---
title: "Terms"
method: GET
path: "/api/terms/{name}"
tags: ["Term"]
---

# Terms

`GET /api/terms/{name}`

A Term is a shared title node.  It can be referenced and used by many different `Index` nodes. Terms that use the same `TermScheme` can be ordered within that scheme. So for example, _Parsha_ terms who all share the `TermScheme` of `parsha`, can be ordered within that scheme. 

Examples of valid terms:  `Noah`, `HaChovel`

## Response `200`

The response to a query for a specific Term in the Terms API.

- TermsJSON — Term JSON returned to a query for a Term.
  - `name` string, required — The name of the `Term`. Since a `Term` is a shared title node that can be referenced and used by many different `Index` nodes, the `name` field is critical as it contains the shared title.
  - `titles` TitlesJSON[] — Alternative titles for the term in Hebrew and English.
    - `text` string — The text of the title
    - `lang` string — The language of the title, either `en` or `he`.
    - `Primary` boolean — A field depicting whether or not the title is the primary title. Note: For any given topics, one should expect two titles with this field present and set to `true`, an English and a Hebrew primary title. The English value with `primary` set to `true` will match the string value of the `primaryTitle` field on topic.
  - `scheme` string — A shared `scheme` for a group of terms.
  - `order` integer — Terms that share a `scheme` can be ordered within that `scheme`. So for example, _Parshiyot_ within the `Parasha` scheme can be ordered as per the order of the _Parshiyot_.
  - `ref` string — A string representing a citation to a Jewish text. A valid `Ref` consists of a title string followed optionally by a section string or a segment string. A title string is any one of the known text titles or title variants in the Sefaria Database.
  - `category` string — The category of a specific term.

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