Companies House

Companies House officers API

Officers

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Operations 2

GET /company/{company_number}/officers Company Officers

GET /company/{company_number}/appointments/{appointment_id} Get a company officer appointment

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Companies House Public Data charges Officers API
  description: An API suite providing read only access to search and retrieve public company data
servers:
- url: https://api.company-information.service.gov.uk
- url: http://api.company-information.service.gov.uk
security:
- api_key: []
tags:
- name: officers
  description: Officers
paths:
  /company/{company_number}/officers:
    get:
      summary: Company Officers
      description: List of all company officers
      x-operationName: list
      tags:
      - officers
      parameters:
      - name: company_number
        in: path
        description: The company number of the officer list being requested.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: items_per_page
        in: query
        description: The number of officers to return per page.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: register_type
        in: query
        description: The register_type determines which officer type is returned for the registers view.The register_type field will only work if registers_view is set to true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - directors
          - secretaries
          - llp_members
      - name: register_view
        in: query
        description: Display register specific information. If given register is held at Companies House, registers_view set to true and correct register_type specified, only active officers will be returned. Defaults to false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 'true'
          - 'false'
      - name: start_index
        in: query
        description: The offset into the entire result set that this page starts.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: order_by
        in: query
        description: The field by which to order the result set.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - appointed_on
          - resigned_on
          - surname
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List the company officers
          headers:
            ETag:
              description: The ETag of the resource.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: http://127.0.0.1:10000/api.ch.gov.uk-specifications/swagger-2.0/spec/companyOfficerList.json#/definitions/officerList
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: http://127.0.0.1:10000/api.ch.gov.uk-specifications/swagger-2.0/spec/errorModel.json#/definitions/error
        '401':
          description: Unauthorised
  /company/{company_number}/appointments/{appointment_id}:
    get:
      summary: Get a company officer appointment
      description: Get details of an individual company officer appointment
      tags:
      - officers
      parameters:
      - name: company_number
        in: path
        description: The company number of the officer list being requested.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: appointment_id
        in: path
        description: The appointment id of the company officer appointment being requested.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Get a company officer appointment
          headers:
            ETag:
              description: The ETag of the resource.
              schema:
                type: string
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: http://127.0.0.1:10000/api.ch.gov.uk-specifications/swagger-2.0/spec/companyOfficerList.json#/definitions/officerSummary
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: http://127.0.0.1:10000/api.ch.gov.uk-specifications/swagger-2.0/spec/errorModel.json#/definitions/error
        '401':
          description: Unauthorised
components:
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: apiKey
      name: api_key
      in: header

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