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Check document coverage

Compare the documents already filed with a category checklist.

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POST/api/v1/gapshttps://api.webcite.co

When to use it

This is an advisory checklist. present means a supplied record matched the checklist; it does not establish that the contents are complete or correct. Choose vc or ma taxonomy and, where appropriate, early or growth stage.

Request

1 credit.

Examples run on your server. Set WEBCITE_API_KEY first. Python examples use the requests package.

curl
curl --fail-with-body -X POST 'https://api.webcite.co/api/v1/gaps' \
  -H "x-api-key: $WEBCITE_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "category": "financial",
  "docs": [],
  "taxonomy": "vc",
  "stage": "early"
}'

Request body

categorystringrequired

The category whose expected-documents checklist to compute.

docsobject[]required

The documents currently filed in that category.

Show docs fields
categorystring
coversstring[]
filenamestring
labelstring
stagestring

Stage to tailor the checklist to.

Values: "early""growth"

taxonomystring

Taxonomy preset. Default "vc".

Values: "vc""ma"

Response

Returns items with name and present. A match can come from a filename, category, or covered document type.

200 response

See the response guidance above. A complete JSON schema is not published for this response.

Errors

For 400, check the request fields and source identifiers. For 401, check your API key. For 429, wait for the retry interval. See the errors guide before retrying a billable request.

401
Unauthorized - API key required
429
Rate limit exceeded
Error handling and retry guidance