Column Entities API

The Entities API from Column — 4 operation(s) for entities.

Operations 6

POST /entities/person Create a person entity #
POST /entities/business Create a business entity #
GET /entities List all entities #
GET /entities/{id} Retrieve an entity #
PATCH /entities/{id} Update an entity #
DELETE /entities/{id} Delete an entity #

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OpenAPI Specification

column-entities-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Column Account Numbers Entities API
  description: 'Column is a chartered nationally-regulated bank purpose-built for developer

    APIs. The Column API provides programmatic access to entities, bank accounts,

    account numbers, ACH transfers, wire transfers, international wires, realtime

    (RTP/FedNow) transfers, book transfers, check transfers, counterparties,

    events, and webhooks. This best-effort OpenAPI was generated from the public

    documentation at https://docs.column.com/api and does not cover every field

    or sub-resource.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Column
    url: https://column.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
- url: https://api.column.com
  description: Column production API
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Entities
paths:
  /entities/person:
    post:
      tags:
      - Entities
      summary: Create a person entity
      operationId: createPersonEntity
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonEntityCreate'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Entity created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity'
  /entities/business:
    post:
      tags:
      - Entities
      summary: Create a business entity
      operationId: createBusinessEntity
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Entity created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity'
  /entities:
    get:
      tags:
      - Entities
      summary: List all entities
      operationId: listEntities
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: limit
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of entities
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  entities:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity'
  /entities/{id}:
    parameters:
    - in: path
      name: id
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      tags:
      - Entities
      summary: Retrieve an entity
      operationId: getEntity
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Entity
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity'
    patch:
      tags:
      - Entities
      summary: Update an entity
      operationId: updateEntity
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated entity
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Entities
      summary: Delete an entity
      operationId: deleteEntity
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deleted
components:
  schemas:
    PersonEntityCreate:
      type: object
      required:
      - first_name
      - last_name
      - date_of_birth
      properties:
        first_name:
          type: string
        last_name:
          type: string
        middle_name:
          type: string
        date_of_birth:
          type: string
          format: date
        ssn:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        phone_number:
          type: string
        country_of_citizenship:
          type: string
        address:
          type: object
          properties:
            line_1:
              type: string
            line_2:
              type: string
            city:
              type: string
            state:
              type: string
            postal_code:
              type: string
            country_code:
              type: string
    Entity:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - person
          - business
        is_root:
          type: boolean
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Column uses HTTP Basic Auth with your API key as the username.