Un Sanctions
by Vextorium in Security & trust
Check whether a person or entity is on the UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List (Al-Qaida, ISIL, Taliban, DPRK, Iran, Libya, Sudan, Yemen...) with fuzzy matching of names and aliases. Complements sanciones-buscar (EU and OFAC).
POST https://api.vextorium.com/v1/un-sanctions
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How to call it
POST https://api.vextorium.com/v1/un-sanctions
Each call costs $0.003 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
POST https://api.vextorium.com/v1/un-sanctions
content-type: application/json
{
"name": "Ayman al-Zawahiri"
}Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | integer | No | |
name | string | Yes | |
threshold | number | No |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
{
"entries_in_list": 1011,
"matches": 1,
"note": "Approximate match: verify date of birth and documents. Not legal advice.",
"query": "Ayman al-Zawahiri",
"results": [
{
"comment": "Leader of Al-Qaida (QDe.004). Former operational and military leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (QDe.003), was a close associate of Usama Bin Laden (deceased). Believed to have been in the Afghanistan/Pakistan border area before going to Afghanistan in 2014. Reportedly killed in drone strike in Kabul…",
"match": 1,
"names": [
"AIMAN MUHAMMED RABI AL-ZAWAHIRI",
"Abdul Qader Abdul Aziz Abdul Moez Al Doctor"
],
"nationality": [
"Doctor",
"Dr."
],
"reference": "QDi.006",
"regime": "Al-Qaida",
"since": "2001-01-25",
"type": "persona"
}
],
"source": "UN Security Council, Consolidated List"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.003.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://api.vextorium.com/v1/un-sanctions' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"name":"Ayman al-Zawahiri"}'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - -X POST 'https://api.vextorium.com/v1/un-sanctions' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"name":"Ayman al-Zawahiri"}' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.003 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.003" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.003 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.vextorium.com%2Fv1%2Fun-sanctions&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://api.vextorium.com/v1/un-sanctions", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
"name": "Ayman al-Zawahiri"
}),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.003 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.003"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.post(
"https://api.vextorium.com/v1/un-sanctions",
json={
"name": "Ayman al-Zawahiri",
},
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
- No findings. We scan names, descriptions and tool definitions for hidden instructions and other prompt-injection patterns.
Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 h ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 82 ms | $0.003 |
| 9 h ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 82 ms | $0.003 |
| 13 h ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 81 ms | $0.003 |
| 18 h ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 82 ms | $0.003 |
| 22 h ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 254 ms | $0.003 |
| 27 h ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 263 ms | $0.003 |
| 31 h ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 258 ms | $0.003 |
| 35 h ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 76 ms | $0.003 |
| 39 h ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 94 ms | $0.003 |
| 43 h ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 74 ms | $0.003 |
| 47 h ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 124 ms | $0.003 |
| 2 days ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 159 ms | $0.003 |
| 2 days ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 90 ms | $0.003 |
| 2 days ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 77 ms | $0.003 |
| 3 days ago | Amount "0.003" is not in atomic token units | 402 | 74 ms | $0.003 |