# using Patient?ID instead of Patient?uuid

**URL:** https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/using-patient-id-instead-of-patient-uuid/963
**Category:** Google Groups archive
**Created:** [April 13, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/using-patient-id-instead-of-patient-uuid/963 "2018-04-13T13:04:39Z")
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### Author: ![omar\_hassan](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@omar\_hassan](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/omar_hassan)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/using-patient-id-instead-of-patient-uuid/963/1 "2018-04-13T13:04:39Z")

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[http://localhost:8042/app/explorer.html#patient?uuid=7110eda4-d09e062a-a5e4a390-b0a572ac-0d2c0220](http://localhost:8042/app/explorer.html#patient?uuid=7110eda4-d09e062a-a5e4a390-b0a572ac-0d2c0220)

this is default  
but i want to use this link  
[http://localhost:8042/app/explorer.html#patient?id=1234](http://localhost:8042/app/explorer.html#patient?id=1234)

can any body help me please  
thanks for this great Orthanc

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### Author: ![bdearlove](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/user_avatar/discourse.orthanc-server.org/bdearlove/32/1661_2.png) [@bdearlove](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/bdearlove)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/using-patient-id-instead-of-patient-uuid/963/2 "2018-04-14T11:26:34Z")

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I do not think you can, you have to use the uid. You can use rest api to retrieve the UID by using patient ID.

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### Author: ![omar\_hassan](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@omar\_hassan](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/omar_hassan)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/using-patient-id-instead-of-patient-uuid/963/3 "2018-04-14T12:34:48Z")

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thanks for repley  
I get it

بتاريخ السبت، 14 أبريل، 2018 4:26:34 ص UTC-7، كتب Bryan Dearlove:

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### Author: ![Engin\_Soyer](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/94ad74/32.png) [@Engin\_Soyer](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/Engin_Soyer)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/using-patient-id-instead-of-patient-uuid/963/4 "2019-04-10T12:40:07Z")

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Hi,  
I just started.

“You can use rest api to retrieve the UID by using patient ID.”  
Can you please tell me about the mentioned api.?

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### Author: ![bdearlove](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/user_avatar/discourse.orthanc-server.org/bdearlove/32/1661_2.png) [@bdearlove](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/bdearlove)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/using-patient-id-instead-of-patient-uuid/963/5 "2019-04-10T12:54:20Z")

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Check out here:  
[http://book.orthanc-server.com/users/rest.html](http://book.orthanc-server.com/users/rest.html)