aihw_myhospitals_api

A Rust client for the MyHospitals Data API provided by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

Features

• Auto-generated from OpenAPI specification using Progenitor
• Async/await support with Tokio
• Builder pattern for ergonomic API calls
• Strongly typed requests and responses
• 38 API endpoints covering all MyHospitals data

Installation

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
aihw_myhospitals_api = "0.1"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }

Quick Start

use aihw_myhospitals_api::{Client, new_client};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Using the convenience function
    let client = new_client();

    // Or with explicit URL
    let client = Client::new("https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au");

    // Fetch measure categories
    let response = client.get_measure_categories().send().await?;
    println!("Found {} categories", response.result.len());

    // Fetch datasets
    let response = client.get_datasets().send().await?;
    for dataset in &response.result {
        println!("{}: {} to {}",
            *dataset.data_set_name,
            dataset.reporting_start_date,
            dataset.reporting_end_date
        );
    }

    Ok(())
}

API Coverage

The client provides access to all MyHospitals API endpoints:

Category	Endpoints	Description
Caveats	2	Data footnotes and suppressions
Suppressions	2	Legacy suppression data (use Caveats)
DataSets	3	Grouped data periods
Measures	4	Health metrics and indicators
MeasureCategories	3	Measure classifications
ReportedMeasures	4	Reported measurement forms
ReportedMeasureCategories	3	Reported measure groupings
ReportingUnits	5	Hospitals and health services
ReportingUnitTypes	3	Unit classifications (Hospital, State, National)
FlatDataExtracts	2	Bulk data retrieval (paginated, max 1000)
Downloads	7	Excel/XLSX exports

Examples

Run the examples to explore the API:

# Basic usage
cargo run --example basic_usage

# Caveats and suppressions
cargo run --example caveats

# Datasets and data items
cargo run --example datasets

# Measures and categories
cargo run --example measures

# Reporting units (hospitals, states)
cargo run --example reporting_units

# Bulk data extracts with pagination
cargo run --example data_extracts

# Excel download codes
cargo run --example downloads

Response Structure

All API responses are wrapped in an envelope containing:

• result - The actual data
• version_information - API version and data version metadata

let response = client.get_reporting_unit_types().send().await?;

// Access the data
for unit_type in &response.result {
    println!("{}", *unit_type.reporting_unit_type_name);
}

// Access version info
if let Some(info) = &response.version_information {
    println!("API Version: {:?}", info.api_version);
}

Newtype Wrappers

Many fields use newtype wrappers for type safety. Dereference with * to access the underlying string:

let response = client.get_measures().send().await?;
for measure in &response.result {
    // Use * to dereference the newtype wrapper
    println!("Code: {}", *measure.measure_code);
    println!("Name: {}", *measure.measure_name);
}

Pagination

The flat data extract endpoints use skip/top pagination:

use std::num::NonZeroU32;

let response = client
    .get_flat_data_extract_by_measure_category_code()
    .measure_category_code("ED")
    .skip(0)                              // Start from beginning
    .top(NonZeroU32::new(100).unwrap())   // Get 100 items (max 1000)
    .send()
    .await?;

File Downloads

Download endpoints return ByteStream. Collect to bytes:

use futures::StreamExt;

let response = client
    .get_simple_downloads_by_download_code()
    .download_code("some-code")
    .send()
    .await?;

let mut bytes = Vec::new();
let mut stream = response.into_inner();
while let Some(chunk) = stream.next().await {
    bytes.extend_from_slice(&chunk?);
}
std::fs::write("output.xlsx", &bytes)?;

Development

Running Tests

# Unit tests
cargo test

# Integration tests (requires network)
cargo test --features integration-tests

Debug Build Output

Set DEBUG_CODEGEN=1 to see generated code paths:

DEBUG_CODEGEN=1 cargo build

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Releasing

Releases are automated via GitHub Actions. To create a new release:

1. Update version in Cargo.toml
2. Update CHANGELOG.md with the new version
3. Commit: git commit -am "Release v0.x.y"
4. Tag: git tag v0.x.y
5. Push: git push && git push --tags

The release workflow will:

• Run all CI checks
• Publish to crates.io
• Create a GitHub release with changelog notes

License

Licensed under the MIT license (LICENSE or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

Data License

Data from the MyHospitals API is licensed under CC-BY 3.0 by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.