Alias

Unique ID that retains all the essential information about the data without compromising its security. A value can have multiple aliases.

Reveal multiple aliases

get

/aliases

Given a list of aliases, retrieves all associated values stored in the vault.

NOTE: This endpoint may expose sensitive data. Therefore, it is disabled by default. To enable it, please contact your VGS account manager or drop us a line at [e-mail].

NOTE: metadata information fields of the alias classifiers, created_at and format are supported only for PERSISTENT storage, in case of VOLATILE storage these fields will be filled up with default values.

Authorizations

OAuth2clientCredentialsRequired

This api utilizes the OAuth2.0 Client Credentials flow utilizing VGS service account credentials

Token URL:

Query parameters

aliasesstringRequired

Comma-separated list of aliases to reveal.

Example: ["tok_sandbox_5UpnbMvaihRuRwz5QXwBFw,tok_sandbox_9ToiJHedw1nE1Jfx1qYYgz"]

storagestringOptional

PERSISTENT or VOLATILE storage

Example: ["PERSISTENT"]

Responses

200

OK

application/json

default

Something went wrong

application/json

get/aliases

GET /aliases?aliases=text HTTP/1.1
Host: {vault-id}.sandbox.vault-api.verygoodvault.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_OAUTH2_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": 1,
      "title": "text",
      "detail": "text",
      "href": "text"
    }
  ]
}

Create aliases

post

/aliases

Stores multiple values at once & returns their aliases. Alternatively, this endpoint may be used to associate additional (i.e. secondary) aliases with the same underlying data as the reference alias specified in the request body.

NOTE: You cannot reference the same alias more than once in a single request.

NOTE: metadata information fields of the alias classifiers, created_at and format are supported only for PERSISTENT storage, in case of VOLATILE storage these fields will be filled up with default values.

Authorizations

OAuth2clientCredentialsRequired

This api utilizes the OAuth2.0 Client Credentials flow utilizing VGS service account credentials

Token URL:

Header parameters

Content-TypestringRequired

The media type of the resource being sent in the request body.

Example: application/json

Body

Responses

201

Created

application/json

default

Something went wrong

application/json

post/aliases

POST /aliases HTTP/1.1
Host: {vault-id}.sandbox.vault-api.verygoodvault.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_OAUTH2_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 100

{
  "data": [
    {
      "value": 122105155,
      "classifiers": [
        "bank-account"
      ],
      "format": "UUID",
      "storage": "PERSISTENT"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": 1,
      "title": "text",
      "detail": "text",
      "href": "text"
    }
  ]
}

Batch Delete Aliases

post

/aliases/delete

Deletes multiple aliases.

Authorizations

OAuth2clientCredentialsRequired

This api utilizes the OAuth2.0 Client Credentials flow utilizing VGS service account credentials

Token URL:

Header parameters

Content-TypestringRequired

The media type of the resource being sent in the request body.

Example: application/json

Body

Format for batch requests (limit 20)

datastring[]Optional

storagestring · enumOptionalPossible values:

Responses

204

No Content

No content

404

Not Found

post/aliases/delete

POST /aliases/delete HTTP/1.1
Host: {vault-id}.sandbox.vault-api.verygoodvault.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_OAUTH2_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 60

"{\"data\":[\"123-13123-1232\"],\"storage\":\"PERSISTENT\"}"

No content

Reveal single alias

get

/aliases/{alias}

Retrieves a stored value along with its aliases.

NOTE: metadata information fields of the alias classifiers, created_at and format are supported only for PERSISTENT storage, in case of VOLATILE storage these fields will be filled up with default values.

Authorizations

OAuth2clientCredentialsRequired

This api utilizes the OAuth2.0 Client Credentials flow utilizing VGS service account credentials

Token URL:

Path parameters

aliasstringRequired

Alias to operate on.

Example: tok_sandbox_bhtsCwFUzoJMw9rWUfEV5e

Query parameters

storagestring · enumOptionalDefault: PERSISTENTPossible values:

Responses

200

OK

application/json

default

Something went wrong

application/json

get/aliases/{alias}

GET /aliases/{alias} HTTP/1.1
Host: {vault-id}.sandbox.vault-api.verygoodvault.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_OAUTH2_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": 1,
      "title": "text",
      "detail": "text",
      "href": "text"
    }
  ]
}

Update data classifiers

put

/aliases/{alias}

Apply a new set of classifiers to the value that the specified alias is associated with. Note that this will replace existing classifiers.

NOTE: update operation is not supported for VOLATILE aliases.

NOTE: metadata information fields of the alias classifiers, created_at and format are supported only for PERSISTENT storage, in case of VOLATILE storage these fields will be filled up with default values.

Authorizations

OAuth2clientCredentialsRequired

This api utilizes the OAuth2.0 Client Credentials flow utilizing VGS service account credentials

Token URL:

Path parameters

aliasstringRequired

Alias to operate on.

Example: tok_sandbox_bhtsCwFUzoJMw9rWUfEV5e

Body

Responses

204

No Content

default

Something went wrong

application/json

put/aliases/{alias}

PUT /aliases/{alias} HTTP/1.1
Host: {vault-id}.sandbox.vault-api.verygoodvault.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_OAUTH2_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 64

{
  "data": {
    "classifiers": [
      "bank-account"
    ],
    "storage": "PERSISTENT"
  }
}

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": 1,
      "title": "text",
      "detail": "text",
      "href": "text"
    }
  ]
}

Delete alias

delete

/aliases/{alias}

Removes a single alias.

Authorizations

OAuth2clientCredentialsRequired

This api utilizes the OAuth2.0 Client Credentials flow utilizing VGS service account credentials

Token URL:

Path parameters

aliasstringRequired

Alias to operate on.

Example: tok_sandbox_bhtsCwFUzoJMw9rWUfEV5e

Query parameters

storagestring · enumOptionalDefault: PERSISTENTPossible values:

Responses

204

No Content

default

Something went wrong

application/json

delete/aliases/{alias}

DELETE /aliases/{alias} HTTP/1.1
Host: {vault-id}.sandbox.vault-api.verygoodvault.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_OAUTH2_TOKEN
Accept: */*

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": 1,
      "title": "text",
      "detail": "text",
      "href": "text"
    }
  ]
}