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Screen a name across all entity types

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

The checkName API method returns all entity types instead of only INDIVIDUALS or ENTITIES. The available entity_types are

  • INDIVIDUAL
  • ENTITY
  • VESSEL
  • AIRCRAFT
  • JURISDICTION
  • OBJECT
  • UNKNOWN

The response attributes are the same as for the checkIndividual and checkEntity endpoints.

Request​

Responses​

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

Example​

Request​

curl --location --request GET 'https://api.dilisense.com/v1/checkName?names=Boris%20Johnson' \
--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"
      ]
    }
  ]
}