LEI Lookup
lei_lookupLooks up a Legal Entity Identifier in the GLEIF register: legal name, registration status, country, and BIC.
Checksum-valid is not the same as currently registered — a LAPSED or MERGED LEI still passes ISO 7064. This endpoint checks the digits locally first (a typo never becomes an upstream call) then GET the GLEIF lei-records API. Results are cached for 24 hours. GLEIF allows 60 requests per minute; above that, or on timeout/5xx, we return unknown rather than invent a registration. HTTP 404 means the service answered and the LEI is not in the index (invalid). This is not a replacement for GLEIF’s own API for bulk. status is registration.status (ISSUED/LAPSED/MERGED/…), not entity.status (ACTIVE).
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| lei | Yes | Legal Entity Identifier, 20 characters. |