> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.vcheckglobal.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.vcheckglobal.com/api-reference/monitoring.md).

# Monitoring

### What is the Monitoring API?

Vcheck Global Monitoring is a continuous monitoring service for adverse media, criminal records, PEP, sanctions, and watchlists. Subjects are enrolled through the API and monitored continuously. When a new finding is detected, an alert is created and delivered through the configured channel.

### Integration Steps

| Step | Action                                                      | Outcome                                |
| ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| 1    | Authenticate via OAuth 2.0 (`POST /oauth2/token`)           | Bearer token received (valid 1 hour)   |
| 2    | List monitoring products (`GET /monitoring/products`)       | Valid product IDs for your account     |
| 3    | Place monitoring order (`POST /monitoring/request`)         | `request_id` returned; subjects queued |
| 4    | Track order status (`GET /monitoring/request/{request_id}`) | Order and subject activation status    |
| 5    | Retrieve alerts (`GET /monitoring/alerts`)                  | Account-wide or filtered alert list    |

### Scopes

| Scope                                | Access                                                              |
| ------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `api-platform/monitoring-read`       | List products, groups, subjects, and alerts - read-only             |
| `api-platform/monitoring-read-write` | All read operations plus place orders and control monitoring on/off |

### The Guarantee

> **Core Principle** - A request is either refused synchronously with a reason the client can act on, or accepted and made durable. There is no third outcome.

### Alert Types

Alerts are grouped into categories for prioritisation:

| Category                     | Alert Types                                                                    |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Criminal                     | Arrest, Criminal - Court, Criminal - Sex Offender Registry, Criminal - Warrant |
| News                         | Adverse media findings                                                         |
| PEP                          | Politically Exposed Persons matches                                            |
| Sanctions                    | Sanctions list matches                                                         |
| Watchlists                   | Global watchlist matches                                                       |
| Federal Civil and Bankruptcy | Federal civil and bankruptcy filings                                           |

### Multi-Language Support

Vcheck monitoring covers news in 15 languages: English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Mandarin, Traditional Mandarin, Ukrainian, Arabic, and Japanese. Use the `alternate_name` field to submit name variations in foreign characters.


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