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<TestScript xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="testscript-example-readtest"/> 
  <text> <status value="generated"/> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> <b> Generated Narrative: TestScript</b> <a name="testscript-example-readtest"> </a> </p> <div style="display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border:
       1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%"><p style="margin-bottom: 0px">Resource TestScript &quot;testscript-example-readtest&quot; </p> </div> <p> <b> url</b> : <code> http://hl7.org/fhir/TestScript/testscript-example-readtest</code> </p> <p> <b> identifier</b> : id: urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.12.2</p> <p> <b> version</b> : 1.0</p> <p> <b> name</b> : TestScript Example Read Test</p> <p> <b> status</b> : draft</p> <p> <b> experimental</b> : true</p> <p> <b> date</b> : 2017-01-18</p> <p> <b> publisher</b> : HL7</p> <p> <b> contact</b> : Support: <a href="mailto:support@HL7.org">support@HL7.org</a> </p> <p> <b> description</b> : TestScript example resource with ported Sprinkler basic read tests R001, R002,
         R003, R004. The read tests will utilize user defined dynamic variables that will
         hold the Patient resource id values.</p> <p> <b> jurisdiction</b> : United States of America (the) <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (unknown#US)</span> </p> <p> <b> purpose</b> : Patient Read Operation</p> <p> <b> copyright</b> : © HL7.org 2011+</p> <blockquote> <p> <b> metadata</b> </p> <h3> Links</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Url</b> </td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/patient.html">http://hl7.org/fhir/patient.html</a> </td> <td> Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal
               receiving care or other health-related services.</td> </tr> </table> <h3> Capabilities</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Required</b> </td> <td> <b> Validated</b> </td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> Link</b> </td> <td> <b> Capabilities</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> true</td> <td> false</td> <td> Patient Read Operation</td> <td> <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/http.html#read">http://hl7.org/fhir/http.html#read</a> </td> <td> <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/CapabilityStatement/example">http://hl7.org/fhir/CapabilityStatement/example</a> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <h3> Scopes</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Artifact</b> </td> <td> <b> Conformance</b> </td> <td> <b> Phase</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> <a href="patient.html">Patient</a> </td> <td> optional <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (testscript-scope-conformance-codes#optional)</span> </td> <td> unit <span style="background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki"> (testscript-scope-phase-codes#unit)</span> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <b> profile</b> : <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient">http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient</a>  &quot;Patient&quot;</p> <blockquote> <p> <b> variable</b> </p> <p> <b> name</b> : KnownPatientResourceId</p> <p> <b> defaultValue</b> : example</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> variable</b> </p> <p> <b> name</b> : NonExistsPatientResourceId</p> <p> <b> defaultValue</b> : does-not-exist</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> test</b> </p> <p> <b> name</b> : Sprinkler Read Test R001</p> <p> <b> description</b> : Read a known Patient and validate response.</p> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Operations</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Type</b> </td> <td> <b> Resource</b> </td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> Accept</b> </td> <td> <b> EncodeRequestUrl</b> </td> <td> <b> Params</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> read (Details: http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-interaction code read = 'read', stated
                 as 'null')</td> <td> <a href="patient.html">Patient</a> </td> <td> Read the known Patient resource on the destination test system using the user defined
                 dynamic variable ${KnownPatientResourceId}.</td> <td> xml</td> <td> true</td> <td> /${KnownPatientResourceId}</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Asserts</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> Response</b> </td> <td> <b> StopTestOnFail</b> </td> <td> <b> WarningOnly</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 200(OK).</td> <td> okay</td> <td> false</td> <td> false</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Asserts</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> ContentType</b> </td> <td> <b> StopTestOnFail</b> </td> <td> <b> WarningOnly</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> Confirm that the returned format is XML.</td> <td> xml</td> <td> false</td> <td> false</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Asserts</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> HeaderField</b> </td> <td> <b> Operator</b> </td> <td> <b> StopTestOnFail</b> </td> <td> <b> WarningOnly</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> Confirm that the returned HTTP Header Last-Modified is present. Warning only as
                 the server might not support versioning.</td> <td> Last-Modified</td> <td> notEmpty</td> <td> false</td> <td> true</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Asserts</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> Resource</b> </td> <td> <b> StopTestOnFail</b> </td> <td> <b> WarningOnly</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> Confirm that the returned resource type is Patient.</td> <td> <a href="patient.html">Patient</a> </td> <td> false</td> <td> false</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Asserts</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> StopTestOnFail</b> </td> <td> <b> ValidateProfileId</b> </td> <td> <b> WarningOnly</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> Confirm that the returned Patient conforms to the base FHIR specification.</td> <td> false</td> <td> patient-profile</td> <td> false</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> test</b> </p> <p> <b> name</b> : Sprinkler Read Test R002</p> <p> <b> description</b> : Read an unknown Resource Type and validate response.</p> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Operations</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Type</b> </td> <td> <b> Resource</b> </td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> Accept</b> </td> <td> <b> EncodeRequestUrl</b> </td> <td> <b> Params</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> read (Details: http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-interaction code read = 'read', stated
                 as 'null')</td> <td> <a href="patient.html">Patient</a> </td> <td> Attempt to read the Parameters resource type. What we really want here is an illegal
                 type but the build process won't allow that. Parameters is a valid resource which
                 doesn't have an end-point so, this should fail.</td> <td> xml</td> <td> true</td> <td> /1</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Asserts</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> Response</b> </td> <td> <b> StopTestOnFail</b> </td> <td> <b> WarningOnly</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 404(Not Found).</td> <td> notFound</td> <td> false</td> <td> false</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> test</b> </p> <p> <b> name</b> : Sprinkler Read Test R003</p> <p> <b> description</b> : Read a known, non-existing Patient and validate response.</p> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Operations</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Type</b> </td> <td> <b> Resource</b> </td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> Accept</b> </td> <td> <b> EncodeRequestUrl</b> </td> <td> <b> Params</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> read (Details: http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-interaction code read = 'read', stated
                 as 'null')</td> <td> <a href="patient.html">Patient</a> </td> <td> Attempt to read the non-existing Patient resource on the destination test system
                 using the user defined dynamic variable ${NonExistsPatientResourceId}.</td> <td> xml</td> <td> true</td> <td> /${NonExistsPatientResourceId}</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Asserts</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> Response</b> </td> <td> <b> StopTestOnFail</b> </td> <td> <b> WarningOnly</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 404(Not Found).</td> <td> notFound</td> <td> false</td> <td> false</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> test</b> </p> <p> <b> name</b> : Sprinkler Read Test R004</p> <p> <b> description</b> : Read a Patient using a known bad formatted resource id and validate response.</p> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Operations</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Type</b> </td> <td> <b> Resource</b> </td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> Accept</b> </td> <td> <b> EncodeRequestUrl</b> </td> <td> <b> Params</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> read (Details: http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-interaction code read = 'read', stated
                 as 'null')</td> <td> <a href="patient.html">Patient</a> </td> <td> Attempt to read a Patient resource on the destination test system using known bad
                 formatted resource id.</td> <td> xml</td> <td> true</td> <td> /ID-may-not-contain-CAPITALS</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> <b> action</b> </p> <h3> Asserts</h3> <table class="grid"><tr> <td> -</td> <td> <b> Description</b> </td> <td> <b> Response</b> </td> <td> <b> StopTestOnFail</b> </td> <td> <b> WarningOnly</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> *</td> <td> Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 400(Bad Request).</td> <td> bad</td> <td> false</td> <td> false</td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> </blockquote> </div> </text> <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/TestScript/testscript-example-readtest"/> 
  <identifier> 
    <system value="urn:ietf:rfc:3986"/> 
    <value value="urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.12.2"/> 
  </identifier> 
  <version value="1.0"/> 
  <name value="TestScript Example Read Test"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <experimental value="true"/> 
  <date value="2017-01-18"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7"/> 
  <contact> 
    <name value="Support"/> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="support@HL7.org"/> 
      <use value="work"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="TestScript example resource with ported Sprinkler basic read tests R001, R002,
   R003, R004. The read tests will utilize user defined dynamic variables that will
   hold the Patient resource id values."/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/> 
      <code value="US"/> 
      <display value="United States of America (the)"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <purpose value="Patient Read Operation"/> 
  <copyright value="© HL7.org 2011+"/> 
  <metadata> 
    <link> 
      <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/patient.html"/> 
      <description value="Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal
       receiving care or other health-related services."/> 
    </link> 
    <capability> 
      <required value="true"/> 
      <validated value="false"/> 
      <description value="Patient Read Operation"/> 
      <link value="http://hl7.org/fhir/http.html#read"/> 
      <capabilities value="http://hl7.org/fhir/CapabilityStatement/example"/> 
    </capability> 
  </metadata> 
  <scope> 
    <artifact value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"/> 
    <conformance> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/testscript-scope-conformance-codes"/> 
        <code value="optional"/> 
      </coding> 
    </conformance> 
    <phase> 
      <coding> 
        <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/testscript-scope-phase-codes"/> 
        <code value="unit"/> 
      </coding> 
    </phase> 
  </scope> 
  <profile id="patient-profile">
    <reference value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"/> 
  </profile> 
  <variable> 
    <name value="KnownPatientResourceId"/> 
    <defaultValue value="example"/> 
  </variable> 
  <variable> 
    <name value="NonExistsPatientResourceId"/> 
    <defaultValue value="does-not-exist"/> 
  </variable> 
  <test id="R001">
    <name value="Sprinkler Read Test R001"/> 
    <description value="Read a known Patient and validate response."/> 
    <action> 
      <operation> 
        <type> 
          <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-interaction"/> 
          <code value="read"/> 
        </type> 
        <resource value="Patient"/> 
        <description value="Read the known Patient resource on the destination test system using the user defined
         dynamic variable ${KnownPatientResourceId}."/> 
        <accept value="xml"/> 
        <encodeRequestUrl value="true"/> 
        <params value="/${KnownPatientResourceId}"/> 
      </operation> 
    </action> 
    <action> 
      <assert> 
        <description value="Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 200(OK)."/> 
        <response value="okay"/> 
        <stopTestOnFail value="false"/> 
        <warningOnly value="false"/> 
      </assert> 
    </action> 
    <action> 
      <assert> 
        <description value="Confirm that the returned format is XML."/> 
        <contentType value="xml"/> 
        <stopTestOnFail value="false"/> 
        <warningOnly value="false"/> 
      </assert> 
    </action> 
    <action> 
      <assert> 
        <description value="Confirm that the returned HTTP Header Last-Modified is present. Warning only as
         the server might not support versioning."/> 
        <headerField value="Last-Modified"/> 
        <operator value="notEmpty"/> 
        <stopTestOnFail value="false"/> 
        <warningOnly value="true"/> 
      </assert> 
    </action> 
    <action> 
      <assert> 
        <description value="Confirm that the returned resource type is Patient."/> 
        <resource value="Patient"/> 
        <stopTestOnFail value="false"/> 
        <warningOnly value="false"/> 
      </assert> 
    </action> 
    <action> 
      <assert> 
        <description value="Confirm that the returned Patient conforms to the base FHIR specification."/> 
        <stopTestOnFail value="false"/> 
        <validateProfileId value="patient-profile"/> 
        <warningOnly value="false"/> 
      </assert> 
    </action> 
  </test> 
  <test id="R002">
    <name value="Sprinkler Read Test R002"/> 
    <description value="Read an unknown Resource Type and validate response."/> 
    <action> 
      <operation> 
        <type> 
          <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-interaction"/> 
          <code value="read"/> 
        </type> 
        <resource value="Patient"/> 
        <description value="Attempt to read the Parameters resource type. What we really want here is an illegal
         type but the build process won't allow that. Parameters is a valid resource which
         doesn't have an end-point so, this should fail."/> 
        <accept value="xml"/> 
        <encodeRequestUrl value="true"/> 
        <params value="/1"/> 
      </operation> 
    </action> 
    <action> 
      <assert> 
        <description value="Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 404(Not Found)."/> 
        <response value="notFound"/> 
        <stopTestOnFail value="false"/> 
        <warningOnly value="false"/> 
      </assert> 
    </action> 
  </test> 
  <test id="R003">
    <name value="Sprinkler Read Test R003"/> 
    <description value="Read a known, non-existing Patient and validate response."/> 
    <action> 
      <operation> 
        <type> 
          <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-interaction"/> 
          <code value="read"/> 
        </type> 
        <resource value="Patient"/> 
        <description value="Attempt to read the non-existing Patient resource on the destination test system
         using the user defined dynamic variable ${NonExistsPatientResourceId}."/> 
        <accept value="xml"/> 
        <encodeRequestUrl value="true"/> 
        <params value="/${NonExistsPatientResourceId}"/> 
      </operation> 
    </action> 
    <action> 
      <assert> 
        <description value="Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 404(Not Found)."/> 
        <response value="notFound"/> 
        <stopTestOnFail value="false"/> 
        <warningOnly value="false"/> 
      </assert> 
    </action> 
  </test> 
  <test id="R004">
    <name value="Sprinkler Read Test R004"/> 
    <description value="Read a Patient using a known bad formatted resource id and validate response."/> 
    <action> 
      <operation> 
        <type> 
          <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/restful-interaction"/> 
          <code value="read"/> 
        </type> 
        <resource value="Patient"/> 
        <description value="Attempt to read a Patient resource on the destination test system using known bad
         formatted resource id."/> 
        <accept value="xml"/> 
        <encodeRequestUrl value="true"/> 
        <params value="/ID-may-not-contain-CAPITALS"/> 
      </operation> 
    </action> 
    <action> 
      <assert> 
        <description value="Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 400(Bad Request)."/> 
        <response value="bad"/> 
        <stopTestOnFail value="false"/> 
        <warningOnly value="false"/> 
      </assert> 
    </action> 
  </test> 
</TestScript> 

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.