Import data from Region Västra Götaland's upcoming API

[marcusosterberg]

This is a preview of how the first edition of Region Västra Götaland's API will output data: vaccine-2021-05-25.txt

The website itself can be accessed here: https://www.vgregion.se/ov/vaccinationstider/bokningsbara-tider/

[marcusosterberg]

Example vaccination unit: "title": "Närhälsan Furulund vårdcentral", "hsaid": "SE2321000131-E000000004567", "municipality": "1402", "urlBooking": "https://e-tjanster.1177.se/mvk/scheduling/tbMakeValidation.xhtml?hsaid=SE2321000131-E000000004567&dynamicid=bb0225fc-7c37-47c1-8558-ddb991501c2c", "urlContactCard": "https://www.1177.se/Vastra-Gotaland/hitta-vard/kontaktkort/Narhalsan-Furulund-vardcentral-Partille/", "urlContactCardText": "1", "testtype": "1", "timeslots": 0, "updated": "2021-05-25 20:57:12"

Explanation

• title: Name of the vaccination unit
• hsaid: unique ID for the vaccination unit
• municipality: integer for the municipality's code according to SKR
• urlBooking: URL to reserve a vaccination appointment
• urlContactCard: URL to the vaccination unit's info on 1177.se
• urlContactCardText: n/a for non-VGR
• testtype: n/a for non-VGR
• timeslots: integer, sometimes null for 0/unknown
• updated: yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss, when we last checked timeslots against our integration platform

[PierreMesure]

Really cool! Thank you for posting it here!

[PierreMesure]

The API support has been added here. @marcusosterberg, I'd love to have the next available time in an upcoming release! 😊

As you can see here, this is really useful to make sure that no vaccine spot is lost.