Search Multiple Watchlists
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists"
headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"results": [
{
"source": "OFAC",
"count": 0,
"matches": [
{
"name": "banco nacional de cuba",
"similarity_score": 0.95,
"details": {}
}
]
}
],
"total_matches": 0
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}Watchlists
Search Multiple Watchlists
Search a name across one or more watchlists, grouped by source.
GET
/
watchlists
Search Multiple Watchlists
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists"
headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.baselayer.com/watchlists")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"results": [
{
"source": "OFAC",
"count": 0,
"matches": [
{
"name": "banco nacional de cuba",
"similarity_score": 0.95,
"details": {}
}
]
}
],
"total_matches": 0
}{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}Authorizations
Query Parameters
The name to search for across the watchlists.
Minimum string length:
1Examples:
"banco nacional de cuba"
"vladimir putin"
Watchlists to search. Repeat the param to search several (e.g. ?watchlists=OFAC&watchlists=PEP). At least one required; one billable order is written per requested watchlist.
Minimum array length:
1Watchlists that can be searched by name via the GET /watchlists route.
Available options:
OFAC, PEP, CSL, FBI, CNS, OIG Minimum similarity for a match (0.0–1.0).
Required range:
0 <= x <= 1Maximum matches to return per watchlist.
Required range:
1 <= x <= 50Response
Successful Response
Response for a multi-watchlist name search, grouped by source.
Includes one WatchlistSourceResult per requested source — including
sources with zero matches — so callers can confirm which lists were
searched.