POST
/
screen
Screen a name or identifier against Australian watchlists.
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.auo.com.au/v1/screen \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "dob": "<string>",
  "pob": "<string>"
}
'
{
  "query": {
    "name": "<string>",
    "dob": "<string>",
    "pob": "<string>"
  },
  "checked_as_of": "<string>",
  "sources": {
    "dfat_sanctions": {
      "matches": [
        {
          "source": "<string>",
          "matched_name": "<string>",
          "score": 123,
          "matched_on": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "list_ref": "<string>",
          "name_type": "<string>",
          "listing_type": "<string>",
          "dob_raw": "<string>",
          "pob": "<string>",
          "register_name": "<string>",
          "ban_type": "<string>",
          "acn": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "note": "<string>"
    },
    "asic_banned_person": {
      "matches": [
        {
          "source": "<string>",
          "matched_name": "<string>",
          "score": 123,
          "matched_on": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "list_ref": "<string>",
          "name_type": "<string>",
          "listing_type": "<string>",
          "dob_raw": "<string>",
          "pob": "<string>",
          "register_name": "<string>",
          "ban_type": "<string>",
          "acn": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "note": "<string>"
    },
    "asic_banned_org": {
      "matches": [
        {
          "source": "<string>",
          "matched_name": "<string>",
          "score": 123,
          "matched_on": [
            "<string>"
          ],
          "list_ref": "<string>",
          "name_type": "<string>",
          "listing_type": "<string>",
          "dob_raw": "<string>",
          "pob": "<string>",
          "register_name": "<string>",
          "ban_type": "<string>",
          "acn": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "note": "<string>"
    }
  },
  "disclaimer": "<string>"
}
POST https://api.auo.com.au/v1/screen Screen a name or identifier against the DFAT Consolidated Sanctions List and the ASIC banned and disqualified persons and organisations registers. Read Screening posture first: verdicts are review or no_match, never pass or fail.

​
Request

Send exactly one of name, abn, or acn. When you pass an identifier, AUO resolves it first to obtain the entity name (and for a trust, follows to the corporate trustee), then screens that name.
​
name
string
The name to screen.
​
abn
string
An ABN to resolve first, then screen the resolved entity (or its trustee).
​
acn
string
An ACN to resolve first, then screen.
​
dob
string
Optional. A date of birth. A DOB match raises the score; a missing or non-matching DOB never excludes a candidate.
​
pob
string
Optional. A place of birth, used the same way as dob.

​
Response

​
overall
string
review, no_match, or unavailable. review if any source is review; unavailable if any source could not be read; otherwise no_match.
​
sources
object
The per-register breakdown, so you always know which register produced a hit.
​
disclaimer
string
A standing note that no match found is not a clearance and possible matches require human review.
A register read failure fails safe to unavailable, never to a clean no_match. An outage can never look like a clean result.

​
Example

curl https://api.auo.com.au/v1/screen \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer auo_sk_test_your_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Jane Example"}'
Response
{
  "query": { "name": "Jane Example" },
  "overall": "no_match",
  "sources": {
    "dfat_sanctions": { "status": "no_match", "checked_as_of": "2026-07-02T03:22:16Z" },
    "asic_banned_person": { "status": "no_match", "checked_as_of": "2026-07-02T03:22:16Z" },
    "asic_banned_org": { "status": "no_match", "checked_as_of": "2026-07-02T03:22:16Z" }
  },
  "disclaimer": "No match found as of the checked date is not a clearance. Possible matches require human review."
}

​
See also

Screening posture

Why AUO reports possible-match and never clearance.

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer token: auo_sk_test_... (sandbox) or auo_sk_live_... (live).

Body

application/json
​
name
string
required

The name to screen against watchlists.

​
dob
string | null

Optional date of birth (ISO 8601) used to boost match confidence.

​
pob
string | null

Optional place of birth used to boost match confidence.

​
type
enum<string> | null

Optional entity type hint.

Available options:
individual,
entity,
vessel,
null

Response

Screen result. overall is review if any source hit the review threshold; no_match if no source found a hit; unavailable if a source index could not be read. Always check the disclaimer.

​
query
object
required
​
overall
enum<string>
required

Possible match status for a watchlist source. review means one or more name hits warrant manual review. no_match means no names met the score floor. unavailable means the index could not be read.

Available options:
review,
no_match,
unavailable
​
checked_as_of
string
required

The date on which the screen was performed (ISO 8601 date).

​
sources
object
required
​
disclaimer
string
required

A plain-language notice that no match found is not a clearance. Always present regardless of outcome.