What is the purpose of the post request object at the end of my patient resource generated with Synthea?

Question

I have generated a patient with the default settings using Synthea. The first entry in the bundle generated is as follows:

{
  "fullUrl": "urn:uuid:0100411a-6826-40d8-bfc7-baba56c9945b",
  "resource": {
    // Patient resource here
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "Patient"
  }
}

Why does Synthea generate a POST request at the end of each entry?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '20 at 08:41

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So this Bundle can be used as a transaction or a batch, that is - when the bundle is sent to the server, the server will know what operation (method) to do with this resource and on what endpoint (url).

answered Feb 18 '20 at 08:41

Vadim Peretokin

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will this post operation create resource with its own unique FHIR id, if bundle posted as transaction? – Yusubov Feb 18 '20 at 18:25
Yes, plus all the references from other resources to this one (referring to the urn:uuid:...) will be replaced with that unique id, if the server has implemented transactions correctly. – Mirjam Baltus Feb 18 '20 at 20:03

What is the purpose of the post request object at the end of my patient resource generated with Synthea?

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