Screen Names Batch

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

Screen Names Batch 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

This endpoint takes no parameters.

Example request

curl

curl -X POST "https://api-sanctions.dataandapis.com/v1/screen" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api-sanctions.dataandapis.com/v1/screen", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "X-Api-Key": process.env.DATAANDAPIS_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({}),
});
const data = await res.json();

Python

import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api-sanctions.dataandapis.com/v1/screen",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": os.environ["DATAANDAPIS_KEY"]},
    json={},
)
data = r.json()

Example response

{
  "count": 2,
  "hits": 2,
  "min_score": 0.75,
  "results": [
    {
      "query": "Usama bin Ladin",
      "normalized": "usama bin ladin",
      "hit": true,
      "count": 1,
      "matches": [
        {
          "score": 1,
          "matched_name": "Usama bin Muhammad bin Awad BIN LADIN",
          "matched_name_kind": "primary",
          "matched_name_quality": "strong",
          "match_type": "exact",
          "entity": {
            "id": 102,
            "list_type": "sanction",
            "source": "OFAC-SDN",
            "source_ref": "6365",
            "entity_type": "individual",
            "name": "Usama bin Muhammad bin Awad BIN LADIN",
            "programs": [
              "SDGT"
            ],
            "countries": [],
…

Show full response

{
  "count": 2,
  "hits": 2,
  "min_score": 0.75,
  "results": [
    {
      "query": "Usama bin Ladin",
      "normalized": "usama bin ladin",
      "hit": true,
      "count": 1,
      "matches": [
        {
          "score": 1,
          "matched_name": "Usama bin Muhammad bin Awad BIN LADIN",
          "matched_name_kind": "primary",
          "matched_name_quality": "strong",
          "match_type": "exact",
          "entity": {
            "id": 102,
            "list_type": "sanction",
            "source": "OFAC-SDN",
            "source_ref": "6365",
            "entity_type": "individual",
            "name": "Usama bin Muhammad bin Awad BIN LADIN",
            "programs": [
              "SDGT"
            ],
            "countries": [],
            "birth_dates": [
              "1958",
              "30 Jul 1957"
            ],
            "positions": [],
            "pep_current": null,
            "listed_on": null
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "query": "Jane Cleanhit",
      "normalized": "jane cleanhit",
      "hit": true,
      "count": 1,
      "matches": [
        {
          "score": 0.8619,
          "matched_name": "Juan Costa Climent",
          "matched_name_kind": "primary",
          "matched_name_quality": "strong",
          "match_type": "fuzzy",
          "entity": {
            "id": 63809,
            "list_type": "pep",
            "source": "WIKIDATA",
            "source_ref": "Q3187630",
            "entity_type": "individual",
            "name": "Juan Costa Climent",
            "programs": [
              "Minister of Science and Technology of Spain"
            ],
            "countries": [
              "Spain"
            ],
            "birth_dates": [
              "1965-04-10"
            ],
            "positions": [
              {
                "position": "Minister of Science and Technology of Spain",
                "country": "Spain",
                "start": "2003-09-04",
                "end": "2004-04-17"
              }
            ],
            "pep_current": false,
            "listed_on": "2026-08-27"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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
    }
  ]
}

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