ComplyAdvantage Monitored Searches API

Ongoing monitoring of searches, change differences, and acknowledgement.

Business capability
Regulatory Compliance Management BC-130.10

Operations 5

GET /searches/{id}/monitors Get monitored search details #
PATCH /searches/{id}/monitors Update monitored search details #
PATCH /searches/{id}/search-profile Update the associated search profile #
GET /searches/{id}/monitor/differences Retrieve monitored search changes #
POST /searches/{id}/monitor/acknowledge Acknowledge monitored search changes #

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OpenAPI Specification

complyadvantage-monitored-searches-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ComplyAdvantage Monitored Searches API
  description: The ComplyAdvantage REST API screens people and companies against sanctions and watchlists, warnings and fitness-probity lists, politically exposed persons (PEPs and RCAs), and adverse media, and keeps them under ongoing monitoring.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: ComplyAdvantage
    url: https://complyadvantage.com
servers:
- url: https://api.complyadvantage.com
  description: EU (default)
- url: https://api.us.complyadvantage.com
  description: US
- url: https://api.ap.complyadvantage.com
  description: APAC
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Monitored Searches
  description: Ongoing monitoring of searches, change differences, and acknowledgement.
paths:
  /searches/{id}/monitors:
    get:
      operationId: getMonitoredSearch
      tags:
      - Monitored Searches
      summary: Get monitored search details
      description: Retrieves the monitoring configuration and state of a search.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SearchId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Monitoring details for the search.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitorEnvelope'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    patch:
      operationId: updateMonitoredSearch
      tags:
      - Monitored Searches
      summary: Update monitored search details
      description: Starts or stops ongoing monitoring for a search.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SearchId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                is_monitored:
                  type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated monitoring state.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitorEnvelope'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /searches/{id}/search-profile:
    patch:
      operationId: updateSearchProfile
      tags:
      - Monitored Searches
      summary: Update the associated search profile
      description: Updates which search profile a monitored search uses.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SearchId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                search_profile:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated search.
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /searches/{id}/monitor/differences:
    get:
      operationId: getMonitoredSearchDifferences
      tags:
      - Monitored Searches
      summary: Retrieve monitored search changes
      description: Retrieves what changed on a monitored search - new, updated, and removed matching entities since the last acknowledgement.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SearchId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The differences since last acknowledgement.
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /searches/{id}/monitor/acknowledge:
    post:
      operationId: acknowledgeMonitoredSearchChanges
      tags:
      - Monitored Searches
      summary: Acknowledge monitored search changes
      description: Acknowledges the pending changes on a monitored search.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SearchId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Acknowledgement confirmation.
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: The search or resource was not found.
  schemas:
    MonitorEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
        content:
          type: object
          properties:
            is_monitored:
              type: boolean
  parameters:
    SearchId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: The search ID or ref.
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'API key sent as: Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY. Keys are generated in the ComplyAdvantage web platform.'