API Method DirectAddressValidate
Contents |
Description
The following code samples describe the processes involved in "validating" a Direct address and discuss what happens behind the scenes with domain-level address validation and address-level validation.
Behind the Scenes
When a call is made to /DirectAddressValidate, a search is performed for a current, non-revoked certificate for the target Direct address. There two types of certificate searches performed:
Address-level Certificates
The first certificate search looks for a certificate issued for the full recipient address: DrTom@DrTomsPractice.MyEHRDirect.com. If all of the following are true, then /DirectAddressValidate will return "validDirectAddress": true:
- a certificate is found (either via DNS or LDAP)
- the found certificate has not been revoked
- the found certificate is trusted itself or is signed by a trusted TrustAnchor
- the found certificate is either:
- not signed by DirectTrust or
- signed by DirectTrust and the inquiring user's practice has been "vetted"
Domain-level Certificates
If no valid certificate can be found for the address, the next certificate search will be performed on the domain of the intended recipient: DrBobsPractice.OtherEHRDirect.com. A Domain-level certificate is used for all users in a given domain. The same certificate will be used to sign messages from DrBob@DrBobsPractice.OtherEHRDirect.com and messages from NurseRatchett@DrBobsPractice.OtherEHRDirect.com. Since there aren't any user-specific (aka Address-specific) certificates available to be searched, the most precise anyone can be about determining if the recipient Direct address exists is to confirm the existence of a trusted, non-revoked certificate for the domain. The same requirements apply to a domain-level certificate for it to be valid as apply to an address-level certificate:
- a certificate is found (either via DNS or LDAP)
- the found certificate has not been revoked
- the found certificate is trusted itself or is signed by a trusted TrustAnchor
- the found certificate is either:
- not signed by DirectTrust or
- signed by DirectTrust and the inquiring user's practice has been "vetted"
IMPORTANT NOTE: A response from /DirectAddressValidate of "validDirectAddress": true does not mean that the address itself is guaranteed to exist or that messages sent to it will be picked up by the intended recipient - only that a valid, non-revoked, trusted certificate can be found for the requested address or domain. For information about delivery confirmation, read about MDN processing.
Special Case
If all of the following are true:
- a valid address-level or domain-level certificate is found
- it is signed by DirectTrust
- the inquiring user's practice has not been "vetted"
the following components will be included in the /DirectAddressValidate response:
.... "validDirectAddress": false, "vettingRequired": true, ...
This means that in order for the inquiring user to be able to send messages to the specified address, their practice must go through the Direct Trust Activation process. Once that process is completed and the practice is "vetted", the same call to /DirectAddressValidate will return the expected:
.... "validDirectAddress": true, ...
Prerequisites
1 This API call requires Vendor-level credentials. The credentials should be populated into the applicationId and applicationPassword fields of the auth block:
{
...
"auth": {
"applicationId": "vendorId",
"applicationPassword": "vendorPassword",
"accountId": "",
"userId": ""
}
}
Code Samples
| Language | Source Code Examples |
|---|---|
| C# | public void TalkToUpdox() {
string json = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(new {
recipient = "DrTom@DrTomsPractice.MyEHRDirect.com", // required
auth = new {
applicationId = "vendorId",
applicationPassword = "vendorPassword",
accountId : "accountId",
userId: "userId"
}
});
string url = "https://updoxqa.com/io/directAddressValidate";
SendReceiveJSON(json, url);
}
private void SendReceiveJSON(string json, string url)
{
var httpWebRequest = WebRequest.Create(url);
httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";
using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()))
{
streamWriter.Write(json);
streamWriter.Flush();
streamWriter.Close();
var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse) httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
var result = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
|
| Java |
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
public class UpdoxTest {
public void TalkToUpdox() throws Exception {
String uri = "https://updoxqa.com/io/directAddressValidate";
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
Map<String,Object> messageData = BuildMessage();
String jsonData = mapper.writeValueAsString(messageData);
HttpResponse httpResponse = SendReceiveJSON(jsonData, uri);
HttpEntity responseEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
String response = EntityUtils.toString(responseEntity);
JsonNode actualObj = mapper.readTree(response);
System.out.println(actualObj.get("responseCode"));
System.out.println(actualObj.get("responseMessage"));
}
private Map<String,Object> BuildMessage() throws Exception
{
Map<String,Object> messageData = new HashMap();
Map<String,String> authData = new HashMap();
messageData.put("recipient", "DrTom@DrTomsPractice.MyEHRDirect.com");
Map<String,Object> authData = new HashMap();
authData.put("applicationId", "vendorId");
authData.put("applicationPassword", "vendorPassword");
authData.put("accountId", "accountId");
authData.put("userId", "userId");
messageData.put("auth", authData);
messageData.put("auth", authData);
return messageData;
}
private HttpResponse SendReceiveJSON(String jsonData, String uri) throws Exception {
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse response = null;
StringEntity params = new StringEntity(jsonData);
try {
HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
request.addHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.setEntity(params);
response = httpClient.execute(request);
} catch (Exception ex) {
// handle exception here
} finally {
httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
return response;
}
}
|
Messages
Destination Address
Request JSON
{
"recipient": "DrTom@DrTomsPractice.MyEHRDirect.com",
"auth": {
"applicationId": "vendorId",
"applicationPassword": "vendorPassword",
"accountId": "",
"userId": ""
}
}
HTTP Response Status
200 OK
Response JSON
{
"successful": true,
"responseMessage": "OK",
"responseCode": 2000,
"recipient": "contact:171099",
"name": "DrTom@DrTomsPractice.MyEHRDirect.com",
"directAddress": "DrTom@DrTomsPractice.MyEHRDirect.com",
"validDirectAddress": true,
"vettingRequired": false,
"reason": null
}
Relevant Response Codes
In addition to the General Error Set, this method may return the following values in the responseCode and responseMessage fields:
responseCode
|
responseMessage
|
|---|
