Screen Name

GEThttps://api-sanctions.dataandapis.com/v1/screen

Screen Name is an endpoint of the Sanctions Screening API. Screen names against OFAC, UN, EU and UK sanctions lists plus PEPs, with fuzzy matching.

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Request

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
country	Iraq	Optional
limit	10	Optional
list	sanction	Optional
min_score	0.75	Optional
name	Osama bin Laden	Required
source	OFAC-SDN	Optional
type	individual	Optional

Example request

curl

curl "https://api-sanctions.dataandapis.com/v1/screen?country=Iraq&limit=10&list=sanction&min_score=0.75&name=Osama%20bin%20Laden&source=OFAC-SDN&type=individual" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api-sanctions.dataandapis.com/v1/screen?country=Iraq&limit=10&list=sanction&min_score=0.75&name=Osama%20bin%20Laden&source=OFAC-SDN&type=individual", {
  headers: { "X-Api-Key": process.env.DATAANDAPIS_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();

Python

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api-sanctions.dataandapis.com/v1/screen?country=Iraq&limit=10&list=sanction&min_score=0.75&name=Osama%20bin%20Laden&source=OFAC-SDN&type=individual",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": os.environ["DATAANDAPIS_KEY"]},
)
data = r.json()

Example response

{
  "query": "Sadam Husein al Tikriti",
  "normalized": "sadam husein al tikriti",
  "min_score": 0.75,
  "hit": true,
  "count": 2,
  "matches": [
    {
      "score": 0.95,
      "matched_name": "Saddam Hussein AL-TIKRITI",
      "matched_name_kind": "primary",
      "matched_name_quality": "strong",
      "match_type": "strong",
      "entity": {
        "id": 504,
        "list_type": "sanction",
        "source": "OFAC-SDN",
        "source_ref": "7843",
        "entity_type": "individual",
        "name": "Saddam Hussein AL-TIKRITI",
        "programs": [
          "IRAQ2"
        ],
        "countries": [],
        "birth_dates": [
          "28 Apr 1937"
        ],
        "positions": [],
…

Show full response

{
  "query": "Sadam Husein al Tikriti",
  "normalized": "sadam husein al tikriti",
  "min_score": 0.75,
  "hit": true,
  "count": 2,
  "matches": [
    {
      "score": 0.95,
      "matched_name": "Saddam Hussein AL-TIKRITI",
      "matched_name_kind": "primary",
      "matched_name_quality": "strong",
      "match_type": "strong",
      "entity": {
        "id": 504,
        "list_type": "sanction",
        "source": "OFAC-SDN",
        "source_ref": "7843",
        "entity_type": "individual",
        "name": "Saddam Hussein AL-TIKRITI",
        "programs": [
          "IRAQ2"
        ],
        "countries": [],
        "birth_dates": [
          "28 Apr 1937"
        ],
        "positions": [],
        "pep_current": null,
        "listed_on": null
      }
    },
    {
      "score": 0.95,
      "matched_name": "Qusay Saddam Hussein AL-TIKRITI",
      "matched_name_kind": "primary",
      "matched_name_quality": "strong",
      "match_type": "strong",
      "entity": {
        "id": 505,
        "list_type": "sanction",
        "source": "OFAC-SDN",
        "source_ref": "7844",
        "entity_type": "individual",
        "name": "Qusay Saddam Hussein AL-TIKRITI",
        "programs": [
          "IRAQ2"
        ],
        "countries": [],
        "birth_dates": [
          "1965",
          "1966"
        ],
        "positions": [],
        "pep_current": null,
        "listed_on": null
      }
    }
  ],
  "screened_against": [
    {
      "slug": "eu-fsf",
      "publish_date": "2026-08-05",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-28",
      "entity_count": 6234
    },
    {
      "slug": "ofac-cons",
      "publish_date": "07/27/2026",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-28",
      "entity_count": 481
    },
    {
      "slug": "ofac-sdn",
      "publish_date": "08/26/2026",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-08-28",
      "entity_count": 19319
    }
  ]
}

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