# GLEIF API

> 2 public methods for GLEIF (gleif.org), each 1 credit per completed run.

Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by GLEIF.

- Page: https://fous.com/methods/gleif.org

## Methods

### [Get corporate parents](https://fous.com/methods/gleif.org/get-corporate-parents.md)

`gleif.org/get_corporate_parents`, read. Finds a company's reported direct and ultimate accounting-consolidation parents, the reasons parents are not reported, and direct children in the GLEIF LEI system.

Returns: legal name, LEI, country, direct and ultimate parents with reasons, child counts, direct children

### [Get legal entity](https://fous.com/methods/gleif.org/get-legal-entity.md)

`gleif.org/get_legal_entity`, read. Looks up the official LEI record for a company name or LEI, optionally narrowing namesakes by registered country. Prefers active records with the closest name.

Returns: legal name, LEI, status, addresses, country, legal form, registration authority, registration dates, parents, other names