Harvard Health Content External Web Service Documentation

GetContent Method

This Method will return all the available data for a single content object in the UCR.

Parameters: XmlRequest

<GetContent ContentTypeId="[int]" ContentId="[string]" />

ContentTypeId is a numeric value which matches the content type of the content object that is being requested; for example: 1 for the Wellness Library.

ContentId is of course the content id for the content object being requested, and is a string value.

Sample Request

http://www.content.health.harvard.edu/[SiteName]/Content.svc/GetContent?xmlRequest=<GetContent ContentTypeId="69" ContentId="H0517g" DoCDATA="1" />

Sample Result XML

<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?-->
    <ContentList xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="StayWellV2.xsd">
     <ContentObject IsCustom="true" ContentTypeId="0" ContentId="H0517g" PlannedPublicationDate="5/1/2017" PublishedDate="5/1/2017" LastModifiedDate="4/13/2017">
        <Language>English</Language>
        <RegularTitle>Does your heart need a valve job?</RegularTitle>
        <InvertedTitle/>
        <Blurb/>
        <Keywords/>
        <GenderCode>A</GenderCode>
        <Gender/>
        <Rating Total="0" Count="0" Average="0"/>
        <AgeGroups>
            <AgeGroup>Adult (18+)</AgeGroup>
            <AgeGroup>Senior</AgeGroup>
        </AgeGroups>
        <CopyrightStatement>
        Copyright © 2017 by Harvard University. All rights reserved.
        </CopyrightStatement>
        <PostingDate>5/1/2017</PostingDate>
        <Content>
            <body>
            <p>
                <i>
                Because medications cannot effectively treat aortic stenosis, a stiff, narrowed aortic valve needs to be replaced.
                </i>
            </p>
            <p>
                "Often, the first symptom people notice is feeling winded or short of breath when they're active," says Dr. Patrick O'Gara, a cardiologist at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital. As the condition worsens, even mild exercise can provoke chest pain. Feeling lightheaded or faint when exercising is a more ominous symptom.
            </p>
            <table>
                <tbody>
                <tr>
                    <td>
                    <p>
                        <img height="133" width="89" imageid="355273" alt=""/>
                    </p>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                </tbody>
            </table>
            <Page id="d26e42">
                <h1>Stenosis diagnosis</h1>
                <p>
                    These symptoms appear gradually .....
                </p>
            </Page>
            </body>
        </Content>
        <Disclaimer/>
        <ReadingLevel/>
        <Authors/>
        <OnlineEditors/>
        <OnlineMedicalReviewers/>
        <PrintSources/>
        <AdditionalTitles/>
        <OnlineSources/>
        <RecommendedSites/>
        <Indexing>
            <metadata name="MarketingCategoryK1" value="heartvalvedisorders"/>
            <metadata name="MarketingCategoryK2" value="cardiovascular"/>
            <metadata name="ConceptRank" value="1"/>
            <metadata name="MarketingCategoryK3" value="health"/>
            <metadata name="Parents" value="Heart"/>
            <metadata name="ConceptConsumerFriendlyName" value="Heart Valves"/>
            <metadata name="SemanticGroup" value="anatomy"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="heart valve"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="heart.valves"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="cardiac valve"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="cardiac valves"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="heart valve structure"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="valve of heart"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="cardiac valve structure"/>
            <metadata name="SemanticTypes" value="Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component"/>
            <metadata name="MarketingCategoryK1" value="null"/>
            <metadata name="ConceptRank" value="2"/>
            <metadata name="ConceptConsumerFriendlyName" value="Diagnosis Narrative"/>
            <metadata name="SemanticGroup" value="Clinical Finding"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="diagnosis:imp:pt:^patient:nar"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="diagnosis:impression/interpretation of study:point in time:^patient:narrative"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="Dx"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="diagnosis"/>
            <metadata name="SemanticTypes" value="Clinical Attribute"/>
            <metadata name="SemanticTypes" value="LOINC"/>
            <metadata name="ConceptRank" value="3"/>
            <metadata name="ConceptConsumerFriendlyName" value="Diagnosis"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="diagnosis:impression/interpretation of study:point in time:^patient:nominal"/>
            <metadata name="Synonyms" value="diagnosis:imp:pt:^patient:nom"/>
        </Indexing>
        <OtherLanguages/>
        <Servicelines/>
     </ContentObject>
    </ContentList>