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Look up or search the global LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) registry — the authoritative ISO 17442 directory of ~2.6M legal entities worldwide. Pass `lei` for an exact 20-character LEI, or `query` to search by legal/other name (ranked best-match first). Filter name search by `country` (ISO 2-letter, HQ country) and `status` (active = currently active entities only; all = default). Each result returns the LEI, legal name, an alternate/other name, legal jurisdiction, entity category (GENERAL/FUND/BRANCH/…), ISO 20275 legal-form code, entity status (ACTIVE/INACTIVE), LEI registration status (ISSUED/LAPSED/RETIRED/…), headquarters city/region/country/postal code, the initial registration + last update + next renewal dates, and the managing LOU. Use this to canonicalize a company name to its LEI, resolve a counterparty, or enrich a vendor master. Data: GLEIF Golden Copy (CC0, public domain).

Call it in 30 seconds

// npm i x402-fetch viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment } from "x402-fetch";
import { createWalletClient, http } from "viem";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
import { base } from "viem/chains";

const account = privateKeyToAccount(process.env.PRIVATE_KEY); // funds USDC on Base
const wallet = createWalletClient({ account, chain: base, transport: http() });
const fetchWithPay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, wallet);

// Pays the $0.0012 USDC automatically on the 402, then returns the real response:
const res = await fetchWithPay("https://2s.io/api/business/lei", { method: "GET" });
console.log(await res.json());

# pip install x402 eth-account httpx
import os, asyncio
from eth_account import Account
from x402.clients.httpx import x402HttpxClient

account = Account.from_key(os.environ["PRIVATE_KEY"])  # funds USDC on Base

async def main():
    async with x402HttpxClient(account=account) as client:
        # x402 handles the 402 -> pay ($0.0012 USDC) -> retry automatically
        r = await client.get("https://2s.io/api/business/lei")
        print((await r.aread()).decode())

asyncio.run(main())

# 1) An unpaid request returns HTTP 402 with the exact payment terms:
curl -i "https://2s.io/api/business/lei?country=US&query=Apple Inc"

# 2) Paying + retrying requires an x402 client that can sign the USDC
#    authorization (curl alone cannot). See the JS / Python tabs below.

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