# University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — alias API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-alias-api/  
**Provider:** University of Chicago — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-chicago/  
**Base URL:** https://gen3.datacommons.io/  
**Documentation:** https://uc-cdis.github.io/gen3-user-doc/

University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — alias API is one of 44 APIs that [University of Chicago](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-chicago/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Alias. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

create an alias for an entity stored in an external system managed by some other authority

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-chicago/refs/heads/main/openapi/university-of-chicago-alias-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://uc-cdis.github.io/gen3-user-doc/appendices/api-gen3/
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/uc-cdis
- **Vocabulary** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-chicago/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/university-of-chicago-vocabulary.yml
- **x-json-ld** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-chicago/refs/heads/main/json-ld/university-of-chicago-context.jsonld
- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-chicago/refs/heads/main/graphql/university-of-chicago-graphql.md

## Other University of Chicago APIs (12)

- [University of Chicago Shibboleth Identity Provider — InCommon SAML Metadata](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/shibboleth-idp-metadata/)
- [Knowledge@UChicago Repository REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/knowledge-invenio-rest/)
- [Knowledge@UChicago OAI-PMH Endpoint](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/knowledge-oai-pmh/)
- [OCHRE Data Service API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/ochre-data-service/)
- [University of Chicago Library IIIF Presentation API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/library-iiif-presentation/)
- [University of Chicago Library IIIF Image API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/library-iiif-image/)
- [University of Chicago Library Catalog API (VuFind)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/vufind-catalog-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Fence — admin/user API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-admin-user-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — bulk API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-bulk-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — bundle API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-bundle-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Peregrine — core metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-core-metadata-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Fence — credentials/api API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-credentials-api-api/)

## Tags

Alias

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