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POST
/
search
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.getcurrent.ca/v1/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Shopify Inc"
}
'
{
  "meta": {
    "searchId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "searchedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "submitted": {
      "name": "<string>",
      "params": {
        "businessRegistry": true,
        "regulatoryRegistry": true,
        "regulatoryRegistryThreshold": 85,
        "sanctionsScreening": true,
        "sanctionsThreshold": 85,
        "websiteAnalysis": true
      },
      "website": "<string>"
    },
    "searchedBy": "jsmith@example.com",
    "duration": 123
  },
  "businesses": [
    {
      "legalName": {
        "name": "<string>",
        "matchScore": 0.5
      },
      "registrationNumbers": [
        {
          "label": "<string>",
          "value": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "entityType": "<string>",
      "jurisdiction": "<string>",
      "status": "<string>",
      "incorporationDate": "<string>",
      "addresses": [
        {
          "street": "<string>",
          "city": "<string>",
          "province": "<string>",
          "postalCode": "<string>",
          "country": "<string>",
          "raw": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "alternateNames": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "people": [
        {
          "name": "<string>",
          "titles": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "addresses": [
            {
              "street": "<string>",
              "city": "<string>",
              "province": "<string>",
              "postalCode": "<string>",
              "country": "<string>",
              "raw": "<string>"
            }
          ],
          "ownership": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "sourceUrl": "<string>",
      "businessReport": {
        "people": [
          {
            "name": "<string>",
            "titles": [
              "<string>"
            ],
            "addresses": [
              {
                "street": "<string>",
                "city": "<string>",
                "province": "<string>",
                "postalCode": "<string>",
                "country": "<string>",
                "raw": "<string>"
              }
            ],
            "ownership": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "addresses": [
          {
            "street": "<string>",
            "city": "<string>",
            "province": "<string>",
            "postalCode": "<string>",
            "country": "<string>",
            "raw": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "details": {
          "goodStanding": true,
          "nameHistory": [
            {
              "type": "<string>",
              "name": "<string>",
              "effectiveDate": "<string>",
              "endDate": "<string>"
            }
          ],
          "naicsClassification": [
            {
              "code": "<string>",
              "description": "<string>"
            }
          ]
        },
        "reportUrl": "<string>",
        "reportUrlExpiresAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
      }
    }
  ],
  "regulatory": {
    "craCharities": [
      {
        "legalName": {
          "name": "<string>",
          "matchScore": 0.5
        },
        "alternateNames": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "registrationNumber": "<string>",
        "status": "<string>",
        "addresses": [
          {
            "street": "<string>",
            "city": "<string>",
            "province": "<string>",
            "postalCode": "<string>",
            "country": "<string>",
            "raw": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "details": {},
        "sourceUrl": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "fintracMsb": [
      {
        "legalName": {
          "name": "<string>",
          "matchScore": 0.5
        },
        "alternateNames": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "registrationNumber": "<string>",
        "status": "<string>",
        "addresses": [
          {
            "street": "<string>",
            "city": "<string>",
            "province": "<string>",
            "postalCode": "<string>",
            "country": "<string>",
            "raw": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "details": {},
        "sourceUrl": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "agcoCannabis": [
      {
        "legalName": {
          "name": "<string>",
          "matchScore": 0.5
        },
        "alternateNames": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "registrationNumber": "<string>",
        "status": "<string>",
        "addresses": [
          {
            "street": "<string>",
            "city": "<string>",
            "province": "<string>",
            "postalCode": "<string>",
            "country": "<string>",
            "raw": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "details": {},
        "sourceUrl": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "healthCanadaCannabis": [
      {
        "legalName": {
          "name": "<string>",
          "matchScore": 0.5
        },
        "alternateNames": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "registrationNumber": "<string>",
        "status": "<string>",
        "addresses": [
          {
            "street": "<string>",
            "city": "<string>",
            "province": "<string>",
            "postalCode": "<string>",
            "country": "<string>",
            "raw": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "details": {},
        "sourceUrl": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "mohServiceProviders": [
      {
        "legalName": {
          "name": "<string>",
          "matchScore": 0.5
        },
        "alternateNames": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "registrationNumber": "<string>",
        "status": "<string>",
        "addresses": [
          {
            "street": "<string>",
            "city": "<string>",
            "province": "<string>",
            "postalCode": "<string>",
            "country": "<string>",
            "raw": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "details": {},
        "sourceUrl": "<string>"
      }
    ]
  },
  "sanctions": {
    "query": "<string>",
    "totalMatches": 1,
    "matches": [
      {
        "legalName": {
          "name": "<string>",
          "matchScore": 0.5
        },
        "alternateNames": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "addresses": [
          {
            "street": "<string>",
            "city": "<string>",
            "province": "<string>",
            "postalCode": "<string>",
            "country": "<string>",
            "raw": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "details": {
          "datasets": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "countries": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "legalForm": "<string>"
        },
        "sourceUrls": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "website": {
    "url": "<string>",
    "scrapedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "extracted": {
      "legalName": "<string>",
      "descriptions": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "addresses": [
        {
          "street": "<string>",
          "city": "<string>",
          "province": "<string>",
          "postalCode": "<string>",
          "country": "<string>",
          "raw": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "people": [
        {
          "name": "<string>",
          "titles": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "addresses": [
            {
              "street": "<string>",
              "city": "<string>",
              "province": "<string>",
              "postalCode": "<string>",
              "country": "<string>",
              "raw": "<string>"
            }
          ],
          "ownership": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "registrations": [
        {
          "label": "<string>",
          "value": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "contactInfo": {
        "emails": [
          "jsmith@example.com"
        ],
        "phoneNumbers": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      }
    },
    "industry": {
      "naicsCode": "<string>",
      "naicsDescription": "<string>",
      "reasoning": "<string>"
    },
    "domain": {
      "url": "<string>",
      "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
    },
    "error": "<string>"
  },
  "errors": {
    "businessRegistry": {
      "message": "<string>",
      "retryable": true
    },
    "regulatoryRegistry": {
      "message": "<string>",
      "retryable": true
    },
    "sanctionsScreening": {
      "message": "<string>",
      "retryable": true
    },
    "websiteAnalysis": {
      "message": "<string>",
      "retryable": true
    }
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

API key as Bearer token: Authorization: Bearer cur_live_xxxxx

Body

application/json
​
name
string
required

Name of the company to search

Example:

"Shopify Inc"

​
website
string<uri>

Company website URL for additional analysis

Example:

"https://shopify.com"

​
businessRegistry
boolean
default:true

Enable business registry search (provincial and federal)

​
regulatoryRegistry
boolean
default:true

Enable regulatory registry search (charities, MSB, cannabis)

​
regulatoryRegistryThreshold
integer
default:70

Minimum confidence score (70-100) for regulatory registry matches

Required range: 70 <= x <= 100
​
sanctionsScreening
boolean
default:false

Enable sanctions screening against global watchlists

​
sanctionsThreshold
integer
default:85

Minimum confidence score (70-100) for sanctions matches

Required range: 70 <= x <= 100
​
websiteAnalysis
boolean
default:false

Enable website scraping and analysis

Response

Search completed successfully

​
meta
object
required
​
businesses
object[]
required

Business registry results sorted by match confidence

​
regulatory
object
required

Regulatory registry matches — each key is a flat array (empty when no matches)

​
sanctions
object

Sanctions screening results — null when sanctionsScreening is not enabled

​
website
object

Website analysis results — only present when websiteAnalysis is true or website URL was provided

​
errors
object

Per-source errors — only present when one or more sources failed. Presence does not mean the search failed overall.