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Screen an individual

GET 
https://api.dilisense.com/v1/checkIndividual

The checkIndividual API method searches for individuals that match certain criteria. The client can decide which lists should be included in the search to limit the results to the relevant ones.

Request​

Responses​

Error responses are the same for all endpoints, see Errors.

Example​

Request​

curl --location --request GET 'https://api.dilisense.com/v1/checkIndividual?names=Boris%20Johnson&fuzzy_search=1&dob=19/06/1964&gender=male&includes=dilisense_pep' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api_key>'

Response​

{
  "timestamp": "2024-09-24T19:16:00Z",
  "total_hits": 1,
  "found_records": [
    {
      "id": "c438b18a93cd3c13",
      "entity_type": "INDIVIDUAL",
      "children": [
        "Cassia Peaches Johnson",
        "Frank Alfred Odysseus Johnson",
        "Lara Lettice Johnson",
        "Milo Arthur Johnson",
        "Romy Iris Charlotte Johnson",
        "Stephanie Macintyre Johnson",
        "Theodore Apollo Johnson",
        "Wilfred Johnson"
      ],
      "name": "Boris Johnson",
      "address": [
        "GB"
      ],
      "last_names": [
        "Johnson",
        "Pfeffel"
      ],
      "alias_names": [
        "Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson",
        "Boris",
        "BoJo",
        "Bo Jo"
      ],
      "given_names": [
        "Alexander",
        "Boris"
      ],
      "date_of_birth": [
        "19/06/1964"
      ],
      "place_of_birth": [
        "New York City"
      ],
      "citizenship": [
        "GB",
        "US"
      ],
      "occupations": [
        "journalist",
        "politician"
      ],
      "positions": [
        "2001-06-07 - 2005-04-11  Member of the 53rd Parliament of the United Kingdom",
        "2005-05-05 - 2008-06-04  Member of the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom",
        "2008-05-04 - 2016-05-07  Mayor of London",
        "2015-05-07 - 2017-05-03  Member of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom",
        "2016-07-13 - 2018-07-09  Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs",
        "2017-06-08 - 2019-11-06  Member of the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom",
        "Since 2016-01-01  Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom",
        "Since 2019-07-23  Leader of the Conservative Party",
        "Since 2019-07-24  First Lord of the Treasury",
        "Since 2019-07-24  Minister for the Civil Service",
        "Since 2019-07-24  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom",
        "Since 2019-07-26  Minister for the Union",
        "Since 2019-12-12  Member of the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom"
      ],
      "political_parties": [
        "Conservative Party"
      ],
      "links": [
        "https://www.gov.uk/government/people/boris-johnson",
        "https://members.parliament.uk/member/1423/contact",
        "Facebook: borisjohnson",
        "https://members.parliament.uk",
        "https://www.gov.uk/government/people"
      ],
      "source_id": "dilisense_pep",
      "source_type": "PEP",
      "pep_type": "POLITICIAN",
      "gender": "MALE",
      "spouse": [
        "Allegra Mostyn-Owen",
        "Carrie Johnson",
        "Marina Wheeler"
      ],
      "siblings": [
        "Jo Johnson",
        "Leo Johnson",
        "Rachel Johnson"
      ],
      "list_date": "0",
      "parents": [
        "Charlotte Johnson Wahl",
        "Stanley Johnson"
      ],
      "description": [
        "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022"
      ]
    }
  ]
}