Walgreens

Walgreens Transfers API

Prescription transfer operations

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Outpatient & Specialty Pharmacy Operations BC-2850.30

Operations 1

POST /api/rx/transfer Submit Prescription Transfer #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Walgreens Prescription Refill Transfers API
  description: Enables medication management application developers to process prescription refills and transfers at any Walgreens pharmacy location. Supports barcode scanning for refill initiation and image-based prescription transfers from other pharmacies. Processes prescriptions from 8,200+ Walgreens pharmacies with mobile-optimized WebView checkout flows.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    url: https://developer.walgreens.com
  termsOfService: https://developer.walgreens.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://services.walgreens.com
  description: Production
- url: https://services-qa.walgreens.com
  description: Sandbox
security:
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Transfers
  description: Prescription transfer operations
paths:
  /api/rx/transfer:
    post:
      operationId: submitTransfer
      summary: Submit Prescription Transfer
      description: Submits a prescription transfer request using a Base64-encoded image of the prescription label from another pharmacy. Requires the token from the Obtain Transfer URL step. Optionally includes patient demographic information to pre-populate the transfer form.
      tags:
      - Transfers
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransferRequest'
            example:
              affId: YOUR_AFFILIATE_ID
              token: secure_token_from_obtain_step
              rxImg: base64_encoded_prescription_image
              appID: transferByScan
              act: transferRxHome
      responses:
        '200':
          description: HTML WebView markup for prescription transfer checkout
          content:
            text/html:
              schema:
                type: string
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters or image
        '403':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid token or affiliate
components:
  schemas:
    TransferRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - affId
      - token
      - rxImg
      - appID
      - act
      properties:
        affId:
          type: string
          description: Your affiliate identifier
        token:
          type: string
          description: Secure token from the Obtain URL response
        rxImg:
          type: string
          format: byte
          description: Base64-encoded image of the prescription label
        appID:
          type: string
          enum:
          - transferByScan
          description: Application identifier
        act:
          type: string
          enum:
          - transferRxHome
          description: Action type
        fname:
          type: string
          description: Patient first name (optional pre-fill)
        lname:
          type: string
          description: Patient last name (optional pre-fill)
        dob:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: Patient date of birth in MM-DD-YYYY format
        phoneNbr:
          type: string
          description: Patient phone number
        pharmacyNbr:
          type: string
          description: Preferred destination pharmacy number
        lat:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Patient latitude for nearest pharmacy lookup
        lng:
          type: number
          format: double
          description: Patient longitude for nearest pharmacy lookup
        trackingId:
          type: string
          description: Optional tracking identifier for analytics
        appVer:
          type: string
          description: Application version
        devInf:
          type: string
          description: Device information
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apiKey
      description: API key obtained from Walgreens Developer Portal