Dun & Bradstreet Monitoring API

Subscribe to and consume change notifications on a portfolio.

Operations 4

POST /v1/monitoring/registrations Create Monitoring Registration #
POST /v1/monitoring/registrations/{registrationReference}/duns Add D-U-N-S To Registration #
DELETE /v1/monitoring/registrations/{registrationReference}/duns Remove D-U-N-S From Registration #
GET /v1/monitoring/registrations/{registrationReference}/notifications Pull Monitoring Notifications #

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OpenAPI Specification

dun-and-bradstreet-monitoring-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: D&B Direct+ Monitoring API
  description: D&B Direct+ is Dun & Bradstreet's RESTful API platform that exposes the D&B Data Cloud — more than 500 million companies worldwide — for identity resolution, search, enrichment, multi-process (match plus enrich), batch processing, change monitoring, and historical research.
  version: '3.0'
  contact:
    name: D&B Direct+ Support
    url: https://service.dnb.com/
  termsOfService: https://www.dnb.com/utility-pages/terms-of-use.html
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.dnb.com/utility-pages/terms-of-use.html
servers:
- url: https://plus.dnb.com
  description: Production
tags:
- name: Monitoring
  description: Subscribe to and consume change notifications on a portfolio.
paths:
  /v1/monitoring/registrations:
    post:
      tags:
      - Monitoring
      summary: Create Monitoring Registration
      description: Register a portfolio of D-U-N-S Numbers for change monitoring. The registration declares which data blocks to monitor and how notifications should be delivered.
      operationId: createMonitoringRegistration
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitoringRegistrationRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Monitoring registration created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitoringRegistrationResponse'
  /v1/monitoring/registrations/{registrationReference}/duns:
    post:
      tags:
      - Monitoring
      summary: Add D-U-N-S To Registration
      description: Add one or more D-U-N-S Numbers to an existing monitoring registration's portfolio.
      operationId: addDunsToRegistration
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      parameters:
      - name: registrationReference
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PortfolioMembershipRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Portfolio updated.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PortfolioMembershipResponse'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Monitoring
      summary: Remove D-U-N-S From Registration
      description: Remove one or more D-U-N-S Numbers from a monitoring registration's portfolio.
      operationId: removeDunsFromRegistration
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      parameters:
      - name: registrationReference
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PortfolioMembershipRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Portfolio updated.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PortfolioMembershipResponse'
  /v1/monitoring/registrations/{registrationReference}/notifications:
    get:
      tags:
      - Monitoring
      summary: Pull Monitoring Notifications
      description: Pull pending change notifications for a monitoring registration. Each notification describes the D-U-N-S Number affected, the block that changed, the previous and new values, and the change timestamp.
      operationId: pullMonitoringNotifications
      security:
      - bearerAuth: []
      parameters:
      - name: registrationReference
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: maximumQuantity
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
          maximum: 1000
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Notifications package.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitoringNotificationsResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    MonitoringNotificationsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        notifications:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              duns:
                type: string
              changeTimestamp:
                type: string
                format: date-time
              blockID:
                type: string
              elementId:
                type: string
              previousValue: {}
              currentValue: {}
    MonitoringRegistrationRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - registrationReference
      properties:
        registrationReference:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        blockIDs:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        deliveryMethod:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SFTP
          - API_PULL
    MonitoringRegistrationResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        registrationReference:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        createdTimestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    PortfolioMembershipResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        addedQuantity:
          type: integer
        removedQuantity:
          type: integer
        rejectedDuns:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              duns:
                type: string
              reason:
                type: string
    PortfolioMembershipRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - dunsList
      properties:
        dunsList:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            pattern: ^[0-9]{9}$
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic