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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
version: 1.0.0
title: Companies House Public Data charges search 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: search
description: Search
paths:
/search:
get:
summary: Search All
description: Search companies, officers and disqualified officers
x-operationName: search all
tags:
- search
parameters:
- name: q
in: query
description: The term being searched for.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: items_per_page
in: query
description: The number of search results to return per page.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
- name: start_index
in: query
description: The index of the first result item to return.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: Search all
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: http://127.0.0.1:10000/api.ch.gov.uk-specifications/swagger-2.0/spec/search.json#/definitions/Search
'401':
description: Not authorised
/search/companies:
get:
summary: Search companies
description: Search company information
x-operationName: search companies
tags:
- search
parameters:
- name: q
in: query
description: The term being searched for.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: items_per_page
in: query
description: The number of search results to return per page.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
- name: start_index
in: query
description: The index of the first result item to return.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
- name: restrictions
in: query
description: Enumerable options to restrict search results. Space separate multiple restriction options to combine functionality. For a "company name availability" search use "active-companies legally-equivalent-company-name" together.
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Search company
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: http://127.0.0.1:10000/api.ch.gov.uk-specifications/swagger-2.0/spec/search.json#/definitions/CompanySearch
'401':
description: Not authorised
/search/officers:
get:
summary: Search company officers
description: Search for officer information
x-operationName: search officers
tags:
- search
parameters:
- name: q
in: query
description: The term being searched for.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: items_per_page
in: query
description: The number of search results to return per page.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
- name: start_index
in: query
description: The index of the first result item to return.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: Search officer
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: http://127.0.0.1:10000/api.ch.gov.uk-specifications/swagger-2.0/spec/search.json#/definitions/OfficerSearch
'401':
description: Not authorised
/search/disqualified-officers:
get:
summary: Search disqualified officers
description: Search for disqualified officer information
x-operationName: search disqualified officers
tags:
- search
parameters:
- name: q
in: query
description: The term being searched for.
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: items_per_page
in: query
description: The number of search results to return per page.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
- name: start_index
in: query
description: The index of the first result item to return.
required: false
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: Search all
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: http://127.0.0.1:10000/api.ch.gov.uk-specifications/swagger-2.0/spec/search.json#/definitions/DisqualifiedOfficerSearch
'401':
description: Not authorised
/dissolved-search/companies:
get:
summary: Search for a dissolved company
description: Search for a dissolved company
x-operationName: search dissolved companies
tags:
- search
parameters:
- name: q
in: query
description: The company name being searched for
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: search_type
in: query
description: Determines type of search. Options are alphabetical, best-match, previous-name-dissolved
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: search_above
in: query
description: The ordered_alpha_key_with_id used for alphabetical paging
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: search_below
in: query
description: The ordered_alpha_key_with_id used for alphabetical paging
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: size
in: query
description: The maximum number of results matching the search term(s) to return with a range of 1 to 100
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: start_index
in: query
description: Used in best-match and previous-name-dissolved search-type
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: A list of dissolved companies
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: http://127.0.0.1:10000/api.ch.gov.uk-specifications/swagger-2.0/spec/search-companies.json#/definitions/dissolvedCompanySearch
'404':
description: No companies found
'422':
description: Invalid size parameter, size must be greater than zero and not greater than 100
/alphabetical-search/companies:
get:
summary: Search for a company
description: Search for a company
x-operationName: search companies alphabetically
tags:
- search
parameters:
- name: q
in: query
description: The company name being searched for
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: search_above
in: query
description: The ordered_alpha_key_with_id used for paging
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: search_below
in: query
description: The ordered_alpha_key_with_id used for paging
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: size
in: query
description: The maximum number of results matching the search term(s) to return with a range of 1 to 100
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: A list of companies
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: http://127.0.0.1:10000/api.ch.gov.uk-specifications/swagger-2.0/spec/search-companies.json#/definitions/alphabeticalCompanySearch
'404':
description: No companies found
'422':
description: Invalid size parameter, size must be greater than zero and not greater than 100
/advanced-search/companies:
get:
summary: Advanced search for a company
description: Advanced search for a company
x-operationName: advanced company search
tags:
- search
parameters:
- name: company_name_includes
in: query
description: The company name includes advanced search filter
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: company_name_excludes
in: query
description: The company name excludes advanced search filter
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: company_status
in: query
description: The company status advanced search filter. To search using multiple values, use a comma delimited list or multiple of the same key i.e. company_status=xxx&company_status=yyy
required: false
schema:
type: list
- name: company_subtype
in: query
description: The company subtype advanced search filter. To search using multiple values, use a comma delimited list or multiple of the same key i.e. company_subtype=xxx&company_subtype=yyy
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: company_type
in: query
description: The company type advanced search filter. To search using multiple values, use a comma delimited list or multiple of the same key i.e. company_type=xxx&company_type=yyy
required: false
schema:
type: list
- name: dissolved_from
in: query
description: The dissolved from date advanced search filter
required: false
schema:
type: date
- name: dissolved_to
in: query
description: The dissolved to date advanced search filter
required: false
schema:
type: date
- name: incorporated_from
in: query
description: The incorporated from date advanced search filter
required: false
schema:
type: date
- name: incorporated_to
in: query
description: The incorporated to date advanced search filter
required: false
schema:
type: date
- name: location
in: query
description: The location advanced search filter
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: sic_codes
in: query
description: The SIC codes advanced search filter. To search using multiple values, use a comma delimited list or multiple of the same key i.e. sic_codes=xxx&sic_codes=yyy
required: false
schema:
type: list
- name: size
in: query
description: The maximum number of results matching the search term(s) to return with a range of 1 to 5000
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: start_index
in: query
description: The point at which results will start from i.e show search results from result 20 (used for paging)
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: A list of companies
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: http://127.0.0.1:10000/api.ch.gov.uk-specifications/swagger-2.0/spec/search-companies.json#/definitions/advancedCompanySearch
'400':
description: Bad request
'404':
description: No companies found
components:
securitySchemes:
api_key:
type: apiKey
name: api_key
in: header