module BloomApi

A module which contains all code necessary for looking up health care providers via the Bloom API.

For more details visit www.bloomapi.com/

@author Dan Carpenter

Constants

BASE_URL: The base url for the bloom api.
NPI_SEARCH_PATH
VERSION: the gem’s version

Public Class Methods

find_by(options, limit=20, offset=0) click to toggle source

Look up a health care provider or organization by the provided criteria

@params criteria [Hash] criteria to query against @params limit [Integer] optional, sets the maximum number of records to return. Default is 20 and maximum is 100 @params offset [Integer] optional, sets a number of records to skip before returning. Default is 0 @return results [Array] Array of providers and/or organizations that match the criteria

# File lib/bloom_api.rb, line 33
def self.find_by(options, limit=20, offset=0)
              criteria = options.each_with_index.map {|x,i| "key#{i+1}=#{URI::escape(x[0].to_s)}&op#{i+1}=eq&value#{i+1}=#{URI::escape(x[1])}"} || []
              criteria << "limit=#{limit}&offset=#{offset}"
              uri = URI::HTTP.build(host: BASE_URL, path: NPI_SEARCH_PATH, query: criteria.join('&'))
              response = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)

              build_provider(JSON.parse(response.body)['result']) if response && response.code == "200"
end

find_by_npi(npi) click to toggle source

Look up a health care provider by their national provider identifier

@params npi [String] The national provider identifier to be used for lookup @return [BloomApi::Individual] if the npi references an individual provider @return [BloomApi::Organization] if the npi references an organization

@raise [ProviderNotFound] if the provided npi does not reference a provider

# File lib/bloom_api.rb, line 49
def self.find_by_npi(npi)
  response = Net::HTTP.get_response(BASE_URL, "/api/npis/#{npi}")

  build_provider(JSON.parse(response.body)['result']) if response && response.code == "200"
end

Private Class Methods

build_provider(response) click to toggle source

# File lib/bloom_api.rb, line 57
def self.build_provider(response)
  if response.is_a?(Array)
                      response.map { |r| build_provider(r) }
  else
          return Individual.new(response) if response['type'] == 'individual'
          return Organization.new(response) if response['type'] == 'organization'
          Provider.new(response)
  end
end