EBSCO Developer | MEDSAPI NAH Reference Code Samples Endpoint 2

Get Articles by ID Code Samples

Use the code samples below as examples to create an application in your desired language. The following code samples use the /v1/content/articles/{id} endpoint to get an article. Get started and begin to understand the endpoint by following the examples below in the language of your choice. Substitute a valid token for the placeholder below to run the examples.

Code Samples

cURL

# Get an NAH Reference Center article

curl -X GET "https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-ref-ctr/v1/content/articles/{id}?secure=true&imageSize=large&posterSize=small&mediaLinksFormat=server"
    -H "authorization: Bearer TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -H "Accept: application/json"

Java

// Get an NAH Reference Center article

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

// Create the URL
HttpUrl url = new HttpUrl.Builder()
    .scheme("https")
    .host("apis.ebsco.com")
    .addPathSegment("medsapi-ref-ctr")
    .addPathSegment("v1")
    .addPathSegment("content")
    .addPathSegment("articles")
    .addPathSegment("{id}")
    .addQueryParameter("secure", "true")
    .addQueryParameter("imageSize", "large")
    .addQueryParameter("posterSize", "small")
    .addQueryParameter("mediaLinksFormat", "server")
    .build();


// Build the request
Request request = new Request.Builder()
    .url(url)
    .get()
    .addHeader("authorization, "Bearer TOKEN")
    .addHeader("Content-Type, "application/json")
    .addHeader("Accept, "application/json")
    .build();

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

JavaScript

// Get an NAH Reference Cebter article

const host = "https://apis.ebsco.com";
const path = "/medsapi-ref-ctr/v1/content/articles/{id}";

// Create the Request
const url = host + path;
const queryParams = {"secure": true, "imageSize": large, "posterSize": small, "mediaLinksFormat": server}

const settings = {
    "async": true,
    "crossDomain": true,
    "url": url,
    "method": "GET",
    "headers": {
        "authorization": "Bearer TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Accept": "application/json"
    },
    "data": queryParams
};

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

Ruby


# Get an NAH Reference Center article

# Form the URL
urlstr = File.join("https://", "apis.ebsco.com", "/medsapi-ref-ctr/v1/content/articles/{id}")
url = URI.parse(urlstr)
params = { :secure => true,:imageSize => large,:posterSize => small,:mediaLinksFormat => server }

# Add params to URI
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form( params )

# 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::Get.new(url)
request["authorization"] = "Bearer TOKEN"
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Accept"] = "application/json"


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

Python

# Get an NAH Reference Center article

# Form the URL
url = "/medsapi-ref-ctr/v1/content/articles/{id}"

queryParams = {
    "secure": true
    "imageSize": large
    "posterSize": small
    "mediaLinksFormat": server}

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

# Create the Request Headers
headers = {
        "authorization": "Bearer TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Accept": "application/json"
}

# Send Request
conn.request("GET", url, queryParams, headers)