Use the dashboard when code is not the right tool
Operations and compliance teams can search by business name or verify a license number in the browser. Dashboard requests share the same Free account allowance as API requests.
Use the API for product workflows
Connect onboarding and recurring verification to the same normalized data. Keep human review for mismatches, adverse results, missing fields, and consequential decisions.
- One account for dashboard and API access.
- Consistent multi-jurisdiction response fields.
- Source authority and freshness context.
Information returned by the lookup
| Information | Availability |
|---|---|
| License number and identity | When supplied by the authority |
| Authority and jurisdiction | When supplied by the authority |
| Status and license type | When supplied by the authority |
| Classifications when supplied | When supplied by the authority |
| Dates and location | When supplied by the authority |
| Source and freshness timestamps | When supplied by the authority |
Freshness: CA, TX, WA, and NYC DOB daily; FL and NYC DCWP weekly. Field availability depends on the source record; unavailable values are not inferred.