Requirements

NHapi currently targets .NET Framework 3.5 and netstandard2.0 which aims to provide support for projects which target .NET Framework 3.5 and above as well as .NET Core 2.0 and above.

Getting Started

The easiest way to get started using nHapi is to use the NuGet package 'nHapi':

Package Manager Console

Using the package manager console within visual studio, simply run the following command:

.NET CLI

From your console of choice assuming you have dotnet core installed.

For more options please read the Getting Started page of the wiki.

Change Log

nHapi 3.0.0 Announcement

nHapi 3.0.0 has been officially released, the main change for this release is support for netstandard2.0, but it also has other enhancements and bug fixes. Please read the change log below for full details of and how they might affect you prior to upgrading.

Full Change Log.

Related Projects

If you use nHapi you may find the following projects useful:

• NHapiTools - Many useful extension methods, helper methods for listening on MLLP/TCP, generating ACK messages, custom segments, validation rules, too many features to list here.
• HL7Fuse - HL7 Message Hub / Integration Engine
• HL7-dotnetcore - Lightweight library for building and parsing HL7 2.x messages, for .Net Standard and .Net Core. It is not tied to any particular version of HL7 nor validates against one.
• Reimers IHE Communication - Provides support for both client side and server side HL7 transaction management.

Should you know of any other projects that use or improve nHapi please let me know or send a pull request with a link to the project and I'll be happy to add it to the list.