# OpenSanctions Matching API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/opensanctions/opensanctions-matching-api/  
**Provider:** OpenSanctions — https://apis.io/providers/opensanctions/  
**Base URL:** https://api.opensanctions.org  
**Documentation:** https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/api/

OpenSanctions Matching API is one of 4 APIs that [OpenSanctions](https://apis.io/providers/opensanctions/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Matching. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

Endpoints for conducting a user-facing entity search or matching a local data store against the given dataset.

## Operations (2)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/match/{dataset}` | Query by example matcher |
| GET | `/search/{dataset}` | Simple entity search |

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/opensanctions/refs/heads/main/openapi/opensanctions-matching-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.opensanctions.org/docs/api/
- **APIReference** — https://www.opensanctions.org/reference/
- **ToolCrosswalk** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/opensanctions/refs/heads/main/mcp/opensanctions-tool-crosswalk.yml
- **DataModel** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/opensanctions/refs/heads/main/data-model/opensanctions-data-model.yml

## Other OpenSanctions APIs (3)

- [OpenSanctions Data access API](https://apis.io/apis/opensanctions/opensanctions-data-access-api/)
- [OpenSanctions Reconciliation API](https://apis.io/apis/opensanctions/opensanctions-reconciliation-api/)
- [OpenSanctions System information API](https://apis.io/apis/opensanctions/opensanctions-system-information-api/)

## Tags

Matching

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