Venue Authority Resolution & Evidence API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Venue Authority Resolution & Evidence API
  version: '2026-08-21'
  description: Match a food-service merchant name and street address to a supported US regulator record and retain source-linked evidence. Inspect a public accepted and rejected example at https://venueauthority.com/portfolio-proof#example-report before creating an account. One valid authenticated resolver or canonical facility request consumes one prepaid unit, including a policy rejection. Exact replay is not charged twice.
  termsOfService: https://venueauthority.com/terms
  contact:
    name: Venue Authority support
    url: https://venueauthority.com/support
    email: support@venueauthority.com
servers:
- url: https://venueauthority.com
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Resolution & Evidence
  description: Resolve a merchant and retrieve its canonical regulator record and retained evidence.
paths:
  /api/v1/resolve:
    post:
      operationId: resolveFacility
      tags:
      - Resolution & Evidence
      summary: Resolve a merchant name and street address
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RequestId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResolveRequest'
            example:
              name: REDACTED MERCHANT
              address: REDACTED STREET ADDRESS
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Resolution'
        '400':
          description: Malformed input is not metered.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
        '401':
          description: A valid API key is required.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
        '402':
          description: The prepaid balance is exhausted.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
        '409':
          description: The request ID conflicts with different work or the first request is incomplete.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Resolution'
        '503':
          description: The serving snapshot or source approval is unavailable. No unit is debited.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
  /api/v1/facilities/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getFacility
      tags:
      - Resolution & Evidence
      summary: Get one canonical regulator facility
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RequestId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/FacilityId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Canonical facility and evidence receipt. Evidence retrieved for this request is labelled retrieved_on_demand. effectiveAt is null when the source does not provide a usable effective date.
        '404':
          description: The facility was not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
        '410':
          description: The source was withdrawn. No unit is debited.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
        '503':
          description: The serving snapshot or source approval is unavailable. No unit is debited.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                - error
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  requestId:
                    type: string
components:
  responses:
    Resolution:
      description: Accepted responses use 200. Policy rejections use 422. Both consume one unit when the request is otherwise valid and the serving snapshot is available.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Resolution'
  schemas:
    Resolution:
      type: object
      required:
      - disposition
      - reason
      - requestId
      - sourceAttribution
      properties:
        disposition:
          enum:
          - accepted
          - rejected
        reason:
          type: string
        requestId:
          type: string
        record:
          type: object
        sourceAttribution:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SourceAttribution'
        snapshot:
          type: object
        evidence:
          type: object
          properties:
            status:
              enum:
              - retrieved_on_demand
              - unavailable
            events:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EvidenceEvent'
    SourceAttribution:
      type:
      - object
      - 'null'
      properties:
        sourceId:
          type: string
        sourceClass:
          enum:
          - food_inspection
          - food_business_license
          - alcohol_license
          - hospitality_license
        sourceClassLabel:
          type: string
        attribution:
          type: string
        requiredNotice:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        licenseUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
        modificationNotice:
          type: string
    EvidenceEvent:
      type: object
      required:
      - eventType
      - observedAt
      - effectiveAt
      - effectiveAtStatus
      properties:
        eventType:
          type: string
        observedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        effectiveAt:
          oneOf:
          - type: string
            format: date-time
          - type: 'null'
        effectiveAtStatus:
          enum:
          - provided_by_source
          - unavailable
    ResolveRequest:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - name
      - address
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 300
        address:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 500
  parameters:
    RequestId:
      name: x-request-id
      in: header
      required: false
      description: Stable 8 to 128 character idempotency key. Same work replays without another debit; changed work returns 409.
      schema:
        type: string
        pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9._:-]{8,128}$
    FacilityId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: VenueAuthorityKey
    sessionAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: __session
      description: Authenticated customer session.
externalDocs:
  description: Venue Authority API documentation
  url: https://venueauthority.com/developers