fhir-pkg-cli 2026.324.1648

FhirPkg

A C# SDK and CLI tool for discovering, resolving, downloading, caching, and managing FHIR packages from multiple registries.

Features

• Multi-registry resolution — queries the primary FHIR registry (packages.fhir.org), secondary registry, CI builds (build.fhir.org), HL7 website, NPM registries, and custom/private registries with automatic fallback.
• Local disk cache — stores packages in the standard ~/.fhir/packages layout, compatible with other FHIR tooling.
• Dependency resolution — resolves full transitive dependency closures with conflict strategies, lock-file support, and circular-dependency detection.
• FHIR-aware versioning — understands pre-release hierarchies, wildcards, ranges, CI builds, and branch-specific builds.
• Resource indexing — indexes FHIR resources inside packages with fast lookup by resource type, canonical URL, or StructureDefinition flavor.
• Publish — publish package tarballs to a registry.
• Async & DI-ready — fully async with CancellationToken support and first-class IServiceCollection integration.

Packages

Quick Start

CLI

# Install the tool
dotnet tool install --global fhir-pkg

# Install a FHIR package
fhir-pkg install hl7.fhir.r4.core#4.0.1

# Install with transitive dependencies
fhir-pkg install hl7.fhir.us.core#6.1.0 --with-dependencies

# Restore project dependencies from package.json
fhir-pkg restore ./my-ig-project

# Search registries
fhir-pkg search --name hl7.fhir.us --fhir-version R4

# List cached packages
fhir-pkg list

# Get package info
fhir-pkg info hl7.fhir.us.core --versions

SDK

dotnet add package FhirPkg

using FhirPkg;

// Create a manager with default options
using var manager = new FhirPackageManager();

// Install a package
var record = await manager.InstallAsync("hl7.fhir.r4.core#4.0.1");
Console.WriteLine($"Installed to {record?.ContentPath}");

// Search registries
var results = await manager.SearchAsync(
    new PackageSearchCriteria { Name = "hl7.fhir.us", FhirVersion = "R4" });

// Resolve without downloading
var resolved = await manager.ResolveAsync("hl7.fhir.us.core#latest");

Dependency Injection

services.AddFhirPackageManagement(options =>
{
    options.CachePath = "/my/cache";
    options.IncludeCiBuilds = false;
    options.Registries.Add(new RegistryEndpoint
    {
        Url = "https://my-registry.example.com",
        Type = RegistryType.FhirNpm,
        AuthHeaderValue = "Bearer my-token",
    });
});

// Then inject IFhirPackageManager wherever needed

Prerequisites

• .NET 8.0 SDK or later (8, 9, and 10 are supported; .NET 10 is recommended)

Building from Source

git clone <repo-url>
cd cs-fhir-packages
dotnet build

Running Tests

# Unit tests
dotnet test test/FhirPkg.Tests

# Integration tests (offline / recorded mode)
dotnet test test/FhirPkg.IntegrationTests

Project Structure

cs-fhir-packages/
├── src/
│   ├── FhirPkg/              # SDK library
│   └── FhirPkg.Cli/          # CLI tool
├── test/
│   ├── FhirPkg.Tests/        # Unit tests
│   └── FhirPkg.IntegrationTests/
├── docs/                      # Developer documentation
├── proposal/                  # Design proposals
└── reference/                 # Reference material

Documentation

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.