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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Janielle,

yes it is possible to create categories through the API. The DHIS 2 Web API
follows REST principles and supports the POST, GET, UPDATE, DELETE and
PATCH methods for all resources. Read more here:

https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s09.html

You can find an overview of all resources by navigating to api/resources,
e.g.:

https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/resources

One thing to be aware of with categories is that in order to update the
"category option combinations" of the system as you keep adding/removing
categories/options you might want to do a POST to this maintenance resource
afterwards:

api/maintenance/categoryOptionComboUpdate



regards,

Lars


On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Janielle Domingo <janielle.domingo@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Good day!
>
> I am Janielle Domingo, a developer from the National Telehealth Center
> based in Manila, Philippines.
>
> We developed an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) named Community Health
> Information Management System (CHITS), with OpenMRS on the back end, now
> deployed and operational in several primary health care centers all over
> the Philippines. We are currently trying to link the data generated through
> CHITS with DHIS2 as a data visualization application to be used by
> decision-makers in various levels of government units.
>
> We have created data elements as components for main indicators set by
> stakeholders.
> We were wondering if there was a way to create categories (and
> combinations thereof) programmatically rather than by employing the user
> interface? We want to generate categories dynamically for use cases where
> parameters of category options change, and it would be more efficient to
> comply with standard definitions centrally rather than peripherally.
>
> THANK You!
>
> Janielle T. Domingo
> janielle.domingo@xxxxxxxxx
> Software Developer-NTHC
> Manila, Philippines
>
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Lars Helge Øverland
Lead developer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
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