The DynaMed GET /pubtypes endpoint returns a list of publication types. The publication types can be used in conjunction with the search endpoint to conduct a search query. Common publication types that can be used are conditions, images, or drug information. There are two different forms of publication types used in the DynaMed API. One publication type form is the "id" form which is typically lowercase and abbreviated in some cases. The second publication type form is the "title" form which is a human friendly, formatted version of a publication type.

Basic Search for Publication Types

To Perform a Publication Types Search (example):

Gather the following information for the request:

An access token. Please see Using the Client Credentials Grant for further information.

Request

GET https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-dynamed/v1/pubtypes

Response

{
    "_metadata": {
        "totalItems": 13,
        "links": [
            {
                "rel": "self",
                "href": "https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi/v1/pubtypes"
            }
        ]
    },
    "items": [
        {
            "id": "DynaDrugSummary"
        },
        {
            "id": "Image"
        },
        {
            "id": "approachto"
        },
        {
            "id": "condition"
        },
        {
            "id": "device"
        },
        {
            "id": "drug"
        },
        {
            "id": "drugreview"
        },
        {
            "id": "evaluation"
        },
        {
            "id": "lab"
        },
        {
            "id": "management"
        },
        {
            "id": "prevention"
        },
        {
            "id": "procedure"
        },
        {
            "id": "quality"
        }
    ]
}

Error Response Codes

The DynaMed publication types endpoint can return one of the error response codes.