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The URL defines where the client can access the desired resources - for example the Patient resource.  

url='http://hapi.fhir.org/baseR4/Patient'

Query String:

For GET requests, the URL may also contain any necessary query parameters like the id of the patient you are searching for.  .  The ? indicates the end of the url and beginning of the parameters. Key-value pairs are separated by &.

http://hapi.fhir.org/baseR4/Patient?id=12324&name=Bruce

These URLs can be hardcoded if necessary, or built using various URL Encoding strategies.

Some requests (PUT and POST) require a body where we add the resource content or additional information to be sent to the server. This can be in a few potential formatsThe HTTP formats will typically be specified by the API you’re working with and often requires the appropriate Content-Type header. Common formats include:

JSON

[{
    "patientid": "33751",
    "status": "active",
    "firstname": ”Bruce",
    "lastname": ”Wayne",
	...
}]

• See Parsing and Serializing JSON.

XML

<patient>
  <patientid>33751</patientid>
   <status>active</status>
   <firstname>Bruce</firstname>
   <lastname>Wayne</lastname>
</patient>

• See Working with XML

Form Data

local formData = {
      ["file"] = "@/path/to/file.txt",
      ["name"] = "Bruce Wayne",
      ["email"] = "bruce.wayne@example.com"
   }

Form data for data sent from a web form. Typically handled in Lua using string or table functions, storing data as name-value pairs.