Case Data APIs

Purpose: get all of the data associated with a case, including all case property values, a list of associated forms and a list of associated referrals. The case data may be presented to the end user as a case details screen.

Base URL: https://www.commcarehq.org/a/[domain]/api/[version]/case/[case_id]/

Authentication: For more information, please review CommCare's API Authentication Documentation.

Input parameters:

Name	Description	Values	Example	Status
format	Return data format	xml, json	format=xml	Supported
properties	Whether to include properties	all, none	properties=all	Proposed
indices	Whether to include indices	all, none	indices=all	Proposed
xforms_by_name__full	Whether to include all xforms by name	true	xforms_by_name__full=true	Supported
xforms_by_xmls__full	Whether to include all xforms by xmlns	true	xforms_by_xmlns__full=true	Supported
child_cases__full	Whether to include child cases	true	child_cases__full=true	Supported since version 4
parent_cases__full	Whether to include parent cases	true	parent_cases__full=true	Supported since version 4

Output values:

Name	Description	Example
case_id	Case UUID	0X9OCW3JMV98EYOVN32SGN4II
user_name	User name of case owner, including domain	jdoe@example.commcarehq.org
user_id	UUID of user that owns the case	3c5a623af057e23a32ae4000cf291339
date_modified	Date and time case was last modified	2011-12-13T15:09:47Z
closed	Status of the case (open, closed)	false
date_closed	Date and time case was closed	2011-12-20T15:09:47Z
properties	List of all editable case properties, including both special predefined properties and user-defined dynamic properties
Special Properties
owner_id	ID of the owner of the case (can be user or group)
case_name	Name of case	Rose
external_id	External ID associated with the case	123456
case_type	Type of case	pregnancy
date_opened	Date and time case was opened	2011-11-16T14:26:15Z
End Special Properties
indices	List of references to other cases with properties <case_type/> and <case_id/>
Start of data from for each form associated with the case Repeats for each form, as seen in sample output below
form_id	UUID of form associated with the case	1J9NF7B4FTH73435PYJJSL5SJ
form_name	Name of form associated with the case	Prenatal visit
started_on	Date and time form was started	2011-11-16T14:26:15Z
ended_on	Date and time form was completed	2011-11-16T14:27:35Z

Sample usage:

https://www.commcarehq.org/a/demo/api/v0.4/case/0X9OCW3JMV98EYOVN32SGN4II/?format=xml&properties=all&indices=all

Sample output:

<case>
	<domain>example</domain>
	<case_id>0X9OCW3JMV98EYOVN32SGN4II</case_id>
	<username>jdoe@example.commcarehq.org</user_name>
	<user_id>3c5a623af057e23a32ae4000cf291339</user_id>
	<closed>false</closed>
	<date_closed>2011-12-20 15:09:47Z</date_closed>
	<date_modified>2011-12-13 15:09:47Z</date_modified>
	<properties>
		<case_name>Rose</case_name>
		<case_type>pregnancy</case_type>
		<date_opened>2011-11-16T14:26:15Z</date_opened>
		<external_id>123456</external_id>
		<owner_id>3c5a623af057e23a32ae4000cf291339</owner_id>
		<case_property1>Dynamic property value 1</case_property1>
		<case_property2>Dynamic property value 2</case_property2>
		...
	</properties>
	<indices>
		<case_ref1>
			<case_type>other_case_type</case_type>
			<case_id>8GPM05TVPIUH0Q4XLXVIURRTA</case_id>
		</case_ref1>
		...
	</indices>
	<forms>
		<form>
			<form_id>1J9NF7B4FTH73435PYJJSL5SJ</form_id>
			<form_name>Prenatal visit</form_name>
			<started_on>2011-11-16T14:26:15Z</started_on>
			<ended_on>2011-11-16T14:27:35Z</ended_on>
			<properties>
				<form_property1>Dynamic property value 1</form_property1>
				<form_property2>Dynamic property value 2</form_property2>
				...
			</properties>
		</form>
		...
	</forms>
	<referrals>
		<referral>
			<referral_id>D8LZS28LEUWU7W9QNDM89XWPL</referral_id>
			<referral_type>referred_to_health_center</referral_type>
			<opened_on>2011-11-17T14:26:15Z</opened_on>
			<modified_on>2011-11-17T14:27:10Z</modified_on>
			<followup_on>2011-11-19T00:00:00Z</followup_on>
			<referral_status>open</referral_status>
		</referral>
		...
	<referrals>
	...
</case>