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Basic Entity Search

GET 
/search/entity/byname/json

Basic Entity Search generates a data response containing all possible entities available in Handshakes database based on the user’s input, which is a company or person’s name or ID number. The result for each entity includes its name(s), entity type, registration number(s), and Handshakes Global Identifiers ("EntityGuid").

The entity’s registration number(s) or Handshakes Global Identifiers ("EntityGuid") can then be used as input to other APIs, such as to retrieve standard reports.

Available for: All Handshakes datasets, except for China Company Registry (CRCN)

Response format: JSON

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