Cognism Entitlement API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cognism Entitlement API
  version: '2026-08-13'
  summary: Search, enrich and redeem B2B contact and company data from the Cognism database.
  description: 'The Cognism API is used to search, preview and enrich Contacts and Accounts.


    It is composed of three services that are used together:


    - **Search API** - find contacts or companies matching a filter set. Returns preview records, each carrying a `redeemId`.

    - **Enrich API** - find the best matching Cognism record for a contact or company you already hold. Returns a preview, a `matchScore` and a `redeemId`.

    - **Redeem API** - exchange a `redeemId` for the full record.


    Search and Enrich return preview data only and do not consume Credits. Credits are consumed when a contact is redeemed for the first time; account redemptions and repeat contact redemptions are free.


    The fields a Redeem response carries are governed by your organisation API Entitlements, configured by Cognism. Query the Entitlement API to read them.


    API access is sales-gated: it must be enabled on your subscription, entitlements configured by the Cognism Provisioning team, and an API token generated in the Cognism app under Settings > Tokens and API.


    _Derived by API Evangelist from the Cognism API Postman collection published by Cognism at https://developers.cognism.com/ . Not an official Cognism artifact._'
  contact:
    name: Cognism
    url: https://www.cognism.com/contact
  termsOfService: https://www.cognism.com/terms-of-website-use
  x-source: https://documenter.gw.postman.com/api/collections/14862827/UVJhBu4C
  x-derived-by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline
  x-derived-on: '2026-08-13'
servers:
- url: https://app.cognism.com
  description: Production. Value of the `baseUrl` variable in the Production environment published with the Cognism API Postman collection.
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Entitlement
  description: Read which fields your organisation is licensed for.
paths:
  /api/search/entitlement/contactEntitlementSubscription:
    get:
      operationId: getContactEntitlement
      summary: Get contact entitlement details
      description: Return the contact fields your organisation is entitled to receive from the Redeem API. Entitlements are configured by the Cognism Provisioning team.
      tags:
      - Entitlement
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Contact entitlement map.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactEntitlement'
              examples:
                ContactAdvancedEntitlement:
                  summary: Contact Advanced Entitlement
                  value:
                    contact Entitlement:
                      city: false
                      lastConfirmed: true
                      zip: true
                      directPhoneNumbers: false
                      mobilePhoneNumbers: false
                      privacyNotificationSent: false
                      locationMoveEvent: false
                      lastName: true
                      education: true
                      jobLeaveEvent: false
                      region: true
                      managementLevel: true
                      jobTitle: true
                      email: true
                      positionStartDate: true
                      state: true
                      officePhoneNumbers: true
                      fullName: true
                      searchOptions: true
                      country: true
                      firstName: true
                      id: true
                      jobFunction: true
                      previousAccount: true
                      hqPhoneNumbers: false
                      jobJoinEvent: false
                      linkedinUrl: true
                      skills: true
                      seniority: true
                      street: true
                      account: true
        '400':
          description: Bad Request. The request body is invalid, a required field is missing, a parameter name is wrong, or a data type does not match the specification.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. The API token is missing, invalid, expired, or the Authorization header is malformed. Entitlements may also be unset.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                missingCredentials:
                  value:
                  - key: MissingCredentials
                    code: 401
                    msg: Missing required credentials
        '404':
          description: Not Found. The route does not exist.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                routeNotFound:
                  value:
                  - key: RouteNotFound
                    code: 404
                    msg: Not found
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded. Reduce request frequency and retry with backoff. Redeem throughput is capped at 1,000 records per minute.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  /api/search/entitlement/accountEntitlementSubscription:
    get:
      operationId: getAccountEntitlement
      summary: Get account entitlement details
      description: Return the account fields your organisation is entitled to receive from the Redeem API.
      tags:
      - Entitlement
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Account entitlement map.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountEntitlement'
              examples:
                AccountAdvancedEntitlement:
                  summary: Account Advanced Entitlement
                  value:
                    account Entitlement:
                      website: true
                      name: true
                      location: true
                      founded: true
                      shortDescription: true
                      industry: true
                      acquisitionEvent: false
                      id: true
                      appearanceEvent: false
                      hiringEvent: false
                      linkedinUrl: true
                      type: true
                      sic: true
                      accountSearchOptions: true
                      headcount: true
                      size: true
                      fundingEvent: false
                      description: true
                      naics: true
                      officePhoneNumbers: false
                      domain: true
                      ipoEvent: false
                      technology: true
                      revenue: true
                      isic: true
                      hqPhoneNumbers: false
        '400':
          description: Bad Request. The request body is invalid, a required field is missing, a parameter name is wrong, or a data type does not match the specification.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. The API token is missing, invalid, expired, or the Authorization header is malformed. Entitlements may also be unset.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                missingCredentials:
                  value:
                  - key: MissingCredentials
                    code: 401
                    msg: Missing required credentials
        '404':
          description: Not Found. The route does not exist.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
              examples:
                routeNotFound:
                  value:
                  - key: RouteNotFound
                    code: 404
                    msg: Not found
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded. Reduce request frequency and retry with backoff. Redeem throughput is capped at 1,000 records per minute.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    ContactEntitlement:
      type: object
      description: Map of contact field name to whether the organisation is entitled to it.
      properties:
        contact Entitlement:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: boolean
    AccountEntitlement:
      type: object
      description: Map of account field name to whether the organisation is entitled to it.
      properties:
        account Entitlement:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: boolean
    Error:
      type: array
      description: Cognism returns errors as an array of error objects.
      items:
        type: object
        properties:
          key:
            type: string
            description: Machine-readable error key, e.g. MissingCredentials.
          code:
            type: integer
            description: HTTP status code, repeated in the body.
          msg:
            type: string
            description: Human-readable message.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'API token issued in the Cognism app under Settings > Tokens and API. Sent as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`. Tokens have a time-to-live of 6 months.'
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: Alternative to the Authorization header. Cognism documents it but recommends the header instead, as the query string is less secure.