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Content

A Content is an encryptable nested entity that contains the value of the medical data to store in the cloud. It is nested inside Service, and it will always be encrypted before being saved in the cloud.

Properties​

Below you will find an explanation of the most commonly used properties in the entity that are not among the shared fields. For a full list, check the reference documentation (🚧).

binaryValue​

Raw bytes to store in the Content.

  • In Kotlin, it is a ByteArray.
  • In Python, it is a bytearray.
  • In Typescript, it is a Int8Array.
caution

This field is meant to contain only a short byte content (up to few kilobytes). Storing large amount of data in this field can affect the performance of retrieving your data.

Also, it is not possible to store any entity with a total size > 16Mb.

If you want to store large files / big binary content, you can store it in a Document and put the document id in the documentId field of the Content.

More information about how to store large files are available in this how to.

booleanValue​

A boolean value to store in the Content.

compoundValue​

This field is used to store any complex structure that does not fit in any other field as a collection of nested Services.

documentId​

The id of a Document entity. This can be used to store large files as medical content without having to include the file directly in the entity.

fuzzyDateValue​

A date to store in the Content as a FuzzyDateTime.

instantValue​

A timestamp to store in the Content.

  • In Kotlin, it is an Instant from kotlinx-datetime.
  • In Python, it is the timestamp as int.
  • In Typescript, it is the timestamp as number.

measureValue​

The result of a measurement to store in the Content. Differently from numberValue, that only stores the value, in this field is also possible to store additional information about the measure, like the unit and the reference range.

medicationValue​

The details of a prescribed or suggested medication to store in the Content.

numberValue​

A raw numeric value to store in the Content.

  • In Kotlin, it is a Double.
  • In Python, it is a float.
  • In Typescript, it is a number.

stringValue​

Textual value to store in the Content.

timeSeries​

A Content can store also time series / signal-like data, like the result of an electrocardiography. This field can store any 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional signals, along with aggregated measures.