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Bundle-transaction.xml

Raw XML (canonical form)

An example transaction (id = "bundle-transaction")

<Bundle xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="bundle-transaction"/>
<!--    this example bundle is a transaction     -->
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2014-08-18T01:43:30Z"/>
  <!--    when the transaction was constructed    -->
  </meta>
  <type value="transaction"/>
<!--    now, each entry is an action to take in the transaction    -->
  <entry>
    <fullUrl value="urn:uuid:61ebe359-bfdc-4613-8bf2-c5e300945f0a"/>
    <resource>
    <!--    a simple create operation    -->
    <!--    first, the resource to create    -->
      <Patient>
      <!--    no id for create operations    -->
      <!--    and no metadata on this resource, though it would be valid    -->
        <text>
          <status value="generated"/>
          <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Some narrative</div>
        </text>
        <active value="true"/>
        <name>
          <use value="official"/>
          <family value="Chalmers"/>
          <given value="Peter"/>
          <given value="James"/>
        </name>
        <gender value="male"/>
        <birthDate value="1974-12-25"/>
      </Patient>
    </resource>
  <!--    now, details about the action to take with the resource    -->
    <request>
    <!--    POST to [base]/Patient - that's a create    -->
      <method value="POST"/>
    <!--    actually, in a transaction, you don't specify the [base], 
         so [base]/Patient becomes just 'Patient':    -->
      <url value="Patient"/>
    </request>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <fullUrl value="urn:uuid:88f151c0-a954-468a-88bd-5ae15c08e059"/>
    <resource>
    <!--    a conditional create operation    -->
    <!--    first, the resource    -->
      <Patient>
      <!--    no id for create operations    -->
      <!--    and no metadata on this resource, though it would be valid    -->
        <text>
          <status value="generated"/>
          <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Some narrative</div>
        </text>
        <active value="true"/>
        <name>
          <use value="official"/>
          <family value="Chalmers"/>
          <given value="Peter"/>
          <given value="James"/>
        </name>
        <gender value="male"/>
        <birthDate value="1974-12-25"/>
      </Patient>
    </resource>
  <!--    transaction details    -->
    <request>
    <!--    POST to [base]/Patient - that's a create    -->
      <method value="POST"/>
    <!--    actually, in a transaction, you don't specify the [base], 
         so [base]/Patient becomes just 'Patient':    -->
      <url value="Patient"/>
    <!--    the conditional header: only add this resource if 
      there isn't already one for this patient. If there is one,
      the content of this resource will be ignored    -->
      <ifNoneExist value="identifier=234234"/>
    </request>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <fullUrl value="http://example.org/fhir/Patient/123"/>
    <resource>
    <!--    a simple update operation    -->
    <!--    first, the resource    -->
      <Patient>
      <!--    the id here and in the URL have to match    -->
        <id value="123"/>
      <!--    and no metadata on this resource, though it would be valid    -->
        <text>
          <status value="generated"/>
          <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Some narrative</div>
        </text>
        <active value="true"/>
        <name>
          <use value="official"/>
          <family value="Chalmers"/>
          <given value="Peter"/>
          <given value="James"/>
        </name>
        <gender value="male"/>
        <birthDate value="1974-12-25"/>
      </Patient>
    </resource>
  <!--    transaction details    -->
    <request>
    <!--    PUT to [base]/Patient/[id] - that's an update    -->
      <method value="PUT"/>
    <!--    actually, in a transaction, you don't specify the [base], 
         so [base]/Patient becomes just 'Patient':    -->
      <url value="Patient/123"/>
    </request>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <fullUrl value="urn:uuid:74891afc-ed52-42a2-bcd7-f13d9b60f096"/>
    <resource>
    <!--    a conditional update operation    -->
    <!--    first, the resource    -->
      <Patient>
      <!--    no id for conditional update operations    -->
      <!--    and no metadata on this resource, though it would be valid    -->
        <text>
          <status value="generated"/>
          <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Some narrative</div>
        </text>
        <active value="true"/>
        <name>
          <use value="official"/>
          <family value="Chalmers"/>
          <given value="Peter"/>
          <given value="James"/>
        </name>
        <gender value="male"/>
        <birthDate value="1974-12-25"/>
      </Patient>
    </resource>
  <!--    transaction details    -->
    <request>
    <!--    PUT to [base]/Patient?search_params - that's a conditional update    -->
      <method value="PUT"/>
    <!--    actually, in a transaction, you don't specify the [base], 
         so [base]/Patient?params becomes just 'Patient?params':    -->
      <url value="Patient?identifier=234234"/>
    </request>
  </entry>
  <!--   a different kind of conditional update: version dependent   -->
  <entry>
    <fullUrl value="http://example.org/fhir/Patient/123a"/>
    <resource>
      <Patient>
        <id value="123a"/>
        <text>
          <status value="generated"/>
          <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Some narrative</div>
        </text>
        <active value="true"/>
        <name>
          <use value="official"/>
          <family value="Chalmers"/>
          <given value="Peter"/>
          <given value="James"/>
        </name>
        <gender value="male"/>
        <birthDate value="1974-12-25"/>
      </Patient>
    </resource>
    <request>
      <method value="PUT"/>
      <url value="Patient/123a"/>
      <!--   this will only succeed if the source version is correct:   -->
      <ifMatch value="W/&quot;2&quot;"/>
    </request>
  </entry>
  <entry>
  <!--    a simple delete operation    -->
  <!--    no resource in this case    -->
  <!--    transaction details    -->
    <request>
    <!--    DELETE to [base]/Patient/[id]- that's a delete operation    -->
      <method value="DELETE"/>
    <!--    actually, in a transaction, you don't specify the [base], 
         so [base]/Patient/234 becomes just 'Patient/234':    -->
    <!--    btw, couldn't re-use Patient/123 for the delete, since 
        the transaction couldn't do two different operations on the
        same resource    -->
      <url value="Patient/234"/>
    </request>
  </entry>
  <entry>
  <!--    a conditional delete operation    -->
  <!--    no resource in this case    -->
  <!--    transaction details    -->
    <request>
    <!--    DELETE to [base]/Patient?params- that's a conditional delete operation    -->
      <method value="DELETE"/>
    <!--    actually, in a transaction, you don't specify the [base], 
         so [base]/Patient?params becomes just 'Patient?params':    -->
      <url value="Patient?identifier=123456"/>
    </request>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <fullUrl value="urn:uuid:79378cb8-8f58-48e8-a5e8-60ac2755b674"/>
    <resource>
    <!--    can do more than just create/update/delete. 
      This is how to invoke an operation with a set of parameters    -->
      <Parameters>
        <parameter>
          <name value="coding"/>
          <valueCoding>
            <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
            <code value="1963-8"/>
          </valueCoding>
        </parameter>
      </Parameters>
    </resource>
    <request>
    <!--    POST to [base]/ValueSet/$lookup - invoking a lookup operation (see Terminology Service)
          -->
      <method value="POST"/>
      <url value="ValueSet/$lookup"/>
    </request>
  </entry>
  <entry>
  <!--    can also do read-only operations. 
    
    Note that these do not 'fail' - see discussion on transaction 
    atomicity for further information 
       -->
    <request>
    <!--    GET from [base]/Patient?params - searching for a patient    -->
      <method value="GET"/>
      <url value="Patient?name=peter"/>
    </request>
  </entry>
  <entry>
  <!--    and an example conditional read:   -->
    <request>
      <method value="GET"/>
      <url value="Patient/12334"/>
      <!--   in practice, you'd only specify one of these   -->
      <ifNoneMatch value="W/&quot;4&quot;"/>
      <ifModifiedSince value="2015-08-31T08:14:33+10:00"/>
    </request>
  </entry>
</Bundle>

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.