AML Screening
Adverse Media Intelligence
Performs adverse media screening checks on individuals or businesses to identify negative news, fraud, sanctions violations, and other compliance-related concerns.
POST
/
v2
/
api
/
identity
/
adverse-media
Adverse Media Intelligence
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'token: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"isSubjectConsent": true,
"query": "Jon Snow",
"type": "individual",
"country": [
"us",
"ng"
],
"tags": [
"untagged",
"fraud",
"embezzlement"
],
"startDate": "2020-03-10",
"endDate": "2023-03-10"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media"
payload = {
"isSubjectConsent": True,
"query": "Jon Snow",
"type": "individual",
"country": ["us", "ng"],
"tags": ["untagged", "fraud", "embezzlement"],
"startDate": "2020-03-10",
"endDate": "2023-03-10"
}
headers = {
"token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {token: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
isSubjectConsent: true,
query: 'Jon Snow',
type: 'individual',
country: ['us', 'ng'],
tags: ['untagged', 'fraud', 'embezzlement'],
startDate: '2020-03-10',
endDate: '2023-03-10'
})
};
fetch('https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'isSubjectConsent' => true,
'query' => 'Jon Snow',
'type' => 'individual',
'country' => [
'us',
'ng'
],
'tags' => [
'untagged',
'fraud',
'embezzlement'
],
'startDate' => '2020-03-10',
'endDate' => '2023-03-10'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"token: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true,\n \"query\": \"Jon Snow\",\n \"type\": \"individual\",\n \"country\": [\n \"us\",\n \"ng\"\n ],\n \"tags\": [\n \"untagged\",\n \"fraud\",\n \"embezzlement\"\n ],\n \"startDate\": \"2020-03-10\",\n \"endDate\": \"2023-03-10\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media")
.header("token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true,\n \"query\": \"Jon Snow\",\n \"type\": \"individual\",\n \"country\": [\n \"us\",\n \"ng\"\n ],\n \"tags\": [\n \"untagged\",\n \"fraud\",\n \"embezzlement\"\n ],\n \"startDate\": \"2020-03-10\",\n \"endDate\": \"2023-03-10\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true,\n \"query\": \"Jon Snow\",\n \"type\": \"individual\",\n \"country\": [\n \"us\",\n \"ng\"\n ],\n \"tags\": [\n \"untagged\",\n \"fraud\",\n \"embezzlement\"\n ],\n \"startDate\": \"2020-03-10\",\n \"endDate\": \"2023-03-10\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"statusCode": 200,
"message": "success",
"data": {
"id": "645bcc8d0326730ad94f85d4",
"query": "Jon Snow",
"queryCountry": [
"us",
"ng"
],
"queryTags": [
"untagged",
"fraud",
"embezzlement"
],
"queryStartDate": "Tue Mar 10 2020 01:00:00 GMT+0100 (West Africa Standard Time)",
"queryEndDate": "Fri Mar 10 2023 01:00:00 GMT+0100 (West Africa Standard Time)",
"total": 20,
"media": [
{
"date": "2020-06-03 13:15:02",
"source": "https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/jon-snow-fair-amount-of-bullshit-needed-probing-during-pandemic-channel-4-news",
"headline": "Jon Snow: There's been a 'fair amount of bullshit which needed probing' during the pandemic",
"excerpt": null,
"score": 71.535,
"inferring": "Negative",
"tags": [],
"language": "en",
"persons": [
"Jon ",
"Snow ",
"Jon Snow "
],
"organizations": [
"Snow ",
"UK "
],
"site": null,
"country": "US",
"_id": "645bcc9e0326730ad94f85d6"
}
],
"reason": ": Kit Harington has expressed he doesn't want to take on a similar role again",
"weightedScore": 66.3275,
"tagsAnalysis": [],
"parentId": null,
"status": "potential-high-risk",
"businessId": "628b38f03ae28a14f52d4bf7",
"type": "individual",
"requestedAt": "2023-05-10T16:55:57.854Z",
"requestedById": "628b38f03ae28a5a122d4bf3",
"createdAt": "2023-05-10T16:55:58.261Z",
"lastModifiedAt": "2023-05-10T16:55:58.261Z",
"metadata": {},
"requestedBy": {
"firstName": "API",
"lastName": "User",
"middleName": "",
"id": "628b38f03ae28a5a122d4bf3"
}
},
"links": []
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 401,
"message": "Permission denied",
"name": "UnauthorizedError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 402,
"message": "Insufficient fund",
"name": "PaymentRequiredError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 429,
"message": "Too many requests",
"name": "RateLimitError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 500,
"message": "Internal Server Error",
"name": "Error",
"data": {}
}Authorizations
Your Youverify API secret key. Never expose client-side.
Headers
API secret token
Body
application/json
Search query can be individual name or business name
Indicate subject has given consent. Must be true
Search query type, depends on what the query is
Available options:
individual, business Country codes for screening
Search query start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
Search query end date (YYYY-MM-DD)
Category tags to check for
Response
Success
⌘I
Adverse Media Intelligence
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'token: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"isSubjectConsent": true,
"query": "Jon Snow",
"type": "individual",
"country": [
"us",
"ng"
],
"tags": [
"untagged",
"fraud",
"embezzlement"
],
"startDate": "2020-03-10",
"endDate": "2023-03-10"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media"
payload = {
"isSubjectConsent": True,
"query": "Jon Snow",
"type": "individual",
"country": ["us", "ng"],
"tags": ["untagged", "fraud", "embezzlement"],
"startDate": "2020-03-10",
"endDate": "2023-03-10"
}
headers = {
"token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {token: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
isSubjectConsent: true,
query: 'Jon Snow',
type: 'individual',
country: ['us', 'ng'],
tags: ['untagged', 'fraud', 'embezzlement'],
startDate: '2020-03-10',
endDate: '2023-03-10'
})
};
fetch('https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'isSubjectConsent' => true,
'query' => 'Jon Snow',
'type' => 'individual',
'country' => [
'us',
'ng'
],
'tags' => [
'untagged',
'fraud',
'embezzlement'
],
'startDate' => '2020-03-10',
'endDate' => '2023-03-10'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"token: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true,\n \"query\": \"Jon Snow\",\n \"type\": \"individual\",\n \"country\": [\n \"us\",\n \"ng\"\n ],\n \"tags\": [\n \"untagged\",\n \"fraud\",\n \"embezzlement\"\n ],\n \"startDate\": \"2020-03-10\",\n \"endDate\": \"2023-03-10\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media")
.header("token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true,\n \"query\": \"Jon Snow\",\n \"type\": \"individual\",\n \"country\": [\n \"us\",\n \"ng\"\n ],\n \"tags\": [\n \"untagged\",\n \"fraud\",\n \"embezzlement\"\n ],\n \"startDate\": \"2020-03-10\",\n \"endDate\": \"2023-03-10\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/adverse-media")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true,\n \"query\": \"Jon Snow\",\n \"type\": \"individual\",\n \"country\": [\n \"us\",\n \"ng\"\n ],\n \"tags\": [\n \"untagged\",\n \"fraud\",\n \"embezzlement\"\n ],\n \"startDate\": \"2020-03-10\",\n \"endDate\": \"2023-03-10\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"statusCode": 200,
"message": "success",
"data": {
"id": "645bcc8d0326730ad94f85d4",
"query": "Jon Snow",
"queryCountry": [
"us",
"ng"
],
"queryTags": [
"untagged",
"fraud",
"embezzlement"
],
"queryStartDate": "Tue Mar 10 2020 01:00:00 GMT+0100 (West Africa Standard Time)",
"queryEndDate": "Fri Mar 10 2023 01:00:00 GMT+0100 (West Africa Standard Time)",
"total": 20,
"media": [
{
"date": "2020-06-03 13:15:02",
"source": "https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/jon-snow-fair-amount-of-bullshit-needed-probing-during-pandemic-channel-4-news",
"headline": "Jon Snow: There's been a 'fair amount of bullshit which needed probing' during the pandemic",
"excerpt": null,
"score": 71.535,
"inferring": "Negative",
"tags": [],
"language": "en",
"persons": [
"Jon ",
"Snow ",
"Jon Snow "
],
"organizations": [
"Snow ",
"UK "
],
"site": null,
"country": "US",
"_id": "645bcc9e0326730ad94f85d6"
}
],
"reason": ": Kit Harington has expressed he doesn't want to take on a similar role again",
"weightedScore": 66.3275,
"tagsAnalysis": [],
"parentId": null,
"status": "potential-high-risk",
"businessId": "628b38f03ae28a14f52d4bf7",
"type": "individual",
"requestedAt": "2023-05-10T16:55:57.854Z",
"requestedById": "628b38f03ae28a5a122d4bf3",
"createdAt": "2023-05-10T16:55:58.261Z",
"lastModifiedAt": "2023-05-10T16:55:58.261Z",
"metadata": {},
"requestedBy": {
"firstName": "API",
"lastName": "User",
"middleName": "",
"id": "628b38f03ae28a5a122d4bf3"
}
},
"links": []
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 401,
"message": "Permission denied",
"name": "UnauthorizedError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 402,
"message": "Insufficient fund",
"name": "PaymentRequiredError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 429,
"message": "Too many requests",
"name": "RateLimitError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 500,
"message": "Internal Server Error",
"name": "Error",
"data": {}
}