In addition to having an app expose its main URL in apps.json, allow apps to also define a structured "launch request" URL template.
Use case: external system (like a provider's EHR) that generates launch links for a given app, with expected/desired server + patient context embedded.
E.g. each app could expose a discoverable URL template with fields for provider (BB+ data holder server) and patient, like http://bpgrapher.org/launch/{provider}/{patient}
This would tell the app: try authorizing against the supplied server, for the specified patient. An expanded URL might be:
In addition to having an app expose its main URL in
apps.json, allow apps to also define a structured "launch request" URL template.Use case: external system (like a provider's EHR) that generates launch links for a given app, with expected/desired server + patient context embedded.
E.g. each app could expose a discoverable URL template with fields for provider (BB+ data holder server) and patient, like
http://bpgrapher.org/launch/{provider}/{patient}This would tell the app: try authorizing against the supplied server, for the specified patient. An expanded URL might be: