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FHIR

Since Camel 2.23

Both producer and consumer are supported

The FHIR component integrates with the HAPI-FHIR library which is an open-source implementation of the FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) specification in Java.

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-fhir</artifactId>
    <version>${camel-version}</version>
</dependency>

URI Format

The FHIR Component uses the following URI format:

fhir://endpoint-prefix/endpoint?[options]

Endpoint prefix can be one of:

  • capabilities

  • create

  • delete

  • history

  • load-page

  • meta

  • operation

  • patch

  • read

  • search

  • transaction

  • update

  • validate

The FHIR component supports 27 options, which are listed below.

Name Description Default Type

encoding (common)

Encoding to use for all request. The value can be one of: JSON, XML

String

fhirVersion (common)

The FHIR Version to use. The value can be one of: DSTU2, DSTU2_HL7ORG, DSTU2_1, DSTU3, R4, R5

R4

String

log (common)

Will log every requests and responses

false

boolean

prettyPrint (common)

Pretty print all request

false

boolean

serverUrl (common)

The FHIR server base URL

String

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

basicPropertyBinding (advanced)

Whether the component should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

boolean

client (advanced)

To use the custom client

IGenericClient

clientFactory (advanced)

To use the custom client factory

IRestfulClientFactory

compress (advanced)

Compresses outgoing (POST/PUT) contents to the GZIP format

false

boolean

configuration (advanced)

To use the shared configuration

FhirConfiguration

connectionTimeout (advanced)

How long to try and establish the initial TCP connection (in ms)

10000

Integer

deferModelScanning (advanced)

When this option is set, model classes will not be scanned for children until the child list for the given type is actually accessed.

false

boolean

fhirContext (advanced)

FhirContext is an expensive object to create. To avoid creating multiple instances, it can be set directly.

FhirContext

forceConformanceCheck (advanced)

Force conformance check

false

boolean

sessionCookie (advanced)

HTTP session cookie to add to every request

String

socketTimeout (advanced)

How long to block for individual read/write operations (in ms)

10000

Integer

summary (advanced)

Request that the server modify the response using the _summary param. The value can be one of: COUNT, TEXT, DATA, TRUE, FALSE

String

validationMode (advanced)

When should Camel validate the FHIR Server’s conformance statement. The value can be one of: NEVER, ONCE

ONCE

String

proxyHost (proxy)

The proxy host

String

proxyPassword (proxy)

The proxy password

String

proxyPort (proxy)

The proxy port

Integer

proxyUser (proxy)

The proxy username

String

accessToken (security)

OAuth access token

String

password (security)

Username to use for basic authentication

String

username (security)

Username to use for basic authentication

String

The FHIR endpoint is configured using URI syntax:

fhir:apiName/methodName

with the following path and query parameters:

Path Parameters (2 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

apiName

Required What kind of operation to perform. The value can be one of: capabilities, create, delete, history, load-page, meta, patch, read, search, transaction, update, validate

FhirApiName

methodName

Required What sub operation to use for the selected operation

String

Query Parameters (46 parameters):

Name Description Default Type

encoding (common)

Encoding to use for all request. The value can be one of: JSON, XML

String

fhirVersion (common)

The FHIR Version to use. The value can be one of: DSTU2, DSTU2_HL7ORG, DSTU2_1, DSTU3, R4, R5

R4

String

inBody (common)

Sets the name of a parameter to be passed in the exchange In Body

String

log (common)

Will log every requests and responses

false

boolean

prettyPrint (common)

Pretty print all request

false

boolean

serverUrl (common)

The FHIR server base URL

String

bridgeErrorHandler (consumer)

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

false

boolean

sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle (consumer)

If the polling consumer did not poll any files, you can enable this option to send an empty message (no body) instead.

false

boolean

exceptionHandler (consumer)

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.

ExceptionHandler

exchangePattern (consumer)

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. The value can be one of: InOnly, InOut, InOptionalOut

ExchangePattern

pollStrategy (consumer)

A pluggable org.apache.camel.PollingConsumerPollingStrategy allowing you to provide your custom implementation to control error handling usually occurred during the poll operation before an Exchange have been created and being routed in Camel.

PollingConsumerPollStrategy

lazyStartProducer (producer)

Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message). By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during routing messages via Camel’s routing error handlers. Beware that when the first message is processed then creating and starting the producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time of the processing.

false

boolean

basicPropertyBinding (advanced)

Whether the endpoint should use basic property binding (Camel 2.x) or the newer property binding with additional capabilities

false

boolean

client (advanced)

To use the custom client

IGenericClient

clientFactory (advanced)

To use the custom client factory

IRestfulClientFactory

compress (advanced)

Compresses outgoing (POST/PUT) contents to the GZIP format

false

boolean

connectionTimeout (advanced)

How long to try and establish the initial TCP connection (in ms)

10000

Integer

deferModelScanning (advanced)

When this option is set, model classes will not be scanned for children until the child list for the given type is actually accessed.

false

boolean

fhirContext (advanced)

FhirContext is an expensive object to create. To avoid creating multiple instances, it can be set directly.

FhirContext

forceConformanceCheck (advanced)

Force conformance check

false

boolean

sessionCookie (advanced)

HTTP session cookie to add to every request

String

socketTimeout (advanced)

How long to block for individual read/write operations (in ms)

10000

Integer

summary (advanced)

Request that the server modify the response using the _summary param. The value can be one of: COUNT, TEXT, DATA, TRUE, FALSE

String

synchronous (advanced)

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

false

boolean

validationMode (advanced)

When should Camel validate the FHIR Server’s conformance statement. The value can be one of: NEVER, ONCE

ONCE

String

proxyHost (proxy)

The proxy host

String

proxyPassword (proxy)

The proxy password

String

proxyPort (proxy)

The proxy port

Integer

proxyUser (proxy)

The proxy username

String

backoffErrorThreshold (scheduler)

The number of subsequent error polls (failed due some error) that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.

int

backoffIdleThreshold (scheduler)

The number of subsequent idle polls that should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.

int

backoffMultiplier (scheduler)

To let the scheduled polling consumer backoff if there has been a number of subsequent idles/errors in a row. The multiplier is then the number of polls that will be skipped before the next actual attempt is happening again. When this option is in use then backoffIdleThreshold and/or backoffErrorThreshold must also be configured.

int

delay (scheduler)

Milliseconds before the next poll.

500

long

greedy (scheduler)

If greedy is enabled, then the ScheduledPollConsumer will run immediately again, if the previous run polled 1 or more messages.

false

boolean

initialDelay (scheduler)

Milliseconds before the first poll starts.

1000

long

repeatCount (scheduler)

Specifies a maximum limit of number of fires. So if you set it to 1, the scheduler will only fire once. If you set it to 5, it will only fire five times. A value of zero or negative means fire forever.

0

long

runLoggingLevel (scheduler)

The consumer logs a start/complete log line when it polls. This option allows you to configure the logging level for that. The value can be one of: TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, OFF

TRACE

LoggingLevel

scheduledExecutorService (scheduler)

Allows for configuring a custom/shared thread pool to use for the consumer. By default each consumer has its own single threaded thread pool.

ScheduledExecutorService

scheduler (scheduler)

To use a cron scheduler from either camel-spring or camel-quartz component. The value can be one of: none, spring, quartz

none

String

schedulerProperties (scheduler)

To configure additional properties when using a custom scheduler or any of the Quartz, Spring based scheduler.

Map

startScheduler (scheduler)

Whether the scheduler should be auto started.

true

boolean

timeUnit (scheduler)

Time unit for initialDelay and delay options. The value can be one of: NANOSECONDS, MICROSECONDS, MILLISECONDS, SECONDS, MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS

MILLISECONDS

TimeUnit

useFixedDelay (scheduler)

Controls if fixed delay or fixed rate is used. See ScheduledExecutorService in JDK for details.

true

boolean

accessToken (security)

OAuth access token

String

password (security)

Username to use for basic authentication

String

username (security)

Username to use for basic authentication

String