Using the OpenSanctions API

The API lets you easily integrate OpenSanctions into your workflow. You can search the database and conduct batch screening to identify people or companies that are included on a sanctions list or linked to politically exposed persons (PEPs).

OpenSanctions API service

Easily integrate up-to-date sanctions and PEPs data into your screening or research processes.

  • Powerful API for entity matching and search
  • Sanctions, PEPs, debarment and criminal watchlist data
  • Pay-as-you-go pricing
Price per call0.10 €

If you sign up with your business email address, you will receive a 30 day trial API key.

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On-premises solution

Run our API software on your own infrastructure to be in control of scaling and protect data privacy.

  • Use our open source matching software
  • Pay for a single bulk data license to use our data
  • Run as many requests as you need
  • Include additional, in-house datasets in matcher
  • Customer data remains entirely on your systems
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FAQUnderstanding the data
Entity structure
Data dictionary
Identifiers and de-duplication
Political positions
Entity risk tagging
Change policy
Using the bulk data
Matcher training data
Statement-based data
Data enrichment
OpenSanctions API
Getting started
Self-hosted service
Authentication
Using the matching API
Configure result scoring
Using the search API
Open source
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Contributing
OpenSanctions · Find sanctions targets and persons of interest
OpenSanctions Datenbanken GmbH · info@opensanctions.org · https://opensanctions.org/meeting