Connection String Options
The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.
For more information on establishing a connection, see Establishing a Connection.
| Property | Description |
| AuthScheme | The type of authentication to use when connecting to remote services. |
| ConnectionType | The type of connection to use. |
| User | The FHIR user account used to authenticate. |
| Password | The password used to authenticate the user. |
| URL | The Service Base URL of the FHIR server. |
| APIKey | The API key used for accessing your InterSystems IRIS for Health account. For more reference, please check: https://docs.intersystems.com/services/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY=FAS_intro#FAS_tour_apikey. |
| Property | Description |
| AWSAccessKey | Your AWS account access key. This value is accessible from your AWS security credentials page. |
| AWSSecretKey | Your AWS account secret key. This value is accessible from your AWS security credentials page. |
| AWSRoleARN | The Amazon Resource Name of the role to use when authenticating. |
| AWSRegion | The hosting region for your Amazon Web Services. |
| CredentialsLocation | The location of the settings file where MFA credentials are saved. |
| AWSUserPoolId | The User Pool Id. |
| AWSUserPoolClientAppId | The User Pool Client App Id. |
| AWSUserPoolClientAppSecret | Optional. The User Pool Client App Secret. |
| AWSIdentityPoolId | The Identity Pool Id. |
| Property | Description |
| InitiateOAuth | Set this property to initiate the process to obtain or refresh the OAuth access token when you connect. |
| OAuthVersion | The version of OAuth being used. |
| OAuthClientId | The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
| OAuthClientSecret | The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server. |
| OAuthAccessToken | The access token for connecting using OAuth. |
| OAuthSettingsLocation | The location of the settings file where OAuth values are saved when InitiateOAuth is set to GETANDREFRESH or REFRESH . Alternatively, you can hold this location in memory by specifying a value starting with 'memory://'. |
| CallbackURL | The OAuth callback URL to return to when authenticating. This value must match the callback URL you specify in your app settings. |
| State | Optional value for representing extra OAuth state information. |
| OAuthPasswordGrantMode | Specifies how the OAuth Client Id and Client Secret should be passed. Supported options: BASIC and POST. |
| OAuthIncludeCallbackURL | Whether to include the callback URL in an access token request. |
| OAuthAuthorizationURL | The authorization URL for the OAuth service. |
| OAuthAccessTokenURL | The URL to retrieve the OAuth access token from. |
| OAuthRefreshTokenURL | The URL to refresh the OAuth token from. |
| OAuthRequestTokenURL | The URL the service provides to retrieve request tokens from. This is required in OAuth 1.0. |
| OAuthVerifier | The verifier code returned from the OAuth authorization URL. |
| AuthToken | The authentication token used to request and obtain the OAuth Access Token. |
| AuthKey | The authentication secret used to request and obtain the OAuth Access Token. |
| OAuthParams | A comma-separated list of other parameters to submit in the request for the OAuth access token in the format paramname=value. |
| OAuthRefreshToken | The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token. |
| OAuthExpiresIn | The lifetime in seconds of the OAuth AccessToken. |
| OAuthTokenTimestamp | The Unix epoch timestamp in milliseconds when the current Access Token was created. |
| Property | Description |
| OAuthJWTCert | The JWT Certificate store. |
| OAuthJWTCertType | The type of key store containing the JWT Certificate. |
| OAuthJWTCertPassword | The password for the OAuth JWT certificate. |
| OAuthJWTCertSubject | The subject of the OAuth JWT certificate. |
| OAuthJWTIssuer | The issuer of the Java Web Token. |
| OAuthJWTSubject | The user subject for which the application is requesting delegated access. |
| Property | Description |
| SSLClientCert | The TLS/SSL client certificate store for SSL Client Authentication (2-way SSL). |
| SSLClientCertType | The type of key store containing the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
| SSLClientCertPassword | The password for the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
| SSLClientCertSubject | The subject of the TLS/SSL client certificate. |
| SSLServerCert | The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL. |
| Property | Description |
| FirewallType | The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallServer | The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPort | The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallUser | The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall. |
| FirewallPassword | A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall. |
| Property | Description |
| ProxyAutoDetect | When this connection property is set to True, the provider checks your system proxy settings for existing proxy server configurations (no need to manually supply proxy server details). Set to False if you want to manually configure the provider to connect to a specific proxy server. |
| ProxyServer | The hostname or IP address of the proxy server that you want to route HTTP traffic through. |
| ProxyPort | The TCP port that the proxy server (specified in the ProxyServer connection property) is running on. |
| ProxyAuthScheme | The authentication method the provider uses when authenticating to the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connection property. |
| ProxyUser | The username of a user account registered with the proxy server specified in the ProxyServer connnection property. |
| ProxyPassword | The password associated with the user specified in the ProxyUser connection property. |
| ProxySSLType | The SSL type to use when connecting to the ProxyServer proxy. |
| ProxyExceptions | A semicolon separated list of destination hostnames or IPs that are exempt from connecting through the ProxyServer . |
| Property | Description |
| Logfile | A filepath which designates the name and location of the log file. |
| Verbosity | The verbosity level that determines the amount of detail included in the log file. |
| LogModules | Core modules to be included in the log file. |
| MaxLogFileSize | A string specifying the maximum size in bytes for a log file (for example, 10 MB). |
| MaxLogFileCount | A string specifying the maximum file count of log files. |
| Property | Description |
| Location | A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures. |
| BrowsableSchemas | This property restricts the schemas reported to a subset of the available schemas. For example, BrowsableSchemas=SchemaA,SchemaB,SchemaC. |
| Tables | This property restricts the tables reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Tables=TableA,TableB,TableC. |
| Views | Restricts the views reported to a subset of the available tables. For example, Views=ViewA,ViewB,ViewC. |
| Property | Description |
| AutoCache | Automatically caches the results of SELECT queries into a cache database specified by either CacheLocation or both of CacheConnection and CacheProvider . |
| CacheDriver | The database driver used to cache data. |
| CacheConnection | The connection string for the cache database. This property is always used in conjunction with CacheProvider . Setting both properties will override the value set for CacheLocation for caching data. |
| CacheLocation | Specifies the path to the cache when caching to a file. |
| CacheTolerance | The tolerance for stale data in the cache specified in seconds when using AutoCache . |
| Offline | Use offline mode to get the data from the cache instead of the live source. |
| CacheMetadata | This property determines whether or not to cache the table metadata to a file store. |
| Property | Description |
| APIFieldsNameSeparator | Define the separator of compound filed names in your FHIR Server. |
| PaginationLimitName | The PaginationLimitName is used for defining a different name for the limit property in the limit-offset pagination. |
| PaginationMode | The type of pagination implemented by the FHIR server. The default value is NextLink. |
| PaginationOffsetName | Define a different name for offset property in the limit-offset pagination. |
| PaginationSnapshotName | Define the name for the property that identifies the current request snapshot identifier. |
| ContentType | The format used for accessing your FHIR Server data. The available values are: XML or JSON. |
| BatchSize | The maximum size of each batch operation to submit. |
| ConnectionLifeTime | The maximum lifetime of a connection in seconds. Once the time has elapsed, the connection object is disposed. |
| ConnectOnOpen | This property specifies whether to connect to the FHIR when the connection is opened. |
| CustomHeaders | Other headers as determined by the user (optional). |
| MaxRows | Limits the number of rows returned when no aggregation or GROUP BY is used in the query. This takes precedence over LIMIT clauses. |
| Other | These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases. |
| PageSize | The maximum size of records returned per page. |
| PoolIdleTimeout | The allowed idle time for a connection before it is closed. |
| PoolMaxSize | The maximum connections in the pool. |
| PoolMinSize | The minimum number of connections in the pool. |
| PoolWaitTime | The max seconds to wait for an available connection. |
| PseudoColumns | Specify a set of pseudocolumns to expose as columns. |
| RTK | The runtime key used for licensing. |
| SupportsPostSearchRequests | Indicates whether or not the FHIR Server supports sending URL search params in a POST request body using the 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' ContentType Header. Note: The InterSystems IRIS for Health does not support search with Post. |
| SupportsServerSideLastUpdatedFilter | Indicates whether or not the FHIR Server supports filtering Server-Side resources by the LastUpdated date. The filter must strictly follow the FHIR Specifications, meaning that the query parameter name is: '_lastUpdated' and the datetime precision is exactly as the server sends on the response. Also, the server must implemet filtering with comparison operators as: =, <, <=, >, >=. Example: [baseUrl]/Observation?_lastUpdated=2022-09-19T11:59:52Z For more information, please refer to: https://build.fhir.org/search.html#_lastUpdated . |
| SupportsServerSideSorting | Indicates whether or not the FHIR Server supports sorting operation Server-Side. The sorting must strictly follow the FHIR Specifications, meaning that the query parameter name is: '_sort' and by default the sotring will be ASC. If we would like to sort them DESC, the server must accept a '-' before the parameter name. Example: [baseUrl]/Observation?_sort=status,-date,category For more information, please refer to: http://hl7.org/fhir/search.html#_sort . |
| Timeout | The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation. |
| UseConnectionPooling | This property enables connection pooling. |
| UserDefinedViews | A filepath pointing to the JSON configuration file containing your custom views. |