# OpenPrescribing Reference API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/openprescribing/openprescribing-reference-api/  
**Provider:** OpenPrescribing — https://apis.io/providers/openprescribing/  
**Base URL:** https://openprescribing.net/api/1.0  
**Documentation:** https://openprescribing.net/api/

OpenPrescribing Reference API is one of 7 APIs that [OpenPrescribing](https://apis.io/providers/openprescribing/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Reference. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

BNF code, organisation code and organisation-location reference lookups.

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/org_details/` | Organisation statistics (list size, ASTRO-PU, STAR-PU) |
| GET | `/bnf_code/` | Search BNF sections, chemicals and presentations |
| GET | `/org_code/` | Look up NHS organisations by code or name |
| GET | `/org_location/` | Organisation boundaries and locations (GeoJSON) |

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openprescribing/refs/heads/main/openapi/openprescribing-reference-api-openapi.yml

## Other OpenPrescribing APIs (6)

- [OpenPrescribing Spending API](https://apis.io/apis/openprescribing/openprescribing-spending-api/)
- [OpenPrescribing Measures API](https://apis.io/apis/openprescribing/openprescribing-measures-api/)
- [OpenPrescribing Information API](https://apis.io/apis/openprescribing/openprescribing-information-api/)
- [OpenPrescribing Measures API](https://apis.io/apis/openprescribing/openprescribing-measures-api/)
- [OpenPrescribing Spending API](https://apis.io/apis/openprescribing/openprescribing-spending-api/)
- [OpenPrescribing Tariff API](https://apis.io/apis/openprescribing/openprescribing-tariff-api/)

## Tags

Reference

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/openprescribing/openprescribing-reference-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/openprescribing/.