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OpenSanctions Matching API

Endpoints for conducting a user-facing entity search or matching a local data store against the given dataset.

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OpenSanctions Matching API is one of 4 APIs that OpenSanctions publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Matching. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 16 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version yente 5.5.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.opensanctions.org.

2 operations 2 paths 16 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
yente 5.5.0
Base URL
https://api.opensanctions.org
Contact
OpenSanctions
Terms of Service
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Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Matching 2

Endpoints for conducting a user-facing entity search or matching a local data store against the given dataset.

POST
/match/{dataset}
Query by example matcher
match_match__dataset__post 11 params body → 200400500422
GET
/search/{dataset}
Simple entity search
search_search__dataset__get 19 params → 200400500422

Schemas 16

The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ScoredEntityResponse (13 properties), EntityResponse (10 properties), ValidationError (5 properties), SearchResponse (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SearchFacet
object
2 properties 2 required
EntityResponse
object
10 properties 4 required
ScoredEntityResponse
object
13 properties 6 required
TotalSpec
object
2 properties 1 required
SearchResponse
object
5 properties 4 required
Operator
string
ErrorResponse
object
1 property 1 required
EntityMatchResponse
object
2 properties 2 required
EntityMatchQuery
object
3 properties 1 required
ValidationError
object
5 properties 3 required
EntityExample
object
3 properties 2 required
EntityMatches
object
4 properties 3 required
Facet
string
HTTPValidationError
object
1 property
SearchFacetItem
object
3 properties 2 required
FeatureResult
object
A explained score for a particular feature result.
4 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

opensanctions-matching-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
opensanctions:opensanctions-matching-api
Base URL
https://api.opensanctions.org
Docs
https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/api/
Provider
OpenSanctions
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