OpenSanctions · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for OpenSanctions Data access API
6 actions
6 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/opensanctions-data-access-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for OpenSanctions's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document OpenSanctions publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 6
$.info
$.paths['/entities/{entity_id}'].get
$.paths['/entities/{entity_id}/adjacent'].get
$.paths['/entities/{entity_id}/adjacent/{property_name}'].get
$.paths['/catalog'].get
$.paths['/statements'].get
OpenAPI Overlay
# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for OpenSanctions Data access API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/opensanctions-data-access-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
generator: build-phrasing.py
label: Generated by API Evangelist
operations: 5
- target: $.paths['/entities/{entity_id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Look up a sanctioned person or company by ID
effect: read
questions:
- How do I pull the full OpenSanctions record for one entity when I already have its ID?
- Does a single entity record include its passports, sanctions and associates nested inside?
- What happens if the entity ID I stored was merged into another canonical entity?
instructions:
- text: Fetch the full entity record for {entity_id}, with data from every dataset.
slots:
entity_id: path.entity_id
- text: Get entity {entity_id} without nested adjacent entities by setting nested to {nested}.
slots:
entity_id: path.entity_id
nested: query.nested
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/entities/{entity_id}/adjacent'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Page through everything linked to an entity
effect: read
questions:
- Can I page through all the passports, sanctions and associates linked to an entity when there are too many to load at once?
- Which records are connected to a given sanctions entity across every relationship type?
instructions:
- text: List all adjacent entities connected to {entity_id}, across every property.
slots:
entity_id: path.entity_id
- text: Show the next {limit} linked entities for {entity_id} starting at offset {offset}.
slots:
entity_id: path.entity_id
limit: query.limit
offset: query.offset
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/entities/{entity_id}/adjacent/{property_name}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List an entity's links for one property
effect: read
questions:
- Is there a way to get only the sanctions attached to an entity, rather than every linked record?
- Can I paginate the related entities for one specific property, like associates or ownership?
instructions:
- text: Get the entities linked to {entity_id} through the {property_name} property only.
slots:
entity_id: path.entity_id
property_name: path.property_name
- text: Page through {limit} of the {property_name} links for {entity_id}, sorted by {sort}.
slots:
limit: query.limit
property_name: path.property_name
entity_id: path.entity_id
sort: query.sort
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/catalog'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List the datasets the service indexes
effect: read
questions:
- Which sanctions and PEP datasets are loaded into this yente instance?
- How often is each data source configured to reload in the service manifest?
instructions:
- text: Show me the data catalog with every indexed dataset.
- text: Pull the service manifest so I can see which data sources are included.
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/statements'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Query raw statement-level entity data
effect: read
questions:
- Where can I see the raw statements behind an entity, including which dataset asserted each property value?
- Can I search the statement records for a specific property value, like a particular birth date?
- Does reading raw statements cost anything beyond needing a valid API key?
instructions:
- text: List the raw statements for canonical entity {canonical_id}.
slots:
canonical_id: query.canonical_id
- text: Find statements in dataset {dataset} where property {prop} equals {value}.
slots:
dataset: query.dataset
prop: query.prop
value: query.value
- text: Show the source statements recorded for entity {entity_id}, {limit} at a time.
slots:
entity_id: query.entity_id
limit: query.limit
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
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