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7 votes

Non-NHS Digital API producer teams

Make the API platform available to non-NHS Digital API producer teams. It's not clear what specific use cases this might be for.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 14 Feb, '21 • Comments: 6
Done make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-3
5 votes

Using POST instead of GET for search operations

It has been noticed that both the retrieve and search PDS FHIR APIs expect the search parameters as a query string. This means that private data like name, date of ...
Suggested by: Deepa Sobhana (11 Jan, '22) • Upvoted: 11 Jan, '22 • Comments: 2
Not planned api make-building-apis-easier pds-fhir-api platform
5 votes

Re-usable auth components

Provide auth components that API producer teams can easily plug into their APIs.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 16 Apr, '21 • Comments: 1
Done make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2
4 votes

User researcher capability

User research is really important for APIs, but API producer teams typically don't have a dedicated UR - perhaps because they don't see the value, perhaps because ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (10 Nov, '21) • Upvoted: 13 Feb, '22 • Comments: 2
Under consideration make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-3
3 votes

Capability to transform between FHIR versions

Provide a mechanism to allow (for example) a FHIR V3 resource to be converted to FHIR V4
Suggested by: Tim Coates (16 Jun, '21) • Upvoted: 16 Dec, '21 • Comments: 4
In progress make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2
3 votes

Change log / release notes / what's new

Add a change log to the developer hub to provide external developers with updates on (a) what's new on the API platform in general and (b) what's new for a given API. ...
Suggested by: Tony Heap (07 Dec, '21) • Upvoted: 17 Jan, '22 • Comments: 2
Under consideration make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2
3 votes

OAuth support for single page apps

Some of our APIs require the end user to authenticate themselves and/or authorise their software to access them, using the OAuth 2.0 standard. OAuth 2.0 uses ...
Suggested by: API Management Team (12 Aug, '20) • Upvoted: 05 Jan, '21 • Comments: 0
Under consideration make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-3
2 votes

Utilise Android OS for personal device CIS2 Authentication

Permit the functionality of iOS user/authentication for CIS2 to be extended (built out) for Android devices, negating the need for the most expensive form of mobile ...
Suggested by: Andrew Reavell (22 Jul, '21) • Upvoted: 03 Oct, '21 • Comments: 1
Under consideration make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-3
2 votes

API producer analytics

Ability for API producer teams to see analytics on the use of their API.
Suggested by: API Management Team (31 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 29 Jan, '21 • Comments: 1
Done make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2
2 votes

API platform in the cloud

Implement "cloud first" policy by hosting the API platform in the cloud, including sandboxes.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 30 Jun, '21 • Comments: 0
Done make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-1
1 votes

Tech stack for APIs

Define a standard tech stack for APIs, so API producers don't have to figure it out for themselves.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 2
Not planned make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

API design guide and process for API producer teams

A design guide for our API producer teams, backed up by a design review process, that will help ensure consistency across APIs.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 1
Done make-building-apis-easier make-design-and-build-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

FHIR policy update

Our FHIR policy hasn't been looked at in a while. The scope of this feature is to revisit it and refresh it, maybe adding further details.
Suggested by: API Management Team (12 Jan, '21) • Upvoted: 12 Jan, '21 • Comments: 0
In progress make-building-apis-easier make-design-and-build-easier platform platform-phase-2
1 votes

Developer / integration guide - Urgent and Emergency care and 111

An online guide containing best practice guidance for integrating urgent and emergency care software with NHS Digital APIs
Suggested by: Katharine (23 Oct, '20) • Upvoted: 17 Nov, '20 • Comments: 0
Under consideration make-building-apis-easier make-learning-easier platform platform-phase-3
1 votes

API delivery process - governance

Provide a lightweight governance process for API delivery teams to ensure API quality and consistency.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 0
Done make-building-apis-easier platform-phase-1
1 votes

API producer team support channels

Provide support channels for API producer teams to get help and support from the API Management team.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 0
Done make-building-apis-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

API delivery process

Define a delivery process for APIs that API producer teams can follow. The process should be based on the GDS agile delivery process.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 0
Done make-building-apis-easier platform-phase-1
1 votes

API templates

Provide a template repo for API producer teams to create a new API quickly and easily.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 0
Done make-building-apis-easier platform-phase-2
1 votes

API producer guidance

Provide guidance for API producer teams on how to come onboard, how the tech works, how to do documentation, what path-to-live environments are available etc.
Suggested by: API Management Team (11 Jul, '20) • Upvoted: 11 Jul, '20 • Comments: 0
In progress make-building-apis-easier platform platform-phase-2