IdCard Web Service (IdCardWS) Photo API — a resource of the UW-IT IdCard Web Service, split out per resource by the API Evangelist refine step from the institution-published IdCardWS v1 OpenAPI. Specification public; data gated by UW NetID / X.509 client certificate.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: IdCard Web Service (IdCardWS) Photo API
description: IdCard Web Service (IdCardWS) provides a RESTful API to UW IdCard data. Subscribe to http://mailman.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/idcardws-users to get notifications about planned outages, support and the announcement of new features.
contact:
name: Enterprise Web Services & Events Team
url: https://itconnect.uw.edu/service/enterprise-web-services-and-events/
email: idcardws-support@uw.edu
version: v1
termsOfService: https://www.washington.edu/online/terms/
servers:
- url: https://ws.admin.washington.edu/idcard
description: UW-IT Enterprise Web Services production host for the IdCard Web Service
externalDocs:
description: UW-IT Enterprise Web Services registry
url: https://webservices.washington.edu/idcardws/index.html
tags:
- name: Photo
x-operator: institution
x-provenance:
method: derived
source: openapi/_original/university-of-washington-idcard-web-service.yaml
generated: '2026-08-30'
note: Re-based by the university pipeline on 2026-08-30. refine-openapis had welded the IdCard Web Service title/contact/base onto outputs split from the Student Web Service original; identity restored from the true parent named above and the relative base resolved to the production host published on the EWS registry.
paths:
/v1/photo/{reg_Id}:
get:
tags:
- Photo
summary: Get the Id card photo (image/jpeg) for the indicated person.
operationId: Photo
parameters:
- name: reg_Id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: OK
'400':
description: Bad Request
'404':
description: Not Found
'202':
description: Accepted
'301':
description: MovedPermanently
'302':
description: Found
'304':
description: NotModified
'401':
description: Identity '{identity}' is not authorized to access this resource.
'405':
description: MethodNotAllowed
'500':
description: InternalServerError
'503':
description: ServiceUnavailable
/v1/photo/{reg_Id}.{file_extension}:
get:
tags:
- Photo
summary: Get the Id card photo (image/jpeg) for the indicated person.
operationId: PhotoWithExtension
parameters:
- name: reg_Id
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: file_extension
in: path
description: 'Accepted values: jpg'
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: OK
'400':
description: Bad Request
'404':
description: Not Found
'202':
description: Accepted
'301':
description: MovedPermanently
'302':
description: Found
'304':
description: NotModified
'401':
description: Identity '{identity}' is not authorized to access this resource.
'405':
description: MethodNotAllowed
'500':
description: InternalServerError
'503':
description: ServiceUnavailable
/v1/photo:
get:
tags:
- Photo
operationId: PhotoSearch
parameters:
- name: reg_id
in: query
schema:
type: string
default: ''
- name: net_id
in: query
schema:
type: string
default: ''
- name: student_number
in: query
schema:
type: string
default: ''
- name: employee_id
in: query
schema:
type: string
default: ''
- name: height
in: query
schema:
type: string
default: ''
responses:
'200':
description: OK
content:
text/html:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoSearchViewModel'
application/xml:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoSearchViewModel'
text/xml:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoSearchViewModel'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoSearchViewModel'
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoSearchViewModel'
text/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoSearchViewModel'
'400':
description: Bad Request
'202':
description: Accepted
'301':
description: MovedPermanently
'302':
description: Found
'304':
description: NotModified
'401':
description: Identity '{identity}' is not authorized to access this resource.
'405':
description: MethodNotAllowed
'500':
description: InternalServerError
'503':
description: ServiceUnavailable
components:
schemas:
PhotoResourceUri:
type: object
properties:
viewFormat:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ViewFormats'
href:
type:
- string
- 'null'
uriAppender:
type:
- string
- 'null'
fileExtension:
type:
- string
- 'null'
height:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
format: int32
regId:
type:
- string
- 'null'
additionalProperties: false
ViewFormats:
enum:
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 5
type: integer
format: int32
PhotoSearchViewModel:
type: object
properties:
metadata:
type:
- string
- 'null'
pageCount:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: 'Actual number of records on the current search results page. This must be set by the view in order
for paging to work.'
previousPageStart:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: The counter value for the start of the previous search results page.
readOnly: true
pageSize:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Requested number of records for the current search results page.
pageStart:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: The counter value for the start of the current search results page.
nextPageStart:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: The counter value for the start of the next search results page.
readOnly: true
totalCount:
type: integer
format: int32
pageStartOffset:
type: integer
description: 'The page start offset. Since sources are generally 0 based and the view
defaults to 1 based, our offset defaults to -1.'
format: int32
format:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ViewFormats'
searchResultsCount:
type: integer
format: int32
readOnly: true
photos:
type:
- array
- 'null'
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoViewModel'
readOnly: true
title:
type:
- string
- 'null'
readOnly: true
current:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoSearchResourceUri'
additionalProperties: false
PhotoViewModel:
type: object
properties:
metadata:
type:
- string
- 'null'
pageCount:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: 'Actual number of records on the current search results page. This must be set by the view in order
for paging to work.'
previousPageStart:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: The counter value for the start of the previous search results page.
readOnly: true
pageSize:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Requested number of records for the current search results page.
pageStart:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: The counter value for the start of the current search results page.
nextPageStart:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: The counter value for the start of the next search results page.
readOnly: true
totalCount:
type: integer
format: int32
pageStartOffset:
type: integer
description: 'The page start offset. Since sources are generally 0 based and the view
defaults to 1 based, our offset defaults to -1.'
format: int32
format:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ViewFormats'
nameAndRegID:
type:
- string
- 'null'
readOnly: true
fullName:
type:
- string
- 'null'
readOnly: true
regId:
type:
- string
- 'null'
readOnly: true
fileExtension:
type:
- string
- 'null'
readOnly: true
height:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
format: int32
readOnly: true
small:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoResourceUri'
medium:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoResourceUri'
large:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoResourceUri'
customHeight:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoResourceUri'
additionalProperties: false
PhotoSearchResourceUri:
type: object
properties:
href:
type:
- string
- 'null'
regId:
type:
- string
- 'null'
netId:
type:
- string
- 'null'
studentNumber:
type:
- string
- 'null'
employeeId:
type:
- string
- 'null'
height:
type:
- string
- 'null'
viewFormat:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ViewFormats'
additionalProperties: false