# PayPerScreen Sanctions Screening

> PayPerScreen Sanctions Screening is a paid API for AI agents from api.payperscreen.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-17).

Screens an individual or entity name against global sanctions lists (including OFAC) to identify potential matches

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.payperscreen.com/screen?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-17
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/payperscreen-sanctions-screening-03f4f78a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_B0gAIZRYKg-HHnmTIFAKn

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability payperscreen-sanctions-screening-03f4f78a
```

Example prompt: Can you run a sanctions screen on an individual named John Michael Smith, born 1975-03-22, nationality Russian?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, per-query sanctions screening for individuals or legal entities — especially for KYC/AML workflows, onboarding pipelines, or pre-payment compliance checks. It is particularly suited for lightweight, pay-per-use compliance automation without requiring a full enterprise sanctions screening subscription. Prefer this over crypto address screening (a sibling endpoint) when the subject is a named person or organization rather than a blockchain address.

## Known failure modes

- Missing required 'name' parameter returns validation error
- Invalid 'type' enum value (not 'Individual' or 'Entity') causes bad request
- Malformed date format for 'dob' field causes parse error
- Partial or very common names may produce high false-positive match rates
- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance blocks the request
- Service unavailability returns HTTP 402 or 5xx error

## How this service works

Sanctions screening

## Output

Returns a screening result indicating whether the queried name (individual or entity) has matches in sanctions databases, along with match details such as matched records, risk indicators, and relevant sanctions list information.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "name"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "dob": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Date of birth, YYYY-MM-DD (optional; used by /context)"
      },
      "name": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Full name of the person or company to screen"
      },
      "type": {
       "enum": [
        "Individual",
        "Entity"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Individual (default) or Entity"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "maximum": 10,
       "minimum": 1,
       "description": "Matches per list, default 1"
      },
      "country": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Nationality or country (optional; used by /context)"
      },
      "threshold": {
       "type": "number",
       "maximum": 1,
       "minimum": 0.3,
       "description": "Minimum match score, default 0.4. Higher means fewer, closer matches"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "hits": [
   {
    "list": "OFAC SDN",
    "name": "Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN",
    "score": 1
   }
  ],
  "subject": {
   "name": "Vladimir Putin",
   "type": "Individual"
  },
  "hitCount": 1,
  "listVersions": [
   {
    "list": "OFAC SDN",
    "version": "2026-10-09"
   }
  ],
  "listsChecked": [
   "OFAC SDN",
   "UN Consolidated",
   "EU Consolidated",
   "UK Sanctions List"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/payperscreen-sanctions-screening-03f4f78a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.payperscreen.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.payperscreen.com/llms.txt)