registercheckby openlaw group
API referenceSearch

Suggest companies and persons as you type

GET
/search/suggestions

Fast prefix search over company and person names for autocomplete.

Costs 1 credit.

Authorization

bearerAuth
AuthorizationBearer <token>

Your API key, sent as Authorization: Bearer rc_live_….

In: header

Query Parameters

name?string

Required. What the user has typed so far: a company or person name, or part of it. The last word also matches as the start of a word, so Beis finds Beispiel.

Length2 <= length <= 200
q?string
Deprecated

Deprecated alias of name, served until 2026-12-31. It searches exactly as name does, and every response to a request that uses it carries the Deprecation and Sunset headers. Giving both name and q is a 400.

Length2 <= length <= 200
limit?integer

Maximum number of suggestions.

Range1 <= value <= 20
Default10

Response Body

application/json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

curl -X GET "https://api.registercheck.de/v1/search/suggestions?name=Endur" \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REGISTERCHECK_API_KEY"
{  "object": "page",  "next_cursor": "string",  "data": [    {      "object": "summary",      "type": "company",      "id": "cmp_1z3gn9wpvx9j59w8bd9w5rm72n",      "name": "string",      "status": "active",      "legal_form": "gmbh",      "register": {        "court": {          "code": "D2601",          "name": "Amtsgericht München"        },        "type": "HRA",        "number": "292661",        "formatted": "Amtsgericht München HRB 292661",        "country": "DE"      },      "address": {        "city": "string"      },      "registration_date": "2019-08-24",      "founding_date": "2019-08-24"    }  ]}