Stream: implementers
Topic: Using the ‘near’ search parameter.
Tushar Nair (Oct 15 2021 at 00:16):
We are using HAPI FHIR Server version: 5.4.1.1 and fhirVersion:4.0.1
I am trying to implement the ‘near’ search parameter for looking up Location resources.
Currently, when I look up the Location directly, example: [base]/ Location?near=-77.043167|38.904011|3|mi , it returns the results accurately.
But if I try to look up the same resource as a reference within ‘HealthcareService’ it doesn’t return the result. To be clear I have posted the ‘HealthcareService’ resource where the said ‘Location’ resource is referenced in HealthcareService.location.
The queries I used:
[base]/Healthcare?location.near=-77.043167|38.904011|2.5|mi
{
"resourceType": "Bundle",
"id": "e6f11de6-5687-44a4-b60e-ec292704551b",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2021-10-14T17:06:39.596-07:00"
},
"type": "searchset",
"total": 0,
"link": [
{
"relation": "self",
[base]/HealthcareService?location:near=-77.043167|38.904011|2.5|mi
{
"resourceType": "Bundle",
"id": "8385e848-52f4-4ecb-81f5-3980417187f3",
"meta": {
"lastUpdated": "2021-10-14T17:12:28.276-07:00"
},
"type": "searchset",
"total": 0,
"link": [
{
"relation": "self",
[base]/ Location?_has:HealthcareService:location:_has:near=38.904011|-77.043167|5|mi
"resourceType": "OperationOutcome",
"issue": [
{
"severity": "error",
"code": "processing",
"diagnostics": "Invalid _has parameter syntax: :near"
}
]
}
So is this a case where there is no parameter available to support this query in such a scenario? Or is it a HAPI FHIR Server limitation? Or is this a case of using poor syntax?
Can you please shed light on this and suggest the right way to execute this query?
@Lloyd McKenzie @Brian Postlethwaite
Brian Postlethwaite (Oct 15 2021 at 00:21):
Sounds like a question for the HAPI folks, I'd suggest asking over in the HAPI stream. Maybe they aren't supporting near via chaining.
Tushar Nair (Oct 15 2021 at 00:28):
@Brian Postlethwaite thank you! I will post it in HAPI stream. So fundamentally the query [base]/Healthcare?location.near=-77.043167|38.904011|2.5|mi is ok?
Brian Postlethwaite (Oct 15 2021 at 00:29):
I believe so
Tushar Nair (Oct 15 2021 at 00:34):
@Brian Postlethwaite thank you!!!
Last updated: Apr 12 2022 at 19:14 UTC
