# Cognism Compliance API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cognism/cognism-compliance-api/  
**Provider:** Cognism — https://apis.io/providers/cognism/  
**Base URL:** https://app.cognism.com  
**Documentation:** https://developers.cognism.com/

Cognism Compliance API is one of 6 APIs that [Cognism](https://apis.io/providers/cognism/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Compliance. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.

Opt-out list lookups for GDPR/CCPA suppression.

## Operations (3)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/search/contact/optOut` | List opt-out contacts |
| GET | `/api/search/contact/optOut/email/{email}` | Check opt-out status by email |
| GET | `/api/search/contact/optOut/id/{id}` | Check opt-out status by redeem ID |

## Machine-readable artifacts (11)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognism/refs/heads/main/openapi/cognism-compliance-api-openapi.yml
- **Postman** — https://developers.cognism.com/
- **APIReference** — https://developers.cognism.com/
- **Documentation** — https://help.cognism.com/hc/en-gb/articles/37382868352914-Cognism-API-Overview
- **GettingStarted** — https://help.cognism.com/hc/en-gb/articles/34195245226258-How-to-Generate-an-API-Token
- **Authentication** — https://help.cognism.com/hc/en-gb/articles/37383428888978-API-Authentication-Credits
- **ErrorCatalog** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognism/refs/heads/main/errors/cognism-problem-types.yml
- **DataModel** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognism/refs/heads/main/data-model/cognism-data-model.yml
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognism/refs/heads/main/examples/_index.yml
- **ContactSales** — https://www.cognism.com/contact
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognism/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Cognism APIs (5)

- [Cognism Enrich API](https://apis.io/apis/cognism/cognism-enrich-api/)
- [Cognism Entitlement API](https://apis.io/apis/cognism/cognism-entitlement-api/)
- [Cognism Filter API](https://apis.io/apis/cognism/cognism-filter-api/)
- [Cognism Redeem API](https://apis.io/apis/cognism/cognism-redeem-api/)
- [Cognism Search API](https://apis.io/apis/cognism/cognism-search-api/)

## Tags

Compliance

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