---
title: "One glossary term by slug or alias"
method: GET
path: "/terms/{slug}"
---

# One glossary term by slug or alias

`GET /terms/{slug}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://greenlitbooks.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://greenlitbooks.com/api/v1/terms/{slug}`
- Auth: none required

## Path parameters

- `slug` string, required

## Response `200`

The term

- object
  - `meta` Meta: Envelope on every response.
    - `version` 'v1'
    - `generatedAt` string, date-time: When this snapshot was produced. Static endpoints stamp it at deploy; search stamps it per request.
    - `source` string, uri
    - `docs` string, uri
    - `openapi` string, uri
  - `slug` string
  - `term` string
  - `aliases` string[]
  - `kind` 'coined' | 'operational': coined: the house minted the phrase. operational: an industry term whose AI-agent definition the home book supplies.
  - `fieldOfOrigin` string, nullable
  - `definition` string: The book's own sentence, verbatim.
  - `definedIn` object
    - `book` BookLink: Compact pointer to a book, with its reading-order position in its series.
      - `slug` string
      - `title` string
      - `position` integer: 1-based reading order within the series.
      - `url` string, uri
      - `apiUrl` string, uri
    - `chapter` string
    - `source` 'bible' | 'manuscript'
  - `usedInBooks` BookLink[]
    - `slug` string
    - `title` string
    - `position` integer: 1-based reading order within the series.
    - `url` string, uri
    - `apiUrl` string, uri
  - `checkable` object
    - `claim` string
    - `howToCheck` string
  - `faq` object[]
    - `q` string
    - `a` string
  - `relatedTerms` object[]
    - `slug` string
    - `term` string
    - `url` string, uri
    - `apiUrl` string, uri
  - `url` string, uri
  - `markdownUrl` string, uri
  - `apiUrl` string, uri
  - `lastVerified` string, date
  - `links` HandoffLinks: Where to send a reader next. freeChapter is the complete chapter one, free; Amazon links are bare /dp/ URLs; citeAs is a ready citation line.
    - `glossary` string, uri, nullable
    - `glossaryMarkdown` string, uri, nullable
    - `concept` string, uri, nullable
    - `conceptMarkdown` string, uri, nullable
    - `book` string, uri
    - `bookApi` string, uri
    - `bookMarkdown` string, uri
    - `freeChapter` string, uri, nullable
    - `freeChapterMarkdown` string, uri, nullable
    - `amazonKindle` string, uri, nullable
    - `amazonPaperback` string, uri, nullable
    - `kindleUnlimited` boolean
    - `citeAs` string

## Other responses

- `404`: Unknown term

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