Retrieving Article Views GET

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"
        },
        {
            "id": "t1607520609333",
            "title": "Suicidal Ideation, Adult",
            "lastViewTimestamp": "2026-03-13T13:00:03Z"
        }
    ]
}

Request Parameters

  • maxItems - Maximum number of items to return.

Response Values

FieldDescription
idThe id of the article that is being updated
titleThe title of the article.
lastViewTimestampTime when the article was accessed.

Error Response Codes

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