EBSCO Developer | MEDSAPI Dyna POST Search

Dyna Search Code Samples

Use the code samples below as examples to create an application in your desired language. The following code samples use the POST /v1/content/search/rag endpoint which allows you to execute a retrieval-augmented generation search against either DynaMedex content. Get started and begin to understand the endpoint by following the examples below in the language of your choice.

Code Samples

cURL

# Dyna Search content

curl -X POST "https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-dynamedex/v1/content/search/rag"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -H "Accept: application/json"
    -H "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN"
    -H "x-eis-id-token: ID token"
    -H "Connection: keep-alive"
    -H "Cache-Control: no-cache"
    -H "X-AccelBuffering: no"
    -d '{"criteria": "query","How do I evaluate an Infant for Congenital Heart Disease?"}'

Java

// Dyna Search content

// Construct the client
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

// Create the URL
HttpUrl url = new HttpUrl.Builder()
    .scheme("https")
    .host("apis.ebsco.com")
    .addPathSegment("medsapi-dynamedex")
    .addPathSegment("v1")
    .addPathSegment("content")
    .addPathSegment("search")
    .addPathSegment("rag")
    .build();

// Build the body
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\"criteria\": { \"query\": \"How do I evaluate an Infant for Congenital Heart Disease?\"}")

// Build the request
Request request = new Request.Builder()
    .url(url)
    .post(body)
    .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
    .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer TOKEN")
    .addHeader("x-eis-id-token", "ID token")
    .addHeader("Connection", "keep-alive")
    .addHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
    .addHeader("X-AccelBuffering", "no")
    .build();

// Send the request
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

JavaScript

// Dyna Search content

const host = "https://apis.ebsco.com";
const path = "/medsapi-dynamedex/v1/content/search/rag";

// Create the Request
const url = host + path;
const requestBody = {
  "criteria": {
    "query": "How do I evaluate an Infant for Congenital Heart Disease?"
  }
};

const settings = {
    "async": true,
    "crossDomain": true,
    "url": url,
    "method": "POST",
    "headers": {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "Bearer TOKEN"
        "x-eis-id-token: ID token"
        "Connection: keep-alive"
        "Cache-Control: no-cache"
        "X-AccelBuffering: no"
    },
    "processData": false,
    "data": JSON.stringify(requestBody)
};

// Send the Request
$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
    console.log(response);
});

Ruby

# Dyna Search content

# Form the URL
urlstr = File.join("https://", "apis.ebsco.com", "/medsapi-dynamedex/v1/content/search/rag")
url = URI.parse(urlstr)

# Create the HTTP object
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

# Create the request
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Accept"] = "application/json"
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer TOKEN"
request["x-eis-id-token] = "ID token"
request["Connection] = "keep-alive"
request["Cache-Control] = "no-cache"
request["X-AccelBuffering] = "no"
request.body = {
  "criteria": {
    "question": "How do I evaluate an Infant for Congenital Heart Disease?"
  }
}

# Send the request
response = http.request(request)

Python

# Dyna Search content

# Form the URL
url = "/medsapi-dynamedex/v1/content/search/rag"

# Payload
payload = {
  "criteria": {
    "query": "How do I evaluate an Infant for Congenital Heart Disease?"
  }
};

# Create Connection Instance
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("apis.ebsco.com")

# Create the Request Headers
headers = {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "Bearer TOKEN",
        "x-eis-id-token: ID token",
        "Connection: keep-alive",
        "Cache-Control: no-cache",
        "X-AccelBuffering: no"
}

# Send Request
conn.request("POST", url, payload, headers)