University of Washington Name API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Identity Registration Web Service REST API V2 Name API
  description: This is the API specification for V2 of the UW-IT Identity Registry Rest API. Note that there are header and querystring paramemters not documentered here--they can be found in the main API documentation at https://wiki.cac.washington.edu/x/H5lNB. The -type and -pretty querystring parameters are included here for GET requests since they make testing much easier.
  version: '2'
servers:
- url: https://mango.u.washington.edu:646/registry/v2
tags:
- name: Name
paths:
  /name/{identifier}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Name
      summary: The name endpoint allows you to read source-independent names associated with…
      description: The name resource gets a display name for a person entity. The name is independent of source records. That is, it applies across all different affiliations a person might have (student, employee, etc.).
      parameters:
      - name: identifier
        in: path
        description: 'Instutional identifier for a source record associated with the person.  The RegID, UW Employee ID Number, or UW Student Number can be used.  '
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: string
      - name: -type
        in: query
        description: Data return type
        schema:
          type: string
          format: string
          default: json
      - name: -pretty
        in: query
        description: Request pretty-printed data for humans
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Name create/update response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameGetResult'
        '400':
          description: Invalid identifier type
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Identifier did not match any records
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '405':
          description: Method not allowed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '406':
          description: Content type not supported
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '501':
          description: Not implemented
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '503':
          description: Service Unavailable
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      operationId: getNameByIdentifier
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      tags:
      - Name
      summary: The name endpoint allows you to update source-independent names associated with…
      description: The name resource sets a display name for a person entity. The name is independent of source records. That is, it applies across all different affiliations a person might have (student, employee, etc.).
      parameters:
      - name: identifier
        in: path
        description: 'Instutional identifier for a source record associated with the person.  The RegID, UW Employee ID Number, or UW Student Number can be used.  '
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: string
      requestBody:
        description: JSON payload containing display name data.
        content:
          '*/*':
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameSetPayload'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Name create/update response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameSetResult'
        '400':
          description: Invalid identifier type
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Identifier did not match any records
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '405':
          description: Method not allowed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '406':
          description: Content type not supported
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '501':
          description: Not implemented
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '503':
          description: Service Unavailable
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      x-codegen-request-body-name: payload
      operationId: postNameByIdentifier
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    NameSetResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: array
          description: ''
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
                description: Result of operation
            description: ''
        totalcount:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records affected
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: integer
              format: int32
            message:
              type: string
    NameSetPayload:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: array
          description: ''
          items:
            required:
            - preferred_fname
            - preferred_privacy
            - preferred_sname
            type: object
            properties:
              preferred_fname:
                type: string
                description: Preferred first name
              preferred_mname:
                type: string
                description: Preferred middle name
              preferred_sname:
                type: string
                description: Preferred surname
              preferred_privacy:
                type: string
                description: Privacy flag for preferred name
            description: ''
    NameGetResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: array
          description: ''
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              validid:
                type: string
                description: RegID of person entity
              formal_cname:
                type: string
                description: Concatenated legal name
              formal_fname:
                type: string
                description: Legal first name of person entity
              formal_sname:
                type: string
                description: Legal surname of person entity
              formal_privacy:
                type: string
                description: Privacy flag for legal name
              display_cname:
                type: string
                description: Concatenated display name
              display_fname:
                type: string
                description: Display first name
              display_sname:
                type: string
                description: Display surname
              display_privacy:
                type: string
                description: Privacy flag for display name
              preferred_cname:
                type: string
                description: Concatenated preferred name
              preferred_fname:
                type: string
                description: Preferred first name
              preferred_mname:
                type: string
                description: Preferred middle name
              preferred_sname:
                type: string
                description: Preferred surname
              preferred_privacy:
                type: string
                description: Privacy flag for preferred name
            description: ''
        totalcount:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records affected
externalDocs:
  description: UW-IT Identity Registration Web Service (IRWS) V2 API documentation
  url: https://iam-tools.u.washington.edu/apis/irwsv2/
x-operator: institution
x-provenance:
  method: searched
  source: https://iam-tools.u.washington.edu/apis/irwsv2/irwsv2.yaml
  generated: '2026-08-30'
  note: Fetched verbatim from the UW-IT IAM tools API documentation host on 2026-08-30 (HTTP 200). servers[] resolve to University of Washington registrable domains (uw.edu / washington.edu), so the operator is the institution, not a vendor. Only externalDocs, x-operator and x-provenance were added; info and paths are as published.
  pristine_copy: openapi/_original/university-of-washington-identity-registry-web-service-v2.yaml