GraphQL API

Aidbox supports default GraphQL implementation without any extensions (spec is located here)
Queries are supported, but mutations are not (yet)
In Aidbox UI there is GraphiQL interface, you can try your queries there.
GraphQL console sends all your requests to $graphql endpoint which you can use from your application too
post
/$graphql
GraphQL endpoint
Aidbox generates different GraphQL scalars, objects, queries with args and unions from FHIR metadata.
Queries
For each ResourceType these queries are generated:
<resourceType> — get fields of the specified resource.
Accepts a single argument id and returns a resource with the specified id.
Example: Patient (id: "pat-1")\
<resourceType>List — search resources of given resource type.
Accepts FHIR search parameters for that resourceType. SearchParameters have underscores instead of dashes and referenced later in this documentation as search_parameter. For each SearchParameter two arguments are generated:
<search_parameter> e.g.: PatientList(address_state: "CA") Accepts a string. Is an equivalent of using FHIR search parameter
<search_parameter>_list e.g.: PatientList(language_list: ["en", "de"]) Accepts a list of strings. It is an equivalent of repeating search parameters in FHIR search. <search_parameter>_list arg is needed because args can't be repeated in the GraphQL query.
<resourceType>History — get resource history.
Accepts id argument and returns history of the resource with the specified id.
Example: PatientHistory(id: "pt1", _sort: "txid") {name}
Examples
PatientList(language_list: ["en", "de"]) will return a set of Patients the same as GET /Patient?language=en&language=de and those will be patients with en AND de as their communication language specified\
PatientList(language: "en,de") will return a set of Patients the same as GET /Patient?language=en,de and those will be patients with en OR de as their communication language specified\
PatientList(language_list: ["en", "de,fr"]) will return a set of Patients the same as GET /Patient?language=en&language=de,fr and those will be patients with en AND (de OR fr) as their communication language specified\
PatientList(language: "en", language: "de") is an error, it will ignore all language arg repetitions except of the last and will return a set of Patients the same as
GET /Patient?language=de
Objects
For each ResourceType object with fields is generated.
For every FHIR resource attribute field is created.
Also for attributes with Reference type unions are created for direct and reverse includes.
Handling _revinclude
FHIR GraphQL does not support _revinclude Search parameter. In Aidbox you can use reverse include in such format: 
<revIncludeResourceType>s_as_<includedResourceReferenceSearchParameter> 
For example:
observations_as_subject for Patient will be equivalent of _revinclude=Observation:subject
 Here's an example showing how to create first class extension, search parameter and use it in GraphQL:
First Class Extension
Search Parameter
ServiceRequest
GraphQL
Response
PUT /Attribute/ServiceRequest.requestedOrganizationDepartment
​
description: Department in the organization that made the service request
resource: {id: ServiceRequest, resourceType: Entity}
path: [requestedOrganizationDepartment]
type: {id: Reference, resourceType: Entity}
refers: 
  - Organization
extensionUrl: urn:extension:requestedOrganizationDepartment
PUT /SearchParameter/ServiceRequest.requestedOrganizationDepartment
​
name: requestedOrganizationDepartment
type: reference
resource: {id: ServiceRequest, resourceType: Entity}
expression: [[requestedOrganizationDepartment]]
PUT /ServiceRequest/sr3
​
intent: plan
status: final
subject:
  id: pt1
  resourceType: Patient
requestedOrganizationDepartment:
  id: org2
  resourceType: Organization
id: sr3
resourceType: ServiceRequest
query {
 OrganizationList(_count: 5) {
  id,
    servicerequests_as_requestedOrganizationDepartment{
      id
    }
  }
}
​
{
  "data": {
    "OrganizationList": [
      {
        "id": "org-1",
        "servicerequests_as_a": []
      },
      {
        "id": "org2",
        "servicerequests_as_a": [
          {
            "id": "sr3"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
Example
This example demonstrates how to use fragments, both types of search parameter arguments and reverse includes.
Request
Response
{
  "query" : "
fragment PractitionerRoleWithPractitioner on PractitionerRole {
  id
  code {
    coding {
      code
      system
      display
    }
  }
  practitioner {
    resource {
      ... on Practitioner {
        id
        name {
          given
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  PatientList(active: true, identifier_list: [\"tenantId|org1\", \"mrn|5678\"]) {
    id
    name {
      given
    }
    generalPractitioner {
      resource {
        ...PractitionerRoleWithPractitioner
      }
    }
    observations_as_subject {
      id
      code {
        coding {
          code
          system
          display
        }
      }
      performer {
        resource {
          ...PractitionerRoleWithPractitioner
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
"}
{
  "data" : {
    "PatientList" : [ {
      "id" : "51f507b5-8723-4dda-bee6-d3cbd86da28f",
      "name" : [ {
        "given" : [ "Tom" ]
      } ],
      "generalPractitioner" : [ {
        "resource" : {
          "id" : "54513486-7b9c-4baf-84b6-8d1bdb279ba3",
          "code" : [ {
            "coding" : [ {
              "code" : "therapist",
              "system" : "sys",
              "display" : "Therapist"
            } ]
          } ],
          "practitioner" : {
            "resource" : {
              "id" : "0091e1ee-8a5b-45a1-a1be-c2638e6ed482",
              "name" : [ {
                "given" : [ "Doc" ]
              } ]
            }
          }
        }
      } ],
      "observations_as_subject" : [ {
        "id" : "68100e43-4d1c-4fb7-b4d9-2f14d359fe90",
        "code" : {
          "coding" : [ {
            "code" : "15074-8",
            "system" : "http://loinc.org",
            "display" : "Glucose"
          } ]
        },
        "performer" : [ {
          "resource" : {
            "id" : "54513486-7b9c-4baf-84b6-8d1bdb279ba3",
            "code" : [ {
              "coding" : [ {
                "code" : "therapist",
                "system" : "sys",
                "display" : "Therapist"
              } ]
            } ],
            "practitioner" : {
              "resource" : {
                "id" : "0091e1ee-8a5b-45a1-a1be-c2638e6ed482",
                "name" : [ {
                  "given" : [ "Doc" ]
                } ]
              }
            }
          }
        } ]
      } ]
    } ]
  }
}
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