🌎OFAC Background Check

Service to make criminal history inquiries before OFAC (Clinton List).

OFAC Background Check

GET - https://api.verifik.co/v2/ofac

This service provides a simple way to check if a person or entity appears on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons List. By using this service, you can verify whether the individual or entity is subject to sanctions or restrictions enforced by OFAC.

Implementation

Headers

Name	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Authorization	Bearer <token>

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Required?	Description	Example
documentType	String	True	Document type. Allowed value: CC, NIT.	CC
documentNumber	String	True	Document number of the person to consult.	123456789

Request

JavaScript

import axios from 'axios';

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: '<https://api.verifik.co/v2/ofac>',
  params: {documentType: 'CC', documentNumber: '80251972'},
  headers: {
    Accept: 'application/json',
    Authorization: 'jwt <tu_token>'
  }
};

try {
 notFou const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

Python

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.verifik.co")
payload = ''
headers = {}
conn.request("GET", "/v2/ofac?fullName=Mateo%20Verifik", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))

Swift

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://api.verifik.co/v2/ofac?fullName=Mateo%20Verifik")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in 
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}

task.resume()

PHP

<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('https://api.verifik.co/v2/ofac?fullName=Mateo Verifik');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

Response

200

{
  "data": [
    {
      "nombres": "CASTRO GARZON RICARDO",
      "direccion": "c/o CASTRO CURE Y CIA. S.C.S.",
      "tipo": "Individual",
      "programas": "SDNT",
      "listas": "SDN",
      "puntaje": " "
    }
  ],
  "signature": {
    "dateTime": "March 3, 2022 12:11 PM",
    "message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
  }
}

404

{
"code": "NotFound",
"message": "Record not found.",
"signature": {
"dateTime": "August 31, 2022 3:24 PM",
"message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
}
}

409

{
"code": "MissingParameter",
"message": "missing documentType\n. missing documentNumber\n"
}

409

{
"code": "MissingParameter",
"message": "documentType must be one of: [DNIAR]"
}