Changelog

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New features

• Check your credit balance. New GET /v1/credits endpoint returns the remaining API credits on the account tied to your API key. Calls to this endpoint are free and never deduct credits. See Check remaining credits.
• List available jurisdictions. New GET /v1/jurisdictions endpoint returns the jurisdiction codes currently loaded and queryable, so you can discover valid values before filtering a search. Auth-gated but not billed. See List jurisdictions and the Jurisdictions guide.

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Updates

• Flat-rate pricing for search and lookup. Both POST /v1/companies/search and GET /v1/companies/{company_id} now cost a flat 40 credits per request, regardless of how many results are returned or the size of the response. Search no longer truncates results to fit your remaining balance — the requested page size is always honored when you have sufficient credits.
• Full company schema in search responses. The company object inside each search result now documents every field on the Company schema, so you get the complete record shape in the API reference and generated clients instead of an opaque object.
• Cleaner data for missing fields. Records ingested from source registries now consistently return null for absent values instead of empty strings. This makes it easier to detect missing data without special-casing "" in your code.
• Higher throughput. Backend capacity was increased to better absorb traffic spikes and reduce cold-start latency under load.

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Bug fixes

• Dashboard session expiry. Fixed an issue where the API dashboard could keep you on a stale, signed-in view after your session token expired. The app now detects expiry in-session and redirects you to sign in again.

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New features

• GovFiles Corporate Entity API is live. Search current and historical US business entity records from Secretary of State registries through a single API at https://api.govfiles.dev. See the introduction to get started.
• API dashboard. A new dashboard lets you manage API keys and view billing in one place. Sign in with Google SSO.
• Two endpoints available at launch:
  • POST /v1/companies/search — search by name, registry number, jurisdiction, or status.
  • GET /v1/companies/{company_id} — fetch a single entity record by its GovFiles ID.

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Updates

• Company search is now POST. Search requests moved from query parameters to a JSON request body, making it easier to send richer filters and longer queries without URL-length limits. Update any existing integrations to use POST /v1/companies/search with a JSON payload.
• API key authentication. All non-health endpoints require an X-API-Key header on every request.