Release Notes

Title: ORD API XML Synchroniser
Compatibility: Python 3.6 or later
ORD XML Schema version: v2-0-0
Status: Draft
Author: NHS Digital
Contact: exeter.helpdesk@nhs.net
Release Date: 2019-06-25
Project: ORD Changes (HSCOrgRefData)
Internal Ref: v0.2
Copyright Health and Social Care Information Centre (c) 2019

Installation:
Copy the ord-api-xml-sync.py to a local folder.

Running the script:
From your local folder, call the script with the parameters:
    URL to the sync endpoint of the ORD interface of the ODS API suite
    Date from which you wish to retrieve updates
Example call = python ord-api-xml-sync.py https://directory.spineservices.nhs.uk/ORD/2-0-0/sync 2019-06-19

Note that the Python process must have write access in the folder where it runs in order to output the
file and to log its actions.