---
title: "GLEIF legal entity search"
method: POST
path: "/v1/research/lei-entity-search"
tags: ["research"]
---

# GLEIF legal entity search

`POST /v1/research/lei-entity-search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://apiacre.com`
- URL: `https://apiacre.com/v1/research/lei-entity-search`
- Auth: none required

Search the official GLEIF Global LEI Index by exact LEI or legal name and return ranked legal-entity identity, registration, mapped-identifier, and relationship-availability evidence.

Price: **$0.01 USDC** via x402 exact payment on Base and Solana.

## Request body

- LegalEntitySearchInput
  - `lei` string, nullable: Exact 20-character Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)
  - `legal_name` string, nullable: Registered or commonly used legal entity name
  - `country_code` string, nullable: Optional ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 legal-address country filter
  - `max_results` integer: Maximum candidates returned for a name search

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- ServiceResponse
  - `request_id` string, required
  - `service` string, required
  - `version` string
  - `data` object, required
  - `meta` ServiceMeta, required
    - `duration_ms` integer, required
    - `cached` boolean
    - `sources` string[]
    - `warnings` string[]
    - `next_actions` ServiceNextAction[]
      - `service` string, required
      - `title` string, required
      - `reason` string, required
      - `method` 'POST'
      - `path` string, required
      - `price` string, required
      - `input_template` object, required
      - `use_output` string, required
      - `handoff_path` string, required
      - `checkout_path` string, required
      - `sample_path` string, nullable, required
      - `maximum_atomic_usdc` string, required
      - `handoff_payment_required` false
      - `executes_automatically` false
      - `authorization_required` boolean

## Other responses

- `402`: Payment Required. Decode PAYMENT-REQUIRED, satisfy the x402 requirement, and retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
- `422`: Validation Error

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