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GET /v1/name

Resolve a reference or name

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/sefaria-api/v1/name" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/sefaria-api/v1/name", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/sefaria-api/v1/name");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/sefaria-api/v1/name",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "type": "AuthorTopic",
        "query": "Rashi",
        "is_ref": false,
        "completions": [
            "Rashi on Job",
            "Rashi on Amos",
            "Rashi on Avot",
            "Rashi",
            "Rashi on Ezra",
            "Rashi on Joel",
            "Rashi on Ruth",
            "Rashi on Yoma",
            "Rashi on Hosea",
            "Rashi on Jonah",
            "Rashi on Micah",
            "Rashi on Nahum"
        ]
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-08T01:19:32.525Z",
        "request_id": "98d0940e-7cb2-4791-a833-4f96c72590d1"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Name resolved successfully",
    "success": true
}