Department of the Treasury

Department of the Treasury Search API

Structured search across the SDN and Consolidated lists

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Operations 1

POST /search Structured search of the sanctions lists #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/api-documentation/
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Documentation
https://ofac.treasury.gov/sanctions-list-service

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/department-of-the-treasury/refs/heads/main/openapi/department-of-the-treasury-search-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/department-of-the-treasury/refs/heads/main/json-schema/treasury-debt-record-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/department-of-the-treasury/refs/heads/main/json-schema/sanctioned-entity-schema.json

Other Resources

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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/department-of-the-treasury/refs/heads/main/examples/debt-to-penny-example.json
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Datasets
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/department-of-the-treasury/refs/heads/main/examples/sanctioned-entity-example.json
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Reference
https://ofac.treasury.gov/specially-designated-nationals-and-blocked-persons-list-sdn-human-readable-lists

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OpenAPI Specification

department-of-the-treasury-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OFAC Sanctions List Service Search API
  description: The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury publishes the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Consolidated Sanctions lists in machine-readable formats. The Sanctions List Service (SLS) exposes the lists as JSON, XML, and PDF, plus a structured search endpoint for screening individuals and entities against OFAC programs.
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: OFAC
    url: https://ofac.treasury.gov/contact-ofac
  license:
    name: Public Domain
    url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
servers:
- url: https://sanctionslistservice.ofac.treas.gov/api
  description: OFAC Sanctions List Service
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Structured search across the SDN and Consolidated lists
paths:
  /search:
    post:
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Structured search of the sanctions lists
      operationId: searchSanctions
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    SearchRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        source:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - SDN
            - NS-PLC
            - FSE-IR
            - FSE-SY
            - EO13662
            - NS-ISA
            - 561list
            - PLC-HRIT-EO13818
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Individual
          - Entity
          - Aircraft
          - Vessel
        name:
          type: string
        address:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
        minScore:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
    SearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        total:
          type: integer
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SanctionedEntity'
            - type: object
              properties:
                matchScore:
                  type: number
    SanctionedEntity:
      type: object
      properties:
        uid:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Individual
          - Entity
          - Aircraft
          - Vessel
        programs:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        addresses:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        akas:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              category:
                type: string
              type:
                type: string
              lastName:
                type: string
              firstName:
                type: string
        ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                type: string
              number:
                type: string
              country:
                type: string
        nationalities:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        sanctionsListType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SDN
          - Consolidated
externalDocs:
  description: OFAC Sanctions List Service
  url: https://sanctionslistservice.ofac.treas.gov/