Patient duplicates and API features

[jlbciriaco]

How can i create duplicate patients or use the patient clone feature programmatically using the API? Since i need to create both GP and Ortho patients for the same person, but i don't see the option to allow duplicates, the API always responds with "A Patient with that information already exists in the database.", even if the UI (.exe program) allows to create patients with the same info.

[justine]

How can i create duplicate patients or use the patient clone feature programmatically using the API? Since i need to create both GP and Ortho patients for the same person, but i don't see the option to allow duplicates, the API always responds with "A Patient with that information already exists in the database.", even if the UI (.exe program) allows to create patients with the same info.

We resolved this over email, but for anyone else following along — the API does not support cloning or creating duplicate patients. The duplicate patient check is an intentional safeguard to protect data integrity, and the API enforces it more strictly than the UI. Everything is working as designed.

Thanks!