Status Of Service Search By Place/Postcode

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Hey

I am confused please help. I would like to know what the status of the following API’s are:

  • Service Search by Postcode/Place and Lat/Lon.
  • Service Details.

On the old DEV site is saying that the above endpoints have not migrated yet “The Service Search and Ratings and Reviews APIs will be migrated in future and we will send updates when this happens.”

And i can’t seem to find anything on the new docs to say the following endpoints have been moved. Can someone please advise on the current situation.

The old endpoints are:

// Returns Individual Data, in this case a Pharmacy.
https://api.nhs.uk/service-search?api-version=2&search=X9578&searchFields=SearchKey

// Returns list of service in given area
https://api.nhs.uk/service-search/search-postcode-or-place?api-version=2&search=london

If the above are still exist on the old routes how do i request Prod API Keys?

Thanks in advance

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Hi Peter,

The Service Search API is now known as the Directory of Healthcare Services (Service Search) API : https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/directory-of-healthcare-services

This API has multiple versions as follows:

Version Status Documentation
Version 3 In development Directory of Healthcare Services API - version 3
Version 2 In production Service Search API - versions 1 and 2
Version 1 In production Service Search API - versions 1 and 2

As you state, there hasn’t been a clear timeline shared publicly regarding when the Service Search and Ratings and Reviews APIs will be migrated to the NHSE API Platform. Since they are still showing up on the old site, it’s likely that these endpoints have not fully migrated to the new API infrastructure yet.

Please check if Version 3 endpoint may support your requirements: https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/directory-of-healthcare-services/version-3#api-Organisation

If you would like to contact the API team, please send an email to the relevant team (nhswebsite.servicedesk@nhs.net.) or use the contact us page.

The Ratings and Reviews API is in production, but is under review for deprecation. More details will be available at : https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/ratings-and-reviews on when the Ratings and Reviews API will be available to use. The old APIs will stop working on 30 November 2024. Please contact nhswebsite.servicedesk@nhs.net for any help with this API.

Please follow instruction to support with migration:

For more details see our API migration frequently asked questions.

Thanks,
NHS England API Platform team

Please note: The API Platform team can ONLY address queries relevant to the NHS England API platform, including security, rate limiting, logging, monitoring and alerting. For any API specific queries, please reach out the relevant API teams.