Bisnode API

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API Reference
We are the leading data and analytics provider in Europe. Our APIs allow you to easily access and integrate our data and insight into your own systems.
The Bisnode Estonia API is organized around Representational State Transfer (REST). You can use this API to access all our API endpoints listed below. All requests should be made over SSL. All request and response bodies, including errors, are encoded in JSON. 

Needed Headers: Content-type: application/json
Authentication
Request authentication to Bisnode Estonia API server requires 'access token'(API key) in most cases. To get 'access token'(API key), contact us: 
🖂 [email protected]
🕿 +372 6414 902
Rate limiting
We do not allow multiple identical synchronous (parallel) requests, otherwise you will get "Parallel request blocked" 423 error. For example, you can not send two searchCompany requests at the same time. To proceed with the second request, you have to wait for the first one to be completed.
Available requests
🛈 General information (5)
Request
Response
​getCompanyInformation             
Company name, country, registration number, registration date, legal form, legal status, main activity code, address, vat number etc.
​getContacts​
Postal address, phone, e-mail, webpage.
​getAaaRatingWithHistory​
Current AAA rating and rating history.
​searchCompany​
Company name, country, registration number, address.
​getCompanyUpdateDate​
Latest update date of given company.

🛇 Negative information (3)
Request
Response
​getTaxArrears​
Current tax arrears and tax arrears history for two years.
​getPublicAnnouncements  
Enforcement notices, court decisions on debt for two years.
​getDebtCollectionCases​
Debt collection cases for two years.

☺ Persons in company (3)
Request
Response
​getManagementBoard                
Current and previous members of the management board, company representation rights.
​getShareholdersAndOtherRoles​
Current and previous owners of the company, other connected persons such as members of supervisory board, auditors.
​getBeneficialOwner​
Beneficial owner is currently determined by using Bisnode’s Estonian company database. Foreign beneficial owners may not be found.

💰 Financial information (6)
Request
Response
​listAnnualReport​
Returns list of available annual report documents (PDF, XBRL, BDOC) from Äriregister.
​getAnnualReport​
General Information, balance sheet, income statement, cash flows, salary expense, net sales by activity.
​getFinancialInformation              
Key financial indicators: Revenue, Profit/Loss, Equity, Short-term liabilities etc.
​getFinancialStatements​
Full income statement, balance sheet and cash flows.
​getTaxInformation​
Quarterly based information about the paid state, labor tax, revenue, and number of employees from the Tax Authority.
​getSalaryInformation​
Average salary which is paid by the company and its comparison to the industry.

🏠 Real Estate (1)
Request
Response
​getImmovables                          
Includes information about real estate of a company or a person.

🖹 Credit reports (2)
Request
Response
​getCreditReportTranslated            
Includes all information about a company that is needed to make fully informed credit decision.
​getPersonReportTranslated​
Includes various information about a person to evaluate trustworthiness of a person.
👓 Personal information(1)
Request
Response
​getPersonInformation                                    
Includes general person information: personal code, first and last name, previous names(if exist), death date(if exists), personal address.

🛠 Tools (1)
Request
Response
​Personal code validator                            
Here you can validate a personal identification code and extract personal information from it.

🗹 Customized API request (*)
We offer customized API requests which are based on data you need. For discussion about how to provide a best solution for you, contact us: 🖂 [email protected] or 🕿 +372 6414 902
Errors
Our API returns standard HTTP success or error status codes. For errors, we will also include extra information about what went wrong encoded in the response as JSON. The various HTTP status codes we might return are listed below.

HTTP Status codes
Code
Title
Description
200
OK
The request was successful.
400
Bad request
Bad request.
401
Unauthorized
Your token (API key) is invalid.
402
Payment required
Monthly requests limit is exceeded.
403
Forbidden
This request is not allowed for you.
404
Not found
The resource does not exist.
409
Conflict
Something went wrong.
422
Unprocessable Entity
A validation error occurred.
423
Locked
Parallel request is blocked.
500
Internal Server Error
An error occurred with our API.
Example error response.
400: Bad Request
​
{
    "error": "error",
    "code": 400,
    "message": "Only EST and LVA countries are supported in this request"
}

Test environment

Last updated 4 months ago

Request	Response
getCompanyInformation	Company name, country, registration number, registration date, legal form, legal status, main activity code, address, vat number etc.
getContacts	Postal address, phone, e-mail, webpage.
getAaaRatingWithHistory	Current AAA rating and rating history.
searchCompany	Company name, country, registration number, address.
getCompanyUpdateDate	Latest update date of given company.

Request	Response
getTaxArrears	Current tax arrears and tax arrears history for two years.
getPublicAnnouncements	Enforcement notices, court decisions on debt for two years.
getDebtCollectionCases	Debt collection cases for two years.

Request	Response
getManagementBoard	Current and previous members of the management board, company representation rights.
getShareholdersAndOtherRoles	Current and previous owners of the company, other connected persons such as members of supervisory board, auditors.
getBeneficialOwner	Beneficial owner is currently determined by using Bisnode’s Estonian company database. Foreign beneficial owners may not be found.

Request	Response
listAnnualReport	Returns list of available annual report documents (PDF, XBRL, BDOC) from Äriregister.
getAnnualReport	General Information, balance sheet, income statement, cash flows, salary expense, net sales by activity.
getFinancialInformation	Key financial indicators: Revenue, Profit/Loss, Equity, Short-term liabilities etc.
getFinancialStatements	Full income statement, balance sheet and cash flows.
getTaxInformation	Quarterly based information about the paid state, labor tax, revenue, and number of employees from the Tax Authority.
getSalaryInformation	Average salary which is paid by the company and its comparison to the industry.

Request	Response
getImmovables	Includes information about real estate of a company or a person.

Request	Response
getCreditReportTranslated	Includes all information about a company that is needed to make fully informed credit decision.
getPersonReportTranslated	Includes various information about a person to evaluate trustworthiness of a person.

Request	Response
getPersonInformation	Includes general person information: personal code, first and last name, previous names(if exist), death date(if exists), personal address.

Request	Response
Personal code validator	Here you can validate a personal identification code and extract personal information from it.

Code	Title	Description
200	OK	The request was successful.
400	Bad request	Bad request.
401	Unauthorized	Your token (API key) is invalid.
402	Payment required	Monthly requests limit is exceeded.
403	Forbidden	This request is not allowed for you.
404	Not found	The resource does not exist.
409	Conflict	Something went wrong.
422	Unprocessable Entity	A validation error occurred.
423	Locked	Parallel request is blocked.
500	Internal Server Error	An error occurred with our API.