Can I look up a Legal Entity Identifier with the GLEIF API?

Yes. GET /lei-records/{lei} returns the canonical record for a single LEI, including legal name, registration jurisdiction, status (ISSUED, LAPSED, etc.), and the next renewal date. Use it as the source of truth for validating that an LEI on a counterparty form is real and current.

What are the rate limits for the GLEIF LEI API?

GLEIF asks integrators to be considerate and avoid sustained bursts above a few requests per second from a single source. There is no documented numeric cap; if you receive HTTP 429 or 503 in batch enrichment, back off and process more slowly or distribute work across IPs.

How do I autocomplete a company name through Jentic with GLEIF?

Search Jentic for 'autocomplete legal entity name', load GET /autocompletions, and execute with field=fulltext and q set to the partial name. The response returns matching LEIs and legal names that an agent can present to the user before resolving the full record via /lei-records/{lei}.

Can the GLEIF API return parent and ultimate-parent relationships?

Yes. The /lei-records/{lei} response embeds direct-parent and ultimate-parent relationship links, and the related-records endpoints under that path return the full relationship records. An agent can recurse upward to build the ownership chain for AML or sanctions checks.

Is the GLEIF LEI API free?

Yes. GLEIF publishes the LEI dataset as an open data product under a CC0-style licence, and the v1 API at api.gleif.org is freely accessible. There is no commercial paywall on read endpoints; the cost is in obtaining and renewing the LEIs themselves through accredited LOUs.

Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the GLEIF LEI API?

Yes. Because Jentic One is self-hosted, you set the rules that decide which operations and credentials your agent may use, so you can allow only the read calls it needs, such as GET /lei-records/{lei} for a single LEI record or /lei-records/{lei}/managing-lou for the issuing LOU, while withholding search or autocomplete. The GLEIF LEI API is read-only public reference data with the LEI in the URL path, so a scoped agent reads entity records and ownership relationships without any write ability. You choose that operation set, keeping the agent to lookups you have explicitly permitted.