aid: transcend-io
name: Transcend
description: Transcend is a privacy and data permissioning platform that helps enterprises decide in real time whether customer data can be used for a given purpose. The platform spans data discovery and inventory, data subject request automation, consent and preference management, privacy assessments, and an AI governance layer that enforces policies at the source. Transcend's Sombra security gateway runs inside customer environments so Transcend itself never accesses customer data or API keys. Developers integrate via a REST API documented with OpenAPI, a GraphQL API for non-personal data and configuration tasks, an official CLI distributed on npm, and a transcend.yml configuration file that lets teams manage their data map as code. The platform serves AI, consumer, healthcare, fintech, media, and B2B enterprises.
type: Index
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Transcend
  - Privacy
  - Data Governance
  - Consent
  - Preference Management
  - DSR
  - Data Inventory
  - AI Governance
  - GDPR
  - CCPA
  - Compliance
  - Webhooks
  - GraphQL
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/transcend-io/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
  - aid: transcend-io:transcend-api
    name: Transcend API
    description: REST API that powers Transcend's privacy operations, including data subject requests, preflight identifier enrichment, custom integrations for access and erasure, preferences and consent management, an LLM classifier for NER and text classification, public JWT signing keys, and webhooks for DSR jobs, preflight requests, and consent manager deployment. The API is described by an OpenAPI specification and is available on both EU and US backends, with the EU backend as the CLI default.
    humanURL: https://docs.transcend.io/docs/api-reference
    baseURL: https://api.transcend.io
    tags:
      - DSR
      - Consent
      - Preferences
      - Webhooks
      - LLM Classifier
      - Custom Integration
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.transcend.io/docs/api-reference
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://docs.transcend.io/api/oas.json
      - type: OpenAPI30
        url: https://docs.transcend.io/api/oas.json?v=3.0
      - type: USBackend
        url: https://api.us.transcend.io
      - type: Webhooks
        url: https://docs.transcend.io/docs/api-reference
      - type: Status
        url: https://status.transcend.io
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://app.transcend.io/login
    features:
      - name: Data Subject Request Automation
        description: Submit DSRs, poll status, retrieve download keys, and list request identifiers programmatically.
      - name: Preflight Identifier Enrichment
        description: Enrich identifiers before processing requests to ensure clean fulfillment downstream.
      - name: Custom Integration Handling
        description: Stream access request files, chunked or bulk JSON uploads, and manage erasure, opt-in, and opt-out requests through your own systems.
      - name: Consent and Preference Management
        description: Server-side and client-side preference APIs that keep consent in sync across channels and identifiers.
      - name: LLM Classifier
        description: Text classification and Named Entity Recognition for unstructured data discovery.
      - name: Public JWT Keys
        description: Exposes JWT signing keys so partners can verify Transcend-issued tokens.
      - name: Webhooks
        description: Event notifications for DSR jobs, preflight requests, and consent manager deployment.
      - name: OpenAPI Specification
        description: Machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 and 3.0 specs available for SDK and tooling generation.
    useCases:
      - name: Automated DSR Fulfillment
        description: Receive access and erasure requests and fulfill them across internal systems with custom integrations.
      - name: Unified Preference Store
        description: Sync customer marketing and privacy preferences across web, mobile, and backend systems.
      - name: AI Data Permissioning
        description: Decide whether customer data can be used for AI training or inference in real time.
      - name: Consent Logging
        description: Capture and prove consent across regions and regulations like GDPR and CCPA.
      - name: Data Map as Code
        description: Define data silos and inventory in transcend.yml and sync to the admin dashboard via CLI.
    integrations:
      - name: Salesforce
      - name: HubSpot
      - name: Snowflake
      - name: BigQuery
      - name: Databricks
      - name: AWS
      - name: GCP
      - name: Azure
      - name: Segment
      - name: Slack
      - name: Zendesk
      - name: Stripe
    authentication:
      - type: API Key
        description: API key authentication issued from the Transcend admin dashboard for server-side calls.
      - type: JWT
        description: JWT-based authentication supported, with public signing keys exposed via the API.
  - aid: transcend-io:transcend-graphql-api
    name: Transcend GraphQL API
    description: GraphQL API and Developer Tools wrapper for non-personal data tasks such as creating data silos, account management, and other configuration operations on the Transcend platform.
    humanURL: https://docs.transcend.io/docs/api-reference
    tags:
      - GraphQL
      - Data Silos
      - Configuration
      - Admin
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.transcend.io/docs/api-reference
      - type: GraphQL
        url: https://docs.transcend.io/docs/api-reference
    features:
      - name: Data Silo Management
        description: Create and configure data silos that represent the systems in your data map.
      - name: Account Management
        description: Manage accounts, roles, and access to the Transcend platform.
      - name: Configuration as Code
        description: Pair with transcend.yml and the CLI to manage Transcend configuration through version control.
    useCases:
      - name: Programmatic Onboarding
        description: Provision Transcend accounts and data silos at scale for large enterprises.
      - name: GitOps for Privacy
        description: Treat Transcend configuration as code and review changes through pull requests.
    integrations:
      - name: Transcend CLI
      - name: GitHub
      - name: GitLab
    authentication:
      - type: API Key
        description: API key authentication for GraphQL operations against the Transcend admin backend.
  - aid: transcend-io:transcend-cli
    name: Transcend CLI
    description: Official command line interface for Transcend, distributed on npm as @transcend-io/cli. Supports schema sync, transcend.yml-based data map definitions, and a wide range of platform operations. Defaults to the EU backend, with a flag to target the US backend.
    humanURL: https://github.com/transcend-io/cli
    tags:
      - CLI
      - npm
      - Configuration
      - Data Map
    properties:
      - type: SourceCode
        url: https://github.com/transcend-io/cli
      - type: PackageManager
        url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@transcend-io/cli
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.transcend.io/docs/api-reference
    features:
      - name: transcend.yml Sync
        description: Define data silos, integrations, and other config in YAML and sync back to the admin dashboard.
      - name: Schema Sync
        description: Sync data schemas between source systems and the Transcend data inventory.
      - name: Multi-Region Support
        description: Target the EU or US backend via the transcendUrl flag.
    useCases:
      - name: CI/CD Privacy Configuration
        description: Apply Transcend configuration as part of CI/CD pipelines using the CLI.
      - name: Bulk Operations
        description: Run bulk admin operations against the Transcend platform from scripts.
    integrations:
      - name: GitHub Actions
      - name: GitLab CI
      - name: npm
    authentication:
      - type: API Key
        description: API key passed via environment variable or flag to authenticate CLI calls.
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://transcend.io/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.transcend.io/docs
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://docs.transcend.io/api/oas.json
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/transcend-io
  - type: Status
    url: https://status.transcend.io
  - type: SignUp
    url: https://app.transcend.io/login
  - type: LLMsTxt
    url: https://docs.transcend.io/llms.txt
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com