POST: Rapid Underwriting Assessments – Bitsight Knowledge Base

https://api.bitsighttech.com/ratings/v1/fast-ratings

Use Rapid Underwriting Assessments to quickly get rating details for any mapped or unmapped company within 1 minute.

This is a pay-per-use service. You are charged for each request, including duplicate requests done on multiple days.

Parameters
Example Request
Response Attributes

Parameters

* Required.

industry

[Query] Compare the average security rating and risk vector letter grades of a particular industry or sub-industry.

The return is based on the industry, rather than the sub-industry. If two sub-industries belong to the same industry, they will result in the same response.

Value: [String] Industry name. See industries in GET: Portfolio Summary.

generate_report

[Query] Get the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) link to download a PDF of the report.

Value: [String] true = Include the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) PDF link in the response.

The request must also include the industry parameter.

url

* Required.

[Query] Identify the company to query.

Value: [String] The company's domain.

Example: http://saperix.com

Example Request

cURL:

$ curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -i https://api.bitsighttech.com/ratings/v1/fast-ratings -u api_token: -d '{"url": "www.example.com", "generate_report":"boolean", "industry": "industry_name"}'

JSON:

{
  "url":"www.example.com",
  "generate_report":"boolean",
  "industry":"industry_name"
}

Response Attributes

Field			Description
pdf_url String			If the `generate_report` parameter is set to `true`, this Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) PDF link is included in the response.
status String			The results of the request. See result codes and result statuses.
status_message String			A description of the status type.
ratings Array			The list of daily ratings for the past year (1 year). Each date has its own entry in the array, starting with the most recent entry.
	rating_date String [`YYYY‑MM‑DD`]		The date on which the rating was generated.
	rating Integer		The security rating for the company, generated on that day.
	range String		Indicates the rating category for the rating for that day.
	rating_color String		The hex code used for displaying the color associated with the rating category.
rating_details Object			Contains information about the company's risk vector grades and extra information for use in HTML applications.
	risk_vector_name Object		Each risk vector is a single object, identified by a named slug field that corresponds to the risk vector. See risk types.
		category String	The category of the risk vector. See risk types.
		rating Integer	The Bitsight Security Rating of the company, generated on that day.
		beta Boolean	`true` = The risk vector is in beta and does not currently affect the company's security rating.
		name String	The full name of the risk vector.
		grade String	The letter grade for the risk vector. Learn more about how security ratings are calculated.
		category_order Integer	Used for visual sorting.
		order Integer	Used for visual sorting.
		grade_color String	The hex code used for displaying the color of the rating in HTML applications.
quota_details Object			Information on used, available, and remaining licenses.
	quota_purchased Integer		The number of purchased requests for this endpoint since the contract started.
	quota_used Integer		The total allocated licenses since the contract started.
	quota_available Integer		The number of the remaining available licenses.

Result Codes

invalid_url: An invalid/incomplete URL or domain or no URL was supplied in the “url” field for a company, like “ww.website.c” or “asbdffdf.”
in_inventory: Already mapped. Multiple companies share the supplied URL/domain.

Result Statuses

See the common errors and status codes.

200 – Okay

The request was successful.

202 – Accepted

The request has been submitted, but has not yet been processed.

400 – Bad Request

The request contained an invalid input:

Incorrect field name.
The requested company didn't have a specified unique identifier or URL.

401 – Unauthorized

The authorization header didn't contain a valid API token.

403 – Large Request

The company is too large to process.

404 – Not Found

No events were found for the provided URL. Either the URL is incorrect or you don’t have permission to access the requested resource.

429 – Too Many Requests

There have been too many consecutive requests. Please try again later.

503 – Service Unavailable

Returned in the rare case that an exception is thrown by the system. An email is also sent to support if this happens.

July 10, 2023: Removed PDF.
December 10, 2020: Use “GET: Portfolio Summary” (/v2/portfolio/summaries) to get industry information.

Parameters

Example Request

Response Attributes

Result Codes

Result Statuses

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