Credit Benchmark Entity Matching API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Credit Benchmark Analytics 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:
  schemas:
    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: []
    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
    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
    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
  responses:
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: JWT bearer token.