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Testscript-example.json

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General TestScript Example

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  "resourceType": "TestScript",
  "id": "testscript-example",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: testscript-example</p><p><b>url</b>: <b>http://hl7.org/fhir/TestScript/testscript-example</b></p><p><b>identifier</b>: urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21367.2005.3.7.9876</p><p><b>version</b>: 1.0</p><p><b>name</b>: TestScript Example</p><p><b>status</b>: draft</p><p><b>experimental</b>: true</p><p><b>date</b>: 18/01/2017</p><p><b>publisher</b>: HL7</p><p><b>contact</b>: </p><p><b>description</b>: TestScript example resource with setup to delete if present and create a new instance of a Patient; and single test definition to read the created Patient with various asserts.</p><p><b>useContext</b>: </p><p><b>jurisdiction</b>: United States of America (the) <span>(Details : {urn:iso:std:iso:3166 code 'US' = 'United States of America', given as 'United States of America (the)'})</span></p><p><b>purpose</b>: Patient Conditional Create (Update), Read and Delete Operations</p><p><b>copyright</b>: © HL7.org 2011+</p><blockquote><p><b>metadata</b></p><h3>Links</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Url</b></td><td><b>Description</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>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><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 Update, Read and Delete Operations</td><td><a>http://hl7.org/fhir/http.html#delete</a></td><td><a>CapabilityStatement/example</a></td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>fixture</b></p><p><b>autocreate</b>: false</p><p><b>autodelete</b>: false</p><p><b>resource</b>: <a>Peter Chalmers</a></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>fixture</b></p><p><b>autocreate</b>: false</p><p><b>autodelete</b>: false</p><p><b>resource</b>: <a>Peter Chalmers (minimum)</a></p></blockquote><p><b>profile</b>: <a>Generated Summary: url: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient; version: 4.0.1; name: Patient; ACTIVE; date: 01/11/2019 9:29:23 AM; publisher: Health Level Seven International (Patient Administration); description: Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal receiving care or other health-related services.; purpose: Tracking patient is the center of the healthcare process.; 4.0.1; RESOURCE; type: Patient; baseDefinition: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DomainResource; SPECIALIZATION</a></p><h3>Variables</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Name</b></td><td><b>Path</b></td><td><b>SourceId</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>createResourceId</td><td>Patient/id</td><td>fixture-patient-create</td></tr></table><blockquote><p><b>setup</b></p><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Operations</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Resource</b></td><td><b>Label</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>Delete (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/testscript-operation-codes code delete = 'Delete', stated as 'null')</td><td>Patient</td><td>SetupDeletePatient</td><td>Execute a delete operation to insure the patient does not exist on the server.</td><td>json</td><td>true</td><td>/${createResourceId}</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Direction</b></td><td><b>Operator</b></td><td><b>ResponseCode</b></td><td><b>WarningOnly</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 200(OK) or 204(No Content).</td><td>response</td><td>in</td><td>200,204</td><td>false</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Operations</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Resource</b></td><td><b>Label</b></td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Accept</b></td><td><b>ContentType</b></td><td><b>EncodeRequestUrl</b></td><td><b>Params</b></td><td><b>SourceId</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Update (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/testscript-operation-codes code update = 'Update', stated as 'null')</td><td>Patient</td><td>SetupCreatePatient</td><td>Create patient resource on test server using the contents of fixture-patient-create</td><td>json</td><td>json</td><td>true</td><td>/${createResourceId}</td><td>fixture-patient-create</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Direction</b></td><td><b>ResponseCode</b></td><td><b>WarningOnly</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 201(Created).</td><td>response</td><td>201</td><td>false</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Operations</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Type</b></td><td><b>Resource</b></td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>EncodeRequestUrl</b></td><td><b>TargetId</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Read (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/testscript-operation-codes code read = 'Read', stated as 'null')</td><td>Patient</td><td>Read the created patient resource on the test server using the id from fixture-patient-create. Verify contents.</td><td>true</td><td>fixture-patient-create</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>Direction</b></td><td><b>Response</b></td><td><b>WarningOnly</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 200(OK).</td><td>response</td><td>okay</td><td>false</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Description</b></td><td><b>CompareToSourceId</b></td><td><b>CompareToSourceExpression</b></td><td><b>Operator</b></td><td><b>WarningOnly</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Confirm that the returned Patient contains the expected family name 'Chalmers'. Uses explicit compareToSourceId reference to fixture-patient-create used to create the Patient.</td><td>fixture-patient-create</td><td>Patient.name.first().family</td><td>equals</td><td>false</td></tr></table></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>test</b></p><p><b>name</b>: Read Patient</p><p><b>description</b>: Read a Patient and validate response.</p><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Operations</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Asserts</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>teardown</b></p><blockquote><p><b>action</b></p><h3>Operations</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></blockquote></blockquote></div>"
  },
  "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/TestScript/testscript-example",
  "identifier": {
    "system": "urn:ietf:rfc:3986",
    "value": "urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21367.2005.3.7.9876"
  },
  "version": "1.0",
  "name": "TestScript Example",
  "status": "draft",
  "experimental": true,
  "date": "2017-01-18",
  "publisher": "HL7",
  "contact": [
    {
      "name": "Support",
      "telecom": [
        {
          "system": "email",
          "value": "support@HL7.org",
          "use": "work"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description": "TestScript example resource with setup to delete if present and create a new instance of a Patient; and single test definition to read the created Patient with various asserts.",
  "useContext": [
    {
      "code": {
        "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/usage-context-type",
        "code": "focus"
      },
      "valueCodeableConcept": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/variant-state",
            "code": "positive"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "jurisdiction": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code": "US",
          "display": "United States of America (the)"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "purpose": "Patient Conditional Create (Update), Read and Delete Operations",
  "copyright": "© HL7.org 2011+",
  "metadata": {
    "link": [
      {
        "url": "http://hl7.org/fhir/patient.html",
        "description": "Demographics and other administrative information about an individual or animal receiving care or other health-related services."
      }
    ],
    "capability": [
      {
        "required": true,
        "validated": false,
        "description": "Patient Update, Read and Delete Operations",
        "link": [
          "http://hl7.org/fhir/http.html#delete",
          "http://hl7.org/fhir/http.html#read",
          "http://hl7.org/fhir/http.html#update"
        ],
        "capabilities": "CapabilityStatement/example"
      }
    ]
  },
  "fixture": [
    {
      "id": "fixture-patient-create",
      "autocreate": false,
      "autodelete": false,
      "resource": {
        "reference": "Patient/example",
        "display": "Peter Chalmers"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "fixture-patient-minimum",
      "autocreate": false,
      "autodelete": false,
      "resource": {
        "reference": "Patient/example",
        "display": "Peter Chalmers (minimum)"
      }
    }
  ],
  "profile": [
    {
      "id": "patient-profile",
      "reference": "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"
    }
  ],
  "variable": [
    {
      "name": "createResourceId",
      "path": "Patient/id",
      "sourceId": "fixture-patient-create"
    }
  ],
  "setup": {
    "action": [
      {
        "operation": {
          "type": {
            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/testscript-operation-codes",
            "code": "delete"
          },
          "resource": "Patient",
          "label": "SetupDeletePatient",
          "description": "Execute a delete operation to insure the patient does not exist on the server.",
          "accept": "json",
          "encodeRequestUrl": true,
          "params": "/${createResourceId}"
        }
      },
      {
        "assert": {
          "description": "Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 200(OK) or 204(No Content).",
          "direction": "response",
          "operator": "in",
          "responseCode": "200,204",
          "warningOnly": false
        }
      },
      {
        "operation": {
          "type": {
            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/testscript-operation-codes",
            "code": "update"
          },
          "resource": "Patient",
          "label": "SetupCreatePatient",
          "description": "Create patient resource on test server using the contents of fixture-patient-create",
          "accept": "json",
          "contentType": "json",
          "encodeRequestUrl": true,
          "params": "/${createResourceId}",
          "sourceId": "fixture-patient-create"
        }
      },
      {
        "assert": {
          "description": "Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 201(Created).",
          "direction": "response",
          "responseCode": "201",
          "warningOnly": false
        }
      },
      {
        "operation": {
          "type": {
            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/testscript-operation-codes",
            "code": "read"
          },
          "resource": "Patient",
          "description": "Read the created patient resource on the test server using the id from fixture-patient-create. Verify contents.",
          "encodeRequestUrl": true,
          "targetId": "fixture-patient-create"
        }
      },
      {
        "assert": {
          "description": "Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 200(OK).",
          "direction": "response",
          "response": "okay",
          "warningOnly": false
        }
      },
      {
        "assert": {
          "description": "Confirm that the returned Patient contains the expected family name 'Chalmers'. Uses explicit compareToSourceId reference to fixture-patient-create used to create the Patient.",
          "compareToSourceId": "fixture-patient-create",
          "compareToSourceExpression": "Patient.name.first().family",
          "operator": "equals",
          "warningOnly": false
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "test": [
    {
      "id": "01-ReadPatient",
      "name": "Read Patient",
      "description": "Read a Patient and validate response.",
      "action": [
        {
          "operation": {
            "type": {
              "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/testscript-operation-codes",
              "code": "read"
            },
            "resource": "Patient",
            "description": "Read the patient resource on the test server using the id from fixture-patient-create. Prevent URL encoding of the request.",
            "encodeRequestUrl": false,
            "responseId": "fixture-patient-read",
            "targetId": "fixture-patient-create"
          }
        },
        {
          "assert": {
            "label": "01-ReadPatientOK",
            "description": "Confirm that the returned HTTP status is 200(OK).",
            "direction": "response",
            "response": "okay",
            "warningOnly": false
          }
        },
        {
          "assert": {
            "description": "Confirm that the returned HTTP Header Last-Modified is present. Warning only as the server might not support versioning.",
            "direction": "response",
            "headerField": "Last-Modified",
            "operator": "notEmpty",
            "warningOnly": true
          }
        },
        {
          "assert": {
            "description": "Confirm that the returned resource type is Patient.",
            "resource": "Patient",
            "warningOnly": false
          }
        },
        {
          "assert": {
            "description": "Confirm that the returned Patient conforms to the base FHIR specification.",
            "validateProfileId": "patient-profile",
            "warningOnly": false
          }
        },
        {
          "assert": {
            "description": "Confirm that the returned Patient contains the expected family name 'Chalmers'. Uses explicit sourceId reference to read responseId fixture.",
            "operator": "equals",
            "path": "fhir:Patient/fhir:name/fhir:family/@value",
            "sourceId": "fixture-patient-read",
            "value": "Chalmers",
            "warningOnly": false
          }
        },
        {
          "assert": {
            "description": "Confirm that the returned Patient contains the expected given name 'Peter'. Uses explicit sourceId reference to read responseId fixture.",
            "operator": "equals",
            "path": "fhir:Patient/fhir:name/fhir:given/@value",
            "sourceId": "fixture-patient-read",
            "value": "Peter",
            "warningOnly": false
          }
        },
        {
          "assert": {
            "description": "Confirm that the returned Patient contains the expected family name 'Chalmers'. Uses explicit compareToSourceId reference to fixture-patient-create used to create the Patient and implicit reference to read response payload.",
            "compareToSourceId": "fixture-patient-create",
            "compareToSourcePath": "fhir:Patient/fhir:name/fhir:family/@value",
            "operator": "equals",
            "path": "fhir:Patient/fhir:name/fhir:family/@value",
            "warningOnly": false
          }
        },
        {
          "assert": {
            "description": "Confirm that the returned Patient contains the expected family name 'Chalmers'. Uses explicit compareToSourceId reference to fixture-patient-create used to create the Patient and explicit reference to read response payload and default operator of 'equals'.",
            "compareToSourceId": "fixture-patient-create",
            "compareToSourcePath": "fhir:Patient/fhir:name/fhir:given/@value",
            "path": "fhir:Patient/fhir:name/fhir:given/@value",
            "sourceId": "fixture-patient-read",
            "warningOnly": false
          }
        },
        {
          "assert": {
            "description": "Confirm that the returned resource contains the expected retained elements and values. Warning only to provide users with reviewable results.",
            "minimumId": "fixture-patient-minimum",
            "warningOnly": true
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "teardown": {
    "action": [
      {
        "operation": {
          "type": {
            "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/testscript-operation-codes",
            "code": "delete"
          },
          "resource": "Patient",
          "description": "Delete the patient resource on the test server using the id from fixture-patient-create.",
          "encodeRequestUrl": true,
          "targetId": "fixture-patient-create"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

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.