# Alias
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Contains information about an alias.

## Contents
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 ** AliasName **   <a name="paymentcryptography-Type-Alias-AliasName"></a>
A friendly name that you can use to refer to a key. The value must begin with `alias/`.  
Do not include confidential or sensitive information in this field. This field may be displayed in plaintext in AWS CloudTrail logs and other output.
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 7. Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `alias/[a-zA-Z0-9/_-]+`   
Required: Yes

 ** KeyArn **   <a name="paymentcryptography-Type-Alias-KeyArn"></a>
The `KeyARN` of the key associated with the alias.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 70. Maximum length of 150.  
Pattern: `arn:aws:payment-cryptography:[a-z]{2}-[a-z]{1,16}-[0-9]+:[0-9]{12}:key/[0-9a-zA-Z]{16,64}`   
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\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/payment-cryptography-2021-09-14/Alias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/payment-cryptography-2021-09-14/Alias) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/payment-cryptography-2021-09-14/Alias)