '429':
          description: The throttling limit on this API has been exceeded.  Please review the MedDRA API documentation on throttling limits.
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
      operationId: postApiSearch
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    SearchRDTO:
      type: object
      properties:
        pcode:
          type: integer
          description: Parent Code if Available.
          format: int32
        category:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Categories indicate the searched terms that are Exact Match, Lexical Variants, Synonyms, and Contains.
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Term Code.
          format: int32
        name:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Term Name.
        abbrev:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Term Abbreviation
        level:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Type of Term SOC/SMQ/HLGT/HLT/PT/LLT/SYN
        cur:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Term Currency.
        jcurrency:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Term Currency for Japanese Language.
        pt:
          type: boolean
          description: Preferred Term
        rating:
          type: integer
          description: Future Use
          format: int32
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Response Type for Searches.
    SearchDTO:
      required:
      - bview
      - contains
      - hlgt
      - hlt
      - idiacritical
      - kana
      - language
      - llt
      - pt
      - rsview
      - searchterms
      - separator
      - skip
      - smq
      - soc
      - stype
      - synonym
      - take
      - version
      type: object
      properties:
        bview:
          type: string
          description: '[Required]

            Acceptible Browser Views

            SOC/SMQ'
        rsview:
          type: string
          description: '[Required]

            Acceptible Release views

            release'
        language:
          type: string
          description: '[Required]

            Release Version to use.

            Refer to Release API for valid Language/Version Combinations.'
        stype:
          type: integer
          description: 'Future use.

            [Required]

            Determine type of search

            1 - regular search.'
          format: int32
        addlangs:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: string
          description: 'Array for Additional  translations to return.

            Refer to to the Language API for valid inputs'
        filters:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: integer
            format: int32
          description: Filter results to Specific SOCs or SMQs codes
        version:
          type: number
          description: '[Required]

            Release Version to use.

            Refer to Release API for valid Language/Version Combinations.'
          format: double
        searchterms:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AVSearchDTO'
          description: Array of Search term Criteria see AVSearchDTO
        kana:
          type: boolean
          description: Japanese only whether to return Kana Translation.
        idiacritical:
          type: boolean
          description: Select True to Ignore Diacritical Marks.
        synonym:
          type: boolean
          description: Select True to include Synonyms in the Search Results.
        contains:
          type: boolean
          description: Select True to include Contains in the Search Results.
        soc:
          type: boolean
          description: Select True to include SOCs in the Search Results.
        hlgt:
          type: boolean
          description: Select True to include HLGTs in the Search Results.
        hlt:
          type: boolean
          description: Select True to include HLTs in the Search Results.
        pt:
          type: boolean
          description: Select True to include PTs in the Search Results.
        llt:
          type: boolean
          description: Select True to include LLTs in the Search Results.
        smq:
          type: boolean
          description: Select True to include SMQs in the Search Results.
        skip:
          type: integer
          description: "Use for Lazy Loading \nThe parameter “Skip” indicates the specific number of rows or results\nin a database skipped identifying where you start to search.\nFor example, if you want the first 100 results of a search, \nthe “Skip” would be 0 and “Take” would be 100."
          format: int32
        take:
          type: integer
          description: "How many records to Return. \nthe “Skip” would be 0 and “Take” would be 0 for all records."
          format: int32
        separator:
          type: integer
          description: "Separator to use if selecting Additional Languages.\n0 = \" \" \n1 = \"\\n\"\n2 = \" | \""
          format: int32
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Model for advanced search terms and types
    AVSearchDTO:
      required:
      - searchlogic
      - searchterm
      - searchtype
      type: object
      properties:
        searchtype:
          type: integer
          description: "acceptable searchtypes\n 0 - basic -- for basic search all logic is AND\n 1 - contains\n 2 - begins with\n 3 - exact match\n 4 - ends with"
          format: int32
        searchterm:
          maxLength: 400
          minLength: 0
          type: string
          description: 'Single or multiple terms

            if first term is 8 digit numerical code the rest are ignored'
        searchlogic:
          type: integer
          description: '0 - no logic defaults to AND

            1 - AND

            2 - OR

            3 - NOT'
          format: int32
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Model for advanced search terms and types
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        implicit:
          authorizationUrl: https://mid.meddra.org/connect/authorize
          scopes:
            meddraapi: Meddra API - full access