# PEP+ Search

This endpoint allows you to search for Nigerian politically exposed individuals using different query types e.g. full name, aliases or business name.

## PEP+ Search

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `{{baseurl}}/v2/api/verifications/advanced/domestic-pep`

#### Headers

| Name                                    | Type   | Description      |
| --------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------------- |
| token<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | API secret token |

#### Request Body

| Name                                               | Type    | Description                                                                        |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| fullName<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>         | String  | Full name or known aliases of  the subject                                         |
| isSubjectConsent<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | Boolean | Indicate subject has given consent. <mark style="color:red;">`Must be true`</mark> |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="PEP+ Search Sample Request" %}

```json
{
  "fullName": "Bola Ahmed Tinubu",
  "isSubjectConsent": true
  "strict": true
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="PEP+ Search Sample Response" %}

```json
{
"success": true,
"statusCode": 200,
"message": "success",
"data": {
    "status": "review_required",
    "parentId": null,
    "isSubjectConsent": true,
    "type": "individual",
    "sanctions": [],
    "pep": [
        {
            "datasets": [
                "yv_domestic"
            ],
            "accuracy": 1,
            "entityType": "Person",
            "topics": [
                "role.pep"
            ],
            "gender": [
                ""
            ],
            "country": [
                "ng"
            ],
            "name": [
                "Ahmed Bola Tinubu"
            ],
            "birthDate": [
                ""
            ],
            "position": [
                "President-elect"
            ],
            "image": [
                ""
            ],
            "sourceUrl": [
                "https://www.arise.tv/reno-omokri-pdps-focus-at-tribunal-should-be-tinubus-drug-links-peter-obi-stood-no-chance-of-winning-election/"
            ],
            "keywords": [
                ""
            ],
            "state": [
                ""
            ]
        },
        {
            "datasets": [
                "yv_domestic"
            ],
            "accuracy": 1,
            "entityType": "Person",
            "topics": [
                "role.pep"
            ],
            "gender": [
                ""
            ],
            "country": [
                "ng"
            ],
            "name": [
                "Bola Ahmed Tinubu"
            ],
            "birthDate": [
                ""
            ],
            "position": [
                "President-Elect of Nigeria"
            ],
            "image": [
                ""
            ],
            "sourceUrl": [
                "https://www.arise.tv/bode-george-congratulating-tinubu-will-make-me-look-like-a-traitor/"
            ],
            "keywords": [
                "All-Progressive’s Congress"
            ],
            "state": [
                ""
            ]
        },
        {
            "datasets": [
                "yv_domestic"
            ],
            "accuracy": 1,
            "entityType": "Person",
            "topics": [
                "role.pep"
            ],
            "gender": [
                "Male"
            ],
            "country": [
                "ng"
            ],
            "name": [
                "Bola Ahmed Tinubu"
            ],
            "birthDate": [
                "1957-03-29"
            ],
            "position": [
                "President-Elect of Nigeria"
            ],
            "image": [
                ""
            ],
            "sourceUrl": [
                "https://www.arise.tv/election-tribunal-court-declines-to-halt-tinubus-inauguration-fines-plaintiffs-n15m-for-bogus-lawsuit/"
            ],
            "keywords": [
                "All Progressive Congress (APC)"
            ],
            "state": [
                ""
            ]
        },
        {
            "datasets": [
                "yv_domestic"
            ],
            "accuracy": 1,
            "entityType": "Person",
            "topics": [
                "role.pep"
            ],
            "gender": [
                "Male"
            ],
            "country": [
                "ng"
            ],
            "name": [
                "Bola Ahmed Tinubu"
            ],
            "birthDate": [
                ""
            ],
            "position": [
                "President of Nigeria"
            ],
            "image": [
                ""
            ],
            "sourceUrl": [
                "https://www.arise.tv/we-shall-govern-on-your-behalf-not-rule-over-you-tinubu-says-in-first-address-to-nigerians-as-president/"
            ],
            "keywords": [
                "All Progressives Congress (APC)"
            ],
            "state": [
                ""
            ]
        },
        {
            "datasets": [
                "yv_domestic"
            ],
            "accuracy": 0.83,
            "entityType": "Person",
            "topics": [
                "role.pep"
            ],
            "gender": [
                ""
            ],
            "country": [
                "ng"
            ],
            "name": [
                "Tinubu Bola Ahmed Tinubu"
            ],
            "birthDate": [
                ""
            ],
            "position": [
                "Presidential Candidate"
            ],
            "image": [
                ""
            ],
            "sourceUrl": [
                "https://leadership.ng/atiku-defeats-tinubu-in-bauchi-presidential-polls/"
            ],
            "keywords": [
                "All Progressives Congress (APC)"
            ],
            "state": [
                "Bauchi"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "crime": [],
    "debarment": [],
    "financial_services": [],
    "government": [],
    "role": [],
    "religion": [],
    "military": [],
    "frozen_asset": [],
    "personOfInterest": [],
    "associate": [],
    "watchLists": [],
    "businessId": "628b38f03ae28a14f52d4bf7",
    "queriedWith": "Name",
    "query": "Bola Ahmed Tinubu",
    "requestedAt": "2024-06-20T12:08:28.081Z",
    "requestedById": "628b38f13ae28a7b742d4bf9",
    "createdAt": "2024-06-20T12:08:28.271Z",
    "lastModifiedAt": "2024-06-20T12:08:28.271Z",
    "_createdAt": "2024-06-20T13:08:2828+01:00",
    "_lastModifiedAt": "2024-06-20T13:08:2828+01:00",
    "id": "66741bb72eebef89b0596acc",
    "requestedBy": {
        "firstName": "Onyeka",
        "lastName": "Ijeh",
        "middleName": "",
        "id": "628b38f13ae28a7b742d4bf9"
    }
},
"links": []
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Error Response" %}

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "statusCode": 404,
  "message": "You have attempted to get a resource that does not exist.",
  "name": "ResourceNotFoundError",
  "data": {}
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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