# Alias
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An alias for an edge.

## Contents
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 ** Name **   <a name="xray-Type-Alias-Name"></a>
The canonical name of the alias.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** Names **   <a name="xray-Type-Alias-Names"></a>
A list of names for the alias, including the canonical name.  
Type: Array of strings  
Required: No

 ** Type **   <a name="xray-Type-Alias-Type"></a>
The type of the alias.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/xray-2016-04-12/Alias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/xray-2016-04-12/Alias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/xray-2016-04-12/Alias) 

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS X-Ray. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query xray` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).