generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://developer.trade.gov/api-details#api=consolidated-screening-list&operation=search ·
  https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/csl-search ·
  https://data.trade.gov/downloadable_consolidated_screening_list/v1/consolidated.json
description: >-
  There is no sandbox, no test mode and no test data set — the Consolidated Screening List
  has one environment, production, and one key type. What DOES exist is a way to exercise
  the API and the data before writing any code, which is what this artifact records.
test_environment:
  exists: false
  note: >-
    No separate sandbox host, no test-vs-live key prefixes, no test clock, no fixtures and
    no trigger tooling. A key issued at developer.trade.gov is a production key against
    production data. Do NOT expect a mode switch.
console:
  exists: true
  type: interactive-try-it
  url: https://developer.trade.gov/api-details#api=consolidated-screening-list&operation=search
  probed: '2026-09-05'
  status: 200
  auth_required_to_call: true
  note: >-
    Azure API Management's built-in try-it console, on the API detail page. The provider's
    own portal description is "Discover APIs, learn how to use them, try them out
    interactively, and sign up to acquire keys." Calls from the console still consume a real
    subscription key against production.
public_search_ui:
  exists: true
  url: https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/csl-search
  probed: '2026-09-05'
  status: 200
  auth_required: false
  note: >-
    A no-key web search over the same dataset. Useful for confirming expected results by
    hand before integrating, and for support conversations where the caller has no key yet.
unauthenticated_dataset:
  exists: true
  urls:
    - https://data.trade.gov/downloadable_consolidated_screening_list/v1/consolidated.json
    - https://data.trade.gov/downloadable_consolidated_screening_list/v1/consolidated.csv
    - https://data.trade.gov/downloadable_consolidated_screening_list/v1/consolidated.tsv
  probed: '2026-09-05'
  status: 206
  note: >-
    The most practical stand-in for a sandbox: the full dataset is downloadable with no key,
    refreshed daily, so a client's matching and screening logic can be developed and
    regression-tested entirely offline before a key is ever requested.
test_values:
  published: false
  note: >-
    The provider publishes no magic test identifiers, no safe example parties and no
    guaranteed-match fixtures. NONE ARE INVENTED HERE. Any test value must be taken from the
    live dataset, and because entries of type `Individual` are real people, test fixtures
    built from this data should prefer `Entity` or `Vessel` records.