LOINC download response headers invalid

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When trying to download LOINC in a script, the Content-Disposition header I get back is invalid:

Content-Disposition: attachment; filename*=UTF-8''Loinc_2.76.zip;

This has been happening at least as far back as Nov 11, 2023 according to my logs.

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Hi Scott,

The functionality we use for downloads changed recently. Automation of downloads is not an anticipated use. It should still work in a browser.

Can you please elaborate on what you are trying to accomplish with your script? We may have an alternative available.

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We have a terminology service that we keep up to date with many code systems (ICD-10, SNOMED, RxNorm, LOINC, etc.)

It is very nice to be able to have that be an automated process, since each system has its own release cadence (some annual, some monthly, etc.)

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Scott, thanks for elaborating. We recently opened a new LOINC Search API but it is not yet documented. Try the following endpoint with your LOINC credentials.

https://loinc.regenstrief.org/searchapi/loincs

  • query – search string
  • rows* – integer value to indicate the number of rows to return
  • offset* – integer value to indicate the offset, for paging
  • sortorder* – string value, specifying which field to sort on and order (desc and asc)
  • language* – integer value to indicate which language to return
  • includefiltercounts* – boolean value to indicate if information for filters should be returned with the results
    * These parameters have default values and are optional

For example: https://loinc.regenstrief.org/searchapi/loincs?query=glucose&rows=100&offset=100&sortorder=loinc_num desc&language=8&includefiltercounts=true

You can query for everything using an asterisk. Let us know if this fits your needs.