The Dynamic Health GET /user/article-views endpoint returns a list of the most recently viewed article titles, IDs and time stamps. Before you can execute an article views call, you must have a personalized access token for the authorization request header. The user ID, product family and user profile will be obtained from the token. You may also indicate a maximum items returned limit.

Basic Article Views Retrieval

Request

GET https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-dynamic-health/v1/user/article-views?maxItems=2

Response

{
    "_metadata": {
        "totalItems": 2,
        "links": [
            {
                "rel": "self",
                "href": "https://ebscois-development-devqa.apigee.net/medsapi-dynamic-health/v1/user/article-views?maxItems=2"
            }
        ]
    },
    "items": [
        {
            "id": "t1530563624629",
            "title": "Changing a Needleless Connector on a Central Venous Catheter",
          	"lastViewTimestamp": "2026-03-13T13:02:09Z",
						"slug": "/nursing-skills/changing-a-needleless-connector"
        },
        {
            "id": "t1607520609333",
            "title": "Suicidal Ideation, Adult",
          	"lastViewTimestamp": "2026-03-13T13:00:03Z",
						"slug": "/signs-and-symptoms/suicidal-ideation-adult"

        }
    ]
}

Request Parameters

maxItems - Maximum number of items to return.

Response Values

Field	Description
id	The id of the article that is being updated
title	The title of the article.
lastViewTimestamp	Time when the article was accessed.
slug	Human-readable part of the article

Error Response Codes

The Dynamic Health get article views endpoint can return one of the error response codes.