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Sanctions Screening API - OpenSanctions PEP, Watchlist Match

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Sanctions, PEP and watchlist screening with the OpenSanctions API: fuzzy match people, companies, vessels and crypto wallets against OFAC, EU, UN, UK and hundreds more lists, PEPs, debarment and crime data, with match scores, topics, programs and full entity records. Bring your own key.

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$10.00 / 1,000 sanctions, pep or watchlist entity record returneds

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Nabeel Hassan

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What to do

mode

Optional

Entity screening scores each name or entity against the OpenSanctions database with the /match API (fuzzy, cross-script name matching plus birth date, nationality and identifier checks), one credit per entity. Text search runs a keyword search with filters, one credit per page. Entity details reads the full record of known OpenSanctions entity IDs with sanctions, family and ownership links, free on your plan.

Type:string

Default:match

Options:

matchsearchentity

Names to screen

names

Optional

Entity screening. One person, company or vessel name per line, all screened as the entity type below. Up to 1,000 a run, each one OpenSanctions credit.

Type:array

Entity type for names

entityType

Optional

Entity screening. The FollowTheMoney schema the names are screened as. Use the most specific one you know; LegalEntity covers both companies and organizations.

Type:string

Default:Person

Options:

PersonCompanyOrganizationLegalEntityVesselAirplaneCryptoWalletSecurityPublicBody

Detailed entities (JSON)

entities

Optional

Entity screening, for better precision. A JSON list of entities with extra details, each with a schema and FollowTheMoney properties, either flat or under properties, and an optional ref that is copied to every row. Example: [{"ref": "cust-42", "schema": "Person", "name": "Arkadii Rotenberg", "birthDate": "1951", "nationality": "ru"}, {"schema": "Company", "name": "Stroygazmontazh", "jurisdiction": "ru", "registrationNumber": "1077762942212"}, {"schema": "Vessel", "name": "Example", "imoNumber": "9123456"}].

Type:array

Match threshold

threshold

Optional

Entity screening. The score (0 to 1) at or above which a candidate counts as a match. 0.7 is the calibrated default; 0.8 or 0.85 gives fewer false positives.

Type:number

Minimum:0

Maximum:1

Default:0.7

Matching algorithm

algorithm

Optional

Entity screening. The OpenSanctions scoring algorithm. Best is recommended; pin logic-v2 if you need stable scores for audit.

Type:string

Default:best

Options:

bestlogic-v2ofacname-basedname-qualifiedlogic-v1regression-v1

Candidates per entity

resultsPerEntity

Optional

Entity screening. The most candidates OpenSanctions returns for each screened entity (API maximum 500).

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:500

Default:5

Only matches

onlyMatches

Optional

Entity screening. Keeps only candidates at or above the threshold. Turn off to also get (and pay for) weaker candidates for manual review.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Search query

searchQuery

Optional

Text search. Keywords such as a name, with the documented search syntax: field searches, wildcards and, with fuzzy on, name~ for fuzzy terms.

Type:string

Search entity type

searchSchema

Optional

Text search. Restricts results to one entity type.

Type:string

Default:Thing

Options:

ThingPersonCompanyOrganizationLegalEntityVesselAirplaneCryptoWalletSecurityPublicBody

Countries

countries

Optional

Text search. Two letter ISO country codes in lower case, one per line, such as ru, ir or us.

Type:array

Property filters

filters

Optional

Text search. One field:value filter per line on entity properties, such as properties.programId:EU-UKR or properties.birthDate:1965.

Type:array

Fuzzy query syntax

fuzzy

Optional

Text search. Allows the fuzzy query syntax in the search query.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Entity IDs

entityIds

Optional

Entity details. One OpenSanctions entity ID per line (the entityId column of a screening or search row, or the ID in an opensanctions.org/entities/ link). Merged IDs are followed to the canonical entity. Up to 1,000 a run.

Type:array

Include linked entities

nested

Optional

Entity details. Includes adjacent entities in the record: sanction designations, addresses, identification documents, family, associates, owners and subsidiaries.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Dataset scope

dataset

Optional

Entity screening and text search. The OpenSanctions collection to screen or search against.

Type:string

Default:default

Options:

defaultsanctionspepscrimedebarmentenforcementregulatorywantedmaritimeeu_sanctionsus_sanctionssecuritiesspecial_interest

Risk topics

topics

Optional

Entity screening and text search. Only entities with at least one of these risk topics.

Type:string[]

Include datasets

includeDatasets

Optional

Entity screening and text search. Only entities in at least one of these source datasets, such as us_ofac_sdn, eu_fsf or gb_hmt_sanctions (names as on opensanctions.org/datasets).

Type:array

Exclude datasets

excludeDatasets

Optional

Entity screening and text search. Leaves out entities from these source datasets.

Type:array

Changed since

changedSince

Optional

Entity screening and text search. Only entities updated since this date (2026-01-31, optionally with a time such as 2026-01-31T12:00). Useful for re-screening as part of continuous monitoring.

Type:string

Maximum results

maxResults

Optional

The most rows this run returns and charges for. Only this many entities are screened or looked up, and a search stops paging here.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:100000

Default:100

Requests per minute

requestsPerMinute

Optional

Pacing. A 429 quota answer is waited out and retried a few times, then ends the run.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:600

Default:60

API key

apiKey

Optional

Your own OpenSanctions API key (opensanctions.org/account). Stored as a secret, sent only to api.opensanctions.org in the Authorization header as ApiKey, and never logged. You can instead set the DATA_API_KEY environment secret.

Type:string

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