API: Person Record Resource
Resource URI
https://directory.unl.edu/people/{uid}.{format}
Get detailed information about an individual person. For the most part, these fields are pulled directly from LDAP. For more information on specific fields, see the IDM site. All fields are from LDAP unless otherwise noted.
Example
GET https://directory.unl.edu/people/lperez1.jsonResource Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| dn | (String) Distinguished name, a combination of uid, ou and dc |
| cn | (Array) An array of common names |
| eduPersonAffiliation | (Array) An array of affiliation types |
| eduPersonNickname | The person's preferred nickname |
| eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation | (Array) An array of primary affiliations |
| eduPersonPrincipalName | (array) An array of Email Addresses |
| givenName | (Array) An array of given Name |
| displayName | (Array) An array of display names |
| (Array) An array of email addresses | |
| postalAddress | (Array) An array of postal addresses |
| sn | (Array) An array of surnames |
| telephoneNumber | (Array) An array of telephone numbers |
| title | (Array) An array of titles |
| uid | (String) The person's unique ID |
| unlHROrgUnitNumber | (Array) An array of HR organizational unit numbers |
| unlHRPrimaryDepartment | (Array) An array of primary department names |
| unlSISClassLevel | (Array) An array of class levels |
| unlSISCollege | (Array) An array of colleges that the student is a member of |
| unlSISMajor | (Array) An array of majors that the student is working toward |
| unlSISMinor | (Array) An array of minors that the student is working toward |
| imageURL | (Array, local) A URL to the person's profile picture |
| unlDirectoryAddress | (Object, local) UNL address with street-address, locality, region, postal-code, unlBuildingCode and roomNumber fields. |
| knowledge | (Object, from Digital Measures) Detailed information about a faculty member including a bio, courses, education, grants, honors, papers, presentations, and performances. This information is only available for faculty. |
Response
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GET https://directory.unl.edu/people/lperez1.xmlResource Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| dn | Distinguished name, a combination of uid, ou and dc |
| cn | Common name (there can be multiples of these) |
| eduPersonAffiliation | affiliation type (faculty/staff) (there can be multiples of these) |
| eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation | primary affiliation (there can be multiples of these) |
| eduPersonPrincipalName | Email Address (there can be multiples of these) |
| givenName | Given name (there can be multiples of these) |
| displayName | Display name (there can be multiples of these) |
| Email address (there can be multiples of these) | |
| postalAddress | postal address (there can be multiples of these) |
| sn | Surname (there can be multiples of these) |
| telephoneNumber | telephone number (there can be multiples of these) |
| title | position title (there can be multiples of these) |
| uid | The person's unique ID |
| unlHROrgUnitNumber | HR organizational unit number (there can be multiples of these) |
| unlHRPrimaryDepartment | primary department name (there can be multiples of these) |
| unlSISClassLevel | class levels including NST (non-student), 2ND (2nd degree student), FR (freshmen), SO (Sophomore), JR (Junior), SR (senior), GR (Graduate student), P1-4 (Professional Student Year 1-4), 03-04 (Program student year 3-4)(there can be multiples of these) |
| unlSISCollege | college that the student is a member of (there can be multiples of these) |
| unlSISMajor | major that the student is working toward (there can be multiples of these) |
| unlSISMinor | minor that the student is working toward (there can be multiples of these) |
| imageURL | (local) A URL to the person's profile picture |
| unlDirectoryAddress | (local) UNL address with street-address, locality, region, postal-code, unlBuildingCode and roomNumber child elements. |
| knowledge | (from Digital Measures) Detailed information about a faculty member including a bio, courses, education, grants, honors, papers, presentations, and performances. This information is only available for faculty. |
Response
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unl xmlns="https://wdn.unl.edu/xml" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<person>
<dn>CN=lperez1,OU=people,DC=unl,DC=edu</dn> <cn>lperez1</cn> <eduPersonAffiliation>faculty</eduPersonAffiliation> <eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation>faculty</eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation> <eduPersonPrincipalName>lperez1@unl.edu</eduPersonPrincipalName> <givenName>Lance</givenName> <displayName>Lance Perez</displayName> <mail>lperez1@unl.edu</mail> <postalAddress>KH A641L, UNL, 685880657</postalAddress> <sn>Perez</sn> <telephoneNumber>4024725259</telephoneNumber> <title>Dean</title> <uid>lperez1</uid> <unlHROrgUnitNumber>50000907</unlHROrgUnitNumber> <unlHRPrimaryDepartment>College of Engineering</unlHRPrimaryDepartment> <imageURL>https://directory.unl.edu/avatar/lperez1</imageURL> <unlDirectoryAddress><street-address>KH A641L</street-address><locality>Lincoln</locality><region>NE</region><postal-code>68588-0657</postal-code><unlBuildingCode>KH</unlBuildingCode><roomNumber>A641L</roomNumber><unlBuildingName>Kiewit Hall</unlBuildingName></unlDirectoryAddress> <knowledge><courses>ELEC 999, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2015</courses><education>Ph D, University of Notre Dame, 1995</education><education>MS, Notre Dame, 1989</education><education>BS, University of Virginia, 1987</education><honors> College Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006</honors><honors>Recognition for Contribution to Students, Teaching Council, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006</honors><papers>2-D Tracking Performance Evaluation Using the Cricket Location-Support System, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE EIT Conference, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2005</papers><papers>A Compact High-Definition Low-Cost Digital Stereoscopic Imaging System for Rapid Robotic Surgery Development, Studies in Health Tech- nology and Informatics</papers><papers>A Comparison Between UWB and TDOA Systems for Smart Space Localization, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Elec- tro/Information Technology</papers><papers>A Deviation-Based Conditional Upper Bound on the Error Floor Performance for Min-Sum Decoding of LDPC Codes, IEEE Transactions on Communications, December 2012</papers></knowledge> </person>
</unl>
GET https://directory.unl.edu/people/lperez1.partialResponse
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Format Information
The following is a list of formats used in Directory.
- JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
- XML (Extensible Markup Language)
- Partial - The un-themed main content area of the page.