Dow Jones

Dow Jones Search API

The Search API allows clients to run ad-hoc, low-latency searches. Results from searches are not persisted in the system.

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Operations 2

POST /search/{strategy} Search against one or more identifiers using a strategy #
GET /search/record/{profileId} Retrieve a profile record given the ID. #

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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/site-docs-risk_and_compliance_apis-advanced-screening-and-monitoring-api
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/site-docs-risk_and_compliance_apis-risk_and_compliance_2_0-risk_search_api
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/site-docs-risk_and_compliance_apis-risk_and_compliance_2_0-risk_profiles_api-risk_and_compliance_profiles
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/site-docs-risk_and_compliance_apis-risk_and_compliance_2_0-risk_profiles_api-profile_history_api
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/site-docs-risk_and_compliance_apis-due_diligence_reports_api-risk_reports_api
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/site-docs-risk_and_compliance_apis-third_party_api
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/site-docs-newswires_apis-dow_jones_newswires_real_time_api-real_time_search_api
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/site-docs-newswires_apis-dow_jones_newswires_top_stories_api-top_stories_api
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/site-docs-newswires_apis-dow_jones_financial_calendars_api-financial_calendars_api
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/site-docs-newswires_apis
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/factiva_integration-factiva_workflow_toolkit-endpoints-get_article
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/factiva_integration-factiva_workflow_toolkit-endpoints-newsletters-newsletters
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https://developer.dowjones.com/documents/site-docs-factiva_apis-factiva_workflow_apis_rest-factiva_news_search-news_radar_api-news_radar

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OpenAPI Specification

dow-jones-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Advanced Screening and Monitoring Search API
  description: 'Dow Jones


    ### Rate limits


    Most endpoints are subject to a general rate limit of 10,000 requests per user per 15 minutes.


    Some endpoints are also subject to a global concurrent request limit of 5 simultaneous requests per customer.'
  version: '3'
  license: {}
  contact: {}
servers:
- url: API_INSTANCE
security:
- basicAuth: []
- jwt: []
- clientCert: []
tags:
- name: Search
  description: The Search API allows clients to run ad-hoc, low-latency searches. Results from searches are not persisted in the system.
paths:
  /search/{strategy}:
    post:
      summary: Search against one or more identifiers using a strategy
      description: 'This performs a search against the Identity Resolution service to see

        what possible matches we have for the provided identifier(s).

        A result is returned for each entity record specified in the request body,

        and the order of the results matches the order of the entities in the request.

        ### Rate Limits


        This endpoint is subject to a general rate limit of 10,000 requests per user per 15 minutes.


        <!-- operational-characteristics:start -->


        ### Operational characteristics


        Values below are measured from production traffic. Only collected values are shown.


        **Latency distribution**


        Latency values are shown as milliseconds below 1 s, seconds with one decimal place below 1 min, otherwise as M:SS (min).


        | Metric | Value |

        | --- | --- |

        | Median | 57 ms |

        | 90th percentile | 99 ms |

        | 95th percentile | 208 ms |

        | 98th percentile | 438 ms |

        | 99th percentile | 589 ms |

        <!-- operational-characteristics:end -->

        '
      operationId: searchStrategy
      tags:
      - Search
      x-operational-characteristics:
        description: 'Operational characteristics from production log analysis (generatedAt: 2026-06-16T10:56:29.271Z).

          '
        latencyDistribution:
          median: 56.71
          p90: 98.43
          p95: 207.8
          p98: 437.44
          p99: 588.9
          sampleSize: 578411
      parameters:
      - name: recordProperties
        in: query
        description: 'A comma-delimited list of the names of properties that should be included when returning records.

          If returnRecords is false, this parameter is ignored.  If this parameter isn''t specified, and

          returnRecords is true, entire records are returned for matches.

          '
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: returnQuery
        in: query
        description: Returns the query object as given under the “query” key.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: returnReasons
        in: query
        description: Returns the match reasons for each result. Can be verbose.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: returnRecords
        in: query
        description: Returns the full details for each match.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: strategy
        in: path
        description: 'Search strategy to employ. Options are configuration-dependent.

          '
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              description: Array of entity records
              minItems: 1
              items:
                description: The search entity associated with this evidence
                oneOf:
                - type: object
                  allOf:
                  - type: object
                    required:
                    - type
                    - name
                    properties:
                      type:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                        - person
                        - aircraft
                        - vessel
                        - organisation
                        - unknown
                      name:
                        type: string
                      identityNumbers:
                        description: Identity numbers associated with the entity, for example Company Identification Number. Each array item consists of a type string that lables the ID number or code and a value string.
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          required:
                          - type
                          - value
                          properties:
                            type:
                              type: string
                            value:
                              type: string
                      associatedCities:
                        associatedCities:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: string
                  properties:
                    type:
                      const: person
                    forename:
                      type: string
                      description: Given name of the person
                    surname:
                      type: string
                      description: Family name of the person
                    gender:
                      type: string
                      enum:
                      - MALE
                      - FEMALE
                      - OTHER
                      description: Known gender type of the person, must be in capitals
                    dateOfBirth:
                      type: array
                      description: Possible values for the persons date of birth. This is an array to allow for the uncertanty in reported dates
                      items:
                        type: string
                        format: date
                        description: An ISO-8601 compliant date string
                        example: '2023-12-25'
                    nationalityCodes:
                      type: array
                      description: Country codes of the countries for which the person has citizenship. May be more than one
                      items:
                        type: string
                        maxLength: 2
                        minLength: 2
                        description: 'An ISO-3166 alpha-2 country code digraph as defined here: <https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html>

                          '
                        enum:
                        - AD
                        - AE
                        - AF
                        - AG
                        - AI
                        - AL
                        - AM
                        - AO
                        - AQ
                        - AR
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                        - CG
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                        - ID
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                        - NA
                        - NC
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                        - NF
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                        - NI
                        - NL
                        - 'NO'
                        - NP
                        - NR
                        - NU
                        - NZ
                        - OM
                        - PA
                        - PE
                        - PF
                        - PG
                        - PH
                        - PK
                        - PL
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                    countryOfResidenceCode:
                      type: array
                      description: Country codes of the countries for which the person is domiciled. May be more than one
                      items:
                        type: string
                        maxLength: 2
                        minLength: 2
                        description: 'An ISO-3166 alpha-2 country code digraph as defined here: <https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html>

                          '
                        enum:
                        - AD
                        - AE
                        - AF
                        - AG
                        - AI
                        - AL
                        - AM
                        - AO
                        - AQ
                        - AR
                        - AS
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                        - AU
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                        - BH
                        - BI
                        - BJ
                        - BL
                        - BM
                        - BN
                        - BO
                        - BQ
                        - BR
                        - BS
                        - BT
                        - BV
                        - BW
                        - BY
                        - BZ
                        - CA
                        - CC
                        - CD
                        - CF
                        - CG
                        - CH
                        - CI
                        - CK
                        - CL
                        - CM
                        - CN
                        - CO
                        - CR
                        - CU
                        - CV
                        - CW
                        - CX
                        - CY
                        - CZ
                        - DE
                        - DJ
                        - DK
                        - DM
                        - DO
                        - DZ
                        - EC
                        - EE
                        - EG
                        - EH
                        - ER
                        - ES
                        - ET
                        - FI
                        - FJ
                        - FK
                        - FM
                        - FO
                        - FR
                        - GA
                        - GB
                        - GD
                        - GE
                        - GF
                        - GG
                        - GH
                        - GI
                        - GL
                        - GM
                        - GN
                        - GP
                        - GQ
                        - GR
                        - GS
                        - GT
                        - GU
                        - GW
                        - GY
                        - HK
                        - HM
                        - HN
                        - HR
                        - HT
                        - HU
                        - ID
                        - IE
                        - IL
                        - IM
                        - IN
                        - IO
                        - IQ
                        - IR
                        - IS
                        - IT
                        - JE
                        - JM
                        - JO
                        - JP
                        - KE
                        - KG
                        - KH
                        - KI
                        - KM
                        - KN
                        - KP
                        - KR
                        - KW
                        - KY
                        - KZ
                        - LA
                        - LB
                        - LC
                        - LI
                        - LK
                        - LR
                        - LS
                        - LT
                        - LU
                        - LV
                        - LY
                        - MA
                        - MC
                        - MD
                        - ME
                        - MF
                        - MG
                        - MH
                        - MK
                        - ML
                        - MM
                        - MN
                        - MO
                        - MP
                        - MQ
                        - MR
                        - MS
                        - MT
                        - MU
                        - MV
                        - MW
                        - MX
                        - MY
                        - MZ
                        - NA
                        - NC
                        - NE
                        - NF
                        - NG
                        - NI
                        - NL
                        - 'NO'
                        - NP
                        - NR
                        - NU
                        - NZ
                        - OM
                        - PA
                        - PE
                        - PF
                        - PG
                        - PH
                        - PK
                        - PL
                        - PM
                        - PN
                        - PR
                        - PS
                        - PT
                        - PW
                        - PY
                        - QA
                        - RE
                        - RO
                        - RS
                        - RU
                        - RW
                        - SA
                        - SB
                        - SC
                        - SD
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                        - SH
                        - SI
                        - SJ
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                        - SV
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                        - TD
                        - TF
                        - TG
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                        - TJ
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                        - TL
                        - TM
                        - TN
                        - TO
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                        - TT
                        - TV
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                        - TZ
                        - UA
                        - UG
                        - UM
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                        - UY
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                        - VA
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                        - VG
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                        - YE
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                    middleNames:
                      type: array
                      description: Middle names of the person
                      items:
                        type: string
                - type: object
                  allOf:
                  - type: object
                    required:
                    - type
                    - name
                    properties:
                      type:
                        type: string
                        enum:
                        - person
                        - aircraft
                        - vessel
                        - organisation
                        - unknown
                      name:
                        type: string
                      identityNumbers:
                        description: Identity numbers associated with the entity, for example Company Identification Number. Each array item consists of a type string that lables the ID number or code and a value string.
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          required:
                          - type
                          - value
                          properties:
                            type:
                              type: string
                            value:
                              type: string
                      associatedCities:
                        associatedCities:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: string
                  properties:
                    type:
                      const: organisation
                    dateOfIncorporation:
                      type: array
                      description: 'Company registration dates

                        '
                      items:
                        type: string
                        format: date
                        description: An ISO-8601 compliant date string
                        example: '2023-12-25'
                    countryOfIncorporation:
                      type: string
                      maxLength: 2
                      minLength: 2
                      description: 'An ISO-3166 alpha-2 country code digraph as defined here: <https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html>

                        '
                      enum:
                      - AD
                      - AE
                      - AF
                      - AG
                      - AI
                      - AL
                      - AM
                      - AO
                      - AQ
                      - AR
                      - AS
                      - AT
                      - AU
                      - AW
                      - AX
                      - AZ
                      - BA
                      - BB
                      - BD
                      - BE
                      - BF
                      - BG
                      - BH
                      - BI
                      - BJ
                      - BL
                      - BM
                      - BN
                      - BO
                      - BQ
                      - BR
                      - BS
                      - BT
                      - BV
                      - BW
                      - BY
                      - BZ
                      - CA
                      - CC
                      - CD
                      - CF
                      - CG
                      - CH
                      - CI
                      - CK
                      - CL
                      - CM
                      - CN
                      - CO
                      - CR
                      - CU
                      - CV
                      - CW
                      - CX
                      - CY
                      - CZ
                      - DE
                      - DJ
                      - DK
                      - DM
                      - DO
                      - DZ
                      - EC
                      - EE
                      - EG
                      - EH
                      - ER
                      - ES
                      - ET
                      - FI
                      - FJ
                      - FK
                      - FM
                      - FO
                      - FR
                      - GA
                      - GB
                      - GD
                      - GE
                      - GF
                      - GG
                      - GH
                      - GI
                      - GL
                      - GM
                      - GN
                      - GP
                      - GQ
                      - GR
                      - GS
                      - GT
                      - GU
                      - GW
                      - GY
                      - HK
                      - HM
                      - HN
                      - HR
                      - HT
                      - HU
                      - ID
                      - IE
                      - IL
                      - IM
                      - IN
                      - IO
                      - IQ
                      - IR
                      - IS
                      - IT
                      - JE
                      - JM
                      - JO
                      - JP
                      - KE
                      - KG
                      - KH
                      - KI
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                      - KN
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                      - KR
                      - KW
                      - KY
                      - KZ
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                      - RS
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                - type: object
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                    - name
                    properties:
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                        type: string
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                        - vessel
                        - organisation
                        - unknown
                      name:
                        type: string
                      identityNumbers:
                        description: Identity numbers associated with the entity, for example Company Identification Number. Each array item consists of a type string that lables the ID number or code and a value string.
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          required:
                          - type
                          - value
                          properties:
                            type:
                              type: string
                            value:
                              type: string
                      associatedCities:
                        associatedCities:
                          type: array
                          items:
                            type: string
                  properties:
                    type:
                      const: vessel
                    associatedCountryCodes:
                      type: array
                      items:
                        type: string
                        maxLength: 2
                        minLength: 2
                  

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