SMART App Launch
2.1.0 - Release International flag

This page is part of the Smart App Launch Implementation Guide (v2.1.0: STU 2.1) based on FHIR R4. This is the current published version in its permanent home (it will always be available at this URL). For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Example Backend Services Flow

Retrieve .well-known/smart-configuration

curl -s 'https://smart.argo.run/v/r4/sim/eyJtIjoiMSIsImsiOiIxIiwiaSI6IjEiLCJqIjoiMSIsImIiOiI4N2EzMzlkMC04Y2FlLTQxOGUtODljNy04NjUxZTZhYWIzYzYifQ/fhir/.well-known/smart-configuration' \
  -H 'accept: application/json'

{
  "token_endpoint": "https://smart.argo.run/v/r4/sim/eyJtIjoiMSIsImsiOiIxIiwiaSI6IjEiLCJqIjoiMSIsImIiOiI4N2EzMzlkMC04Y2FlLTQxOGUtODljNy04NjUxZTZhYWIzYzYifQ/auth/token",
  "grant_types_supported": [
    "client_credentials"
  ],
  "token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported": [
    "private_key_jwt",
  ],
  "token_endpoint_auth_signing_alg_values_supported": [
    "RS384",
    "ES384"
  ],
  "scopes_supported": [
    "system/*.rs"
  ],
  "capabilities": [
    "client-confidential-asymmetric",
    "permission-v2",
  ]
}

Retrieve access token

Generate a client authentication assertion and prepare arguments for POST to token API (newlines added for clarity):

grant_type=client_credentials&
scope=system%2F*.rs&
client_assertion_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Aclient-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer&
client_assertion=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiOiJhZmIyN2MyODRmMmQ5Mzk1OWMxOGZhMDMyMGUzMjA2MCIsImFsZyI6IkVTMzg0In0.eyJpc3MiOiJkZW1vX2FwcF93aGF0ZXZlciIsInN1YiI6ImRlbW9fYXBwX3doYXRldmVyIiwiYXVkIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zbWFydC5hcmdvLnJ1bi92L3I0L3NpbS9leUp0SWpvaU1TSXNJbXNpT2lJeElpd2lhU0k2SWpFaUxDSnFJam9pTVNJc0ltSWlPaUk0TjJFek16bGtNQzA0WTJGbExUUXhPR1V0T0Rsak55MDROalV4WlRaaFlXSXpZellpZlEvYXV0aC90b2tlbiIsImp0aSI6ImQ4MDJiZDcyY2ZlYTA2MzVhM2EyN2IwODE3YjgxZTQxZTBmNzQzMzE4MTg4OTM4YjAxMmMyMDM2NmJkZmU4YTEiLCJleHAiOjE2MzM1MzIxMzR9.eHUtXmppOLIMAfBM4mFpcgJ90bDNYWQpkm7--yRS2LY5HoXwr3FpqHMTrjhK60r5kgYGFg6v9IQaUFKFpn1N2Eyty62JWxvGXRlgEDbdX9wAAr8TeWnsAT_2orfpn6wz

Issue POST to the token endpoint:

curl 'https://smart.argo.run/v/r4/sim/eyJtIjoiMSIsImsiOiIxIiwiaSI6IjEiLCJqIjoiMSIsImIiOiI4N2EzMzlkMC04Y2FlLTQxOGUtODljNy04NjUxZTZhYWIzYzYifQ/auth/token' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
  --data-raw 'grant_type=client_credentials&scope=system%2F*.rs&client_assertion_type=urn%3Aietf%3Aparams%3Aoauth%3Aclient-assertion-type%3Ajwt-bearer&client_assertion=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJraWQiOiJhZmIyN2MyODRmMmQ5Mzk1OWMxOGZhMDMyMGUzMjA2MCIsImFsZyI6IkVTMzg0In0.eyJpc3MiOiJkZW1vX2FwcF93aGF0ZXZlciIsInN1YiI6ImRlbW9fYXBwX3doYXRldmVyIiwiYXVkIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zbWFydC5hcmdvLnJ1bi92L3I0L3NpbS9leUp0SWpvaU1TSXNJbXNpT2lJeElpd2lhU0k2SWpFaUxDSnFJam9pTVNJc0ltSWlPaUk0TjJFek16bGtNQzA0WTJGbExUUXhPR1V0T0Rsak55MDROalV4WlRaaFlXSXpZellpZlEvYXV0aC90b2tlbiIsImp0aSI6ImQ4MDJiZDcyY2ZlYTA2MzVhM2EyN2IwODE3YjgxZTQxZTBmNzQzMzE4MTg4OTM4YjAxMmMyMDM2NmJkZmU4YTEiLCJleHAiOjE2MzM1MzIxMzR9.eHUtXmppOLIMAfBM4mFpcgJ90bDNYWQpkm7--yRS2LY5HoXwr3FpqHMTrjhK60r5kgYGFg6v9IQaUFKFpn1N2Eyty62JWxvGXRlgEDbdX9wAAr8TeWnsAT_2orfpn6wz'


{
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "scope": "system/*.rs",
  "expires_in": 3600,
  "access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJuZWVkX3BhdGllbnRfYmFubmVyIjp0cnVlLCJzbWFydF9zdHlsZV91cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3NtYXJ0LmFyZ28ucnVuLy9zbWFydC1zdHlsZS5qc29uIiwicGF0aWVudCI6Ijg3YTMzOWQwLThjYWUtNDE4ZS04OWM3LTg2NTFlNmFhYjNjNiIsInRva2VuX3R5cGUiOiJiZWFyZXIiLCJzY29wZSI6ImxhdW5jaC9wYXRpZW50IHBhdGllbnQvT2JzZXJ2YXRpb24ucnMgcGF0aWVudC9QYXRpZW50LnJzIiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoiZGVtb19hcHBfd2hhdGV2ZXIiLCJleHBpcmVzX2luIjozNjAwLCJpYXQiOjE2MzM1MzIwMTQsImV4cCI6MTYzMzUzNTYxNH0.PzNw23IZGtBfgpBtbIczthV2hGwanG_eyvthVS8mrG4"
}

Access FHIR API

curl 'https://smart.argo.run/v/r4/sim/eyJtIjoiMSIsImsiOiIxIiwiaSI6IjEiLCJqIjoiMSIsImIiOiI4N2EzMzlkMC04Y2FlLTQxOGUtODljNy04NjUxZTZhYWIzYzYifQ/fhir/Observation?code=4548-4&_sort%3Adesc=date&_count=10' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJuZWVkX3BhdGllbnRfYmFubmVyIjp0cnVlLCJzbWFydF9zdHlsZV91cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3NtYXJ0LmFyZ28ucnVuLy9zbWFydC1zdHlsZS5qc29uIiwicGF0aWVudCI6Ijg3YTMzOWQwLThjYWUtNDE4ZS04OWM3LTg2NTFlNmFhYjNjNiIsInRva2VuX3R5cGUiOiJiZWFyZXIiLCJzY29wZSI6ImxhdW5jaC9wYXRpZW50IHBhdGllbnQvT2JzZXJ2YXRpb24ucnMgcGF0aWVudC9QYXRpZW50LnJzIiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoiZGVtb19hcHBfd2hhdGV2ZXIiLCJleHBpcmVzX2luIjozNjAwLCJpYXQiOjE2MzM1MzIwMTQsImV4cCI6MTYzMzUzNTYxNH0.PzNw23IZGtBfgpBtbIczthV2hGwanG_eyvthVS8mrG4'

{
  "resourceType": "Bundle",
  "id": "9e3ed23b-b62e-4a3d-9ac8-9b66a67f700d",
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2021-10-06T10:52:52.847-04:00"
  },
  "type": "searchset",
  "total": 1100,
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