OpenSanctions provides sanctions and politically exposed person screening by matching person and company records against its database and returning ranked candidates.

API

What your agent can do

  • This guide will show you how to use the `/match` endpoint to get more precise screening results using *query-by-example* to do multi-attribute lookups.

    Via API.

Tasks depend on the interface and permissions.

Connection methods

Choose a route that fits your agent.

API connection
API path
https://api.opensanctions.org/match/default

Authentication
Authorization: ApiKey xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Documentation & experience

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