API
We provide fast and reliable REST API for screening. You can search for persons, organizations, countries under sanctions, and PEPs (politically exposed persons).
Introduction
You only need to get an authentication token to start. Just write email on [email protected] or use our contact form /contacts. Feel free to inform us about any additional requirements for your business purposes. We will definitely find the best solution for you.
DataSpike API documentation is also available in swagger format. To explore it click here.
Getting Started
You can leverage our REST API for your compliance and screening needs. It will let you search through personas, organizations, countries under sanctions, and PEPs. To get started you will need an authentication token which you can request via our Contact Form, or just send us an email on [email protected]. Feel free to let us know if there is anything missing from the documentation or if you have any additional questions or requirements you will need to fulfill.
Authentication
Every request must contains authentication token in header ds-api-token. Curl example below. Please replace ‹your token› .
API Endpoints
Base API URL https://api.dataspike.io/ only https is used. Request and response consists from some JSON object, see description for corresponding endpoint.
Person search
GET /api/v2/sealed/universal/search
Performs search person in sanctions and PEPs lists.
Sandbox API
For testing purposes please consider to use our Sandbox API endpoint https://sandboxapi.dataspike.io/ . It is designed to simulate production experience without affecting your real search history and credits.
The list of entities available for search via Sandbox API is presented below:
| Name | Tags |
|---|---|
| Angela Merkel | PEP |
| José Beltrán Marquez Cruz | PEP, Sanctions |
| Huseyn Mammadov | Sanctions |
| Carlos Antonio Rivera Pereira | PEP, Sanctions |
| Julian Garcia Salazar | PEP, Sanctions |
| Manuel Antonio Reyes Flores | Sanctions |
| Samir Azizov | Sanctions |
| Jagdish Singh | Sanctions |
| Lajos Varga | Sanctions |
| Yusif Alakbarov | Sanctions |
| Malik Rana | Sanctions |
| Nazakat Ali | Sanctions |
| Gurmit Singh | Sanctions, Leaks |
| Yau Chi Ming | Offshore, leaks |
| Peter William Hargreaves | Offshore, leaks |
| Aldenham Investments Limited | Offshore, leaks |
| Herry Wijaya | Offshore, leaks |
| Jean-Michel Iratchet | PEP |
| Ikedi Ohakim | PEP |
| Liam Condon | PEP, Offshore, leaks |
| Ethan Berkowitz | PEP, Social |
Request
Request json fields:
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | Part or full name of entity | |
| category | string | Person or organization or universal(default) | |
| country | string or array | Country name filter or country two-letter code(ISO 3166) | |
| exact_birth_day | string | Allowed formats yyyy | yyyy-MM | yyyy-MM-dd, if not sure about the exact date consider to use range fields min_date_of_birth and max_date_of_birth | |
| min_date_of_birth | string | Allowed formats yyyy | yyyy-MM | yyyy-MM-dd | |
| max_date_of_birth | string | Allowed formats yyyy | yyyy-MM | yyyy-MM-dd | |
| tags | string or array | Allowed tags Sanctions | Finance | Leaks | Media | PEP | Legal | Terrorism | Social | |
| sources | string or array | More international information here Link names | |
| page | int | Page number of response list. Default 0. | |
| limit | int | Size of page. Default 20. |
Request Example:
Response
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| data | array[object] | List of founded items | |
| data.uuid | string | Unique item identifier | |
| data.category | string | Item category | |
| data.main_name | string | Main name for specific person. English transcription preferred. | |
| data.fields | array[object] | List of known facts about specific person. See list of facts. | |
| data.fields.title | string | Title of known fact. See list of facts. | |
| data.fields.values | array[object] | List of values associated with that fact. | |
| has_next | boolean | Equals true if you can get next page of founded items list. |
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| is_demo | boolean | Equals true if you accessing without token |
Request Example:
Fact list
Every founded item contains some list of associated facts.
| Title | Description | Person | Organization | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanction lists | Shows which sanction lists this item is on. | |||
| Summary | Short description of item. | |||
| Alias | The list of names under which the subject is also known. | |||
| Gender | Person's gender. | |||
| Primary date of birth | Person's primary date of birth. | |||
| Primary birth location | Person's primary birth location. | |||
| Possible dates of birth | Person's possible dates of birth. | |||
| Possible location of birth | Person's possible location of birth. | |||
| Citizenship | Person's citizenship. | |||
| Position | Person's position. | |||
| Politician role | Person's Politician role. | |||
| Represented in countries | List of countries where organization is represented. | |||
| Locations | List of known locations associated with a specific organization. | |||
| Urls | List of known urls associated with a specific organization. | |||
| Emails | List of known emails associated with a specific organization. | |||
| Phones | List of known phones associated with a specific organization. |
Error codes
We use standard HTTP codes
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| 200 - OK | Successful requests. |
| 400 - Bad Request | Wrong request body. |
| 402 - Payment Required | Not enough money on billing account. |
| 403 - Forbidden | Authentication or additional permissions requires for this request. |
| 500 - Internal Server Error | Some error happened on server side. |
Link names
Quick links to search
| Request | Description |
|---|---|
| DBpedia | DBpedia is a project aiming to extract structured content from the information created in the Wikipedia project |
| Media, Media Crimes | Any data received from news, blogs & etc |
| Interpol Red Notices | Interpol Watch Lists |
| Interpol Yellow Notices | Interpol Watch Lists |
| Wikidata | Wikidata is a collaboratively edited multilingual knowledge graph hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation |
| Social | Any data received from social networks (Linkedin, Meta) |
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia is a multilingual open online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers |
| PACER | Public Access to Court Electronic Records |
| OFAC | Office of Foreign Assets Control |
| UK HM Treasury | The department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for developing and executing the government's public finance policy and economic policy |
| SECO | State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO |
| DFAT | Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| OSFI | Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury |
| RePET | Registro Público de Personas y Entidades vinculadas a actos de Terrorismo y su FinanciamientoAfrican Development Bank |
| NZ Police Watchlist | New Zealand Police Designated Terrorist Entities |
| BIS | US Department of State Economic Sanctions Programs |
| Tracking terrorism | Terrorist Research and Analysis Consortium |
| EU Sanctions Map | EU Sanctions Map offering easily accessible information on all EU restrictive measures regimes currently in place |
| United Nations | The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose purpose is to maintain international peace and security |
| EU Financial Sanctions | Restrictive measures (sanctions) are an essential tool in the EU's common foreign and security policy (CFSP) |
| Panama Papers | The Panama Papers are 11.5 million leaked documents that were published beginning on April 3, 2016 |
| Paradise Papers | The Paradise Papers are a set of over 13.4 million confidential electronic documents relating to offshore investments that were leaked to the German reporters Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer, from the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung |
| Offshore Leaks | Offshore Leaks is a report disclosing details of 130,000 offshore accounts in April 2013 |
| Bahamas Leaks | The Bahama Leaks are 1.3 million internal files from the company register of the Bahamas |
| Ari Registry Sanctions | The e-Business register compiles the data of all legal entities registered in Estonia and provides access to both valid and historical information/td> |
| Ari Registry | The e-Business register compiles the data of all legal entities registered in Estonia and provides access to both valid and historical information |
| US Trade CSL | The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items |
| Ukraine NABC | A list of suggested Russia |
| Ukraine NSDC | This dataset is derived from the COTA system run by NSDC. The published sanctions list is based on press statements by the security council |
| Swiss SECO | Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it`s embargoes |
| Belgian Financial Sanctions | Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council |
| French Freezing of Assets | The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions |
| Australian CSL | The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law |
| Japan Economic CSL | Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law |
| Kazakh Terror Financing List | A simple list of sanctioned individuals and entities published by the Financial Monitoring Agency of Kazakhstan |
| Kyrgyz National List | A simple list of sanctioned individuals and entities published by the Kyrgyz` State Financial Intelligence Service |
| Ukraine SFMS | Ukraine`s financial intelligence unit publishes this list of sanctioned individuals |
| Israel Terrorists List | Terrorist organizations and individuals as designated by the Israeli government |
| US BIS Denied Persons | The Bureau of Industry and Security publishes this list of entities which are relevant with regards to export controls |
| South African CSL | The South African FIC sanctions list, largely based on UN Security Council sanctions |
| Rosfinmonitoring | List of organizations and individuals in relation to which there is information about their involvement in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction |
| Canadian Terrorist Entities | The Canadian governments own list of people and organizations associated with terrorism |
| Polish CSL | Decisions by the Polish Interior Ministry regarding entities linked to the aggression in Ukraine |
| Singapore CSL | Terrorists and terrorist entities designated by the Singapore government on top of the UN security council set of sanction |
| Canadian Economic Sanctions | Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA |
| Azerbaijan Domestic List | This sanctions list is published by the Government of Azerbaijan. For context, Azerbaijan is run by an authoritarian regime that is, itself, credibly accused of a large number of financial crimes |
| Bulgarian Persons of Interest | A list of persons and companies sanctioned for involvement with terrorism financing released by the government in Bulgaria |
| Dutch National Sanctionlist Terrorism | The Dutch government's sanctions list of people suspected of involvement in terroristic activities |