Searching for DynaMed Categories (Deprecated)

The DynaMed API GET /categories endpoint returns a paginated list of categories available for DynaMed content.

To Perform a Categories Search (example):

Gather the following information for the request:

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

Request

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

Response

{
    "_metadata": {
        "links": [
            {
                "rel": "self",
                "href": "https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-dynamed/v1/categories"
            }
        ],
        "page": 1,
        "totalPages": 1,
        "totalItems": 2
    },
    "items": [
        {
            "title": "Allergy",
            "id": "allergy",
            "links": [
                {
                    "rel": "self",
                    "href": "https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-dynamed/v1/categories/allergy"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "title": "Urology",
            "id": "urology",
            "links": [
                {
                    "rel": "self",
                    "href": "https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-dynamed/v1/categories/urology"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Error Response Codes

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