Credit Benchmark Entity Matching API
Entity name matching and identification
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Credit Benchmark Entity Matching API
description: 'Authentication, matching, and analytics.
'
version: 1.0.0
contact:
name: Credit Benchmark API Support
email: api-support@creditbenchmark.com
url: https://creditbenchmark.com/support
license:
name: Proprietary
url: https://creditbenchmark.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.creditbenchmark.com
description: Production server
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Entity Matching
description: Entity name matching and identification
paths:
/matching/match:
post:
tags:
- Entity Matching
summary: Entity Name Matching
description: 'Return ranked entity matches.
'
operationId: matchEntities
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/MatchBody'
example:
queries:
- text: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
industry: Financials
country_name: United States
- text: Apple Inc.
lei: 5493000X0X4X4X4X4X4X
responses:
'200':
description: Entity matching completed successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/MatchExternalResponse'
example:
results:
- entity: JPMorgan Chase
candidates:
- rank: 1
CBId: CB0000022706
CBEntityName: JPMORGAN CHASE & CO
CBCountryOfRiskISO: US
isConsensus1M: true
confidence: 0.82
- rank: 2
CBId: CB0000118034
CBEntityName: JJPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA
CBCountryOfRiskISO: US
isConsensus1M: true
confidence: 0.09
- entity: Apple Inc.
candidates:
- rank: 1
CBId: CB0000000456
CBEntityName: APPLE INC
CBCountryOfRiskISO: US
isConsensus1M: true
confidence: 0.97
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'422':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
components:
responses:
Forbidden:
description: Forbidden - insufficient permissions or access denied
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
example:
error:
code: PERMISSION_DENIED
message: Insufficient permissions for this resource
InternalServerError:
description: Internal server error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
example:
error:
code: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
message: An unexpected error occurred.
BadRequest:
description: Bad request - invalid parameters
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
example:
error:
code: BAD_REQUEST
message: Invalid request parameters
details:
invalid_columns:
- BadColumn
allowed_columns: Please check documentation for valid column names
Unauthorized:
description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing JWT token
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
example:
error:
code: UNAUTHORIZED
message: Invalid or missing JWT token
ValidationError:
description: Validation error - request parameters are invalid
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
example:
error:
code: VALIDATION_ERROR
message: Request validation failed
details:
- field: body.Parameters.portfolio
message: field required
type: value_error.missing
schemas:
Query:
type: object
description: A single entity name query for matching
required:
- text
properties:
text:
type: string
description: The company name to match
example: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
industry:
type: string
description: Optional industry filter to improve matching accuracy
example: Financials
lei:
type: string
description: Optional Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) for exact matching
example: 5493000X0X4X4X4X4X4X
country_name:
type: string
description: Optional country name or code to filter matches
example: United States
ExternalCandidate:
type: object
description: A ranked candidate match for an entity query
required:
- rank
- CBId
- CBEntityName
- confidence
properties:
rank:
type: integer
description: 1-based rank of the candidate (1 = best match)
minimum: 1
example: 1
CBId:
type: string
description: Credit Benchmark entity identifier
example: CB0000000121
CBEntityName:
type: string
description: Credit Benchmark entity name
example: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
CBCountryOfRiskISO:
type: string
description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
example: US
isConsensus1M:
type: boolean
description: Whether the entity has a 1-month consensus rating
example: true
confidence:
type: number
format: float
description: Confidence score for the match (0.0 to 1.0)
minimum: 0
maximum: 1
example: 0.98
MatchExternalResponse:
type: object
description: Response containing entity matching results
required:
- results
properties:
results:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ExternalMatchRow'
description: Table-style results keyed by input entity
default: []
ExternalMatchRow:
type: object
description: Matching results for a single entity query
required:
- entity
- candidates
properties:
entity:
type: string
description: Original query text
example: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
candidates:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ExternalCandidate'
description: Ordered list of candidate matches, sorted by rank
default: []
MatchBody:
type: object
description: Request body for entity name matching
required:
- queries
properties:
queries:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Query'
description: List of company names to match
minItems: 1
ValidationErrorDetail:
type: object
description: Single field validation error
properties:
field:
type: string
description: Location of the validation error (e.g. body.Parameters.portfolio)
example: body.Parameters.portfolio
message:
type: string
description: Human-readable error message
example: field required
type:
type: string
description: Machine-readable error type
example: value_error.missing
Error:
type: object
description: Standard error envelope used by the API
required:
- error
properties:
error:
type: object
required:
- code
- message
properties:
code:
type: string
description: Machine-readable error code
example: BAD_REQUEST
message:
type: string
description: Human-readable error message
example: Invalid request parameters
details:
description: Optional structured details about the error
oneOf:
- type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorDetail'
- type: object
- type: string
securitySchemes:
BearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
description: JWT bearer token.