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WatchEye · Entities

Show an entity

Show an entity returns one entity by its UUID with everything stored on it: the type and its display name, the type-specific fields, address and contact details, your reference number, flags, risk level, whether it is archived, and the program it belongs to.

  • The record that screening reads from, as it currently stands
  • Archive state and risk level alongside the identifying details
For developers

After the technical detail?

For the technical detail, go to the API documentation. It holds the request and response schema, the integration guides and the error codes for this endpoint.

  • Request and response schema
  • Response fields
Go to the API docs

New accounts begin with sandbox access.

ISO 27001 certified Handled under Australian privacy law Every API call written to the audit log
What the check gives you

Reading the record behind a check

Checks and events point at an entity by UUID. This call turns that UUID into the person, business, vessel or property it represents, with the reference number that ties it back to your own system.

Who or what it is

The entity type with a computed display name, and the type-specific fields: names and date of birth for an individual, name and business number for a business, vessel name, or property name and address.

How to reach them and how you rate them

Address lines, suburb, state, postcode and country, up to four phones and four emails, the manual flags and the risk level.

Whether it is in day-to-day use

The archived at timestamp is null for an active entity and set when it has been archived out of monitoring. The program UUID says where it lives.

How a check runs

Where entities sit in the WatchEye model

An entity belongs to a program. Screening checks and monitors run against it, its matches become events in the triage queue, and every call is written to the audit log.

A soft-deleted entity returns 404 from this endpoint; an archived one is still returned.

What it costs

Charged when screening runs, not when records are managed

Charges arise when screening runs against the entities in a program: each check type launched against an entity is charged at launch, and a monitor run is charged for each entity eligible for its operation. Rates are set for your account and communicated by your Global Data account manager, and statements with a per-call breakdown are in the WatchEye portal.

  • Billed per screening operation
  • Refunded if the provider fails
How billing works
Credits drawn down against your account balance
  • A screening check is charged per check type when it is launched, and refunded if the provider fails.
  • A monitor run bills only for the entities eligible for its operation; a UK check skips businesses outside the UK, for example.
  • A run that would exceed the account's credit is refused with 402 and a billing breakdown, before anything is queued.
  • Reads, lists and PDF downloads are not billed.
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Related checks

Others in WatchEye Entities

List entities in a program finds it. Update an entity changes it. Archive an entity takes it out of monitoring while keeping it readable. List checks with an entity filter shows what has run against it.

Questions

Questions we get asked about reading an entity

Do we need a developer to implement this?
Yes. This is a REST read by UUID, so a developer connects it wherever your system resolves an entity from a check or event. A sandbox account is available for development at no charge. It is a separate account with its own API keys, it returns test data in the same response shapes as live, and the same base URL serves both environments.
What does our system need to send?
The entity UUID in the path. Nothing else.
What comes back?
The entity with its UUID, entity number, reference number, type, display name, the type-specific fields, address and contact fields, flags, risk level, archived at, program UUID and timestamps.
What are flags and risk levels?
Flags are manual markers on the entity: sanction, PEP, adverse media, fraud, hardship, bankruptcy, deceased, court actions, deregistered and external administration. The risk level is low, medium or high, or null when no risk has been assigned; when omitted on creation, the program's default risk level applies, falling back to low.
What if the entity has been deleted?
Soft-deleted records return 404 from this endpoint and are no longer returned by the list. They remain in the database for compliance and audit purposes and can be restored in the portal within 30 days by a user with the account manager role.
What happens to the personal information in the response?
Personal information stored in WatchEye is covered by Global Data's security policies for the platform. Once your integration copies it into your own applications, databases, logs or backups, protecting it becomes your responsibility. Retrieve only the fields you need and treat any logs that capture API payloads as sensitive.
Getting started

The first step to access is a conversation

Sandbox accounts are provisioned by your Global Data account manager. API keys are created and managed in the WatchEye portal, and the same endpoints serve sandbox and live; the account behind the key decides which environment you are in.

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ISO 27001 certified
Handled under Australian privacy law
Every API call written to the audit log