Website

The website of a company can provide a variety of helpful pieces of information to understand more about the business you are working with.

{
  "object": "website",
  "id": "f5dfdb7f-a946-4111-b4f0-7d7780fb72bc",
  "business_id": "51c4b91e-f324-467b-86b5-9e0155bcc251",
  "url": "https://www.middesk.com",
  "status": "online",
  "submitted": true,
  "title": "Middesk | Background Checks on Businesses",
  "description": "Middesk centralizes the information required to conduct risk and compliance assessments on your customers.",
  "domain": {
    "domain": "middesk.com",
    "creation_date": "2018-11-20T07:02:53.000Z",
    "expiration_date": "2019-11-20T07:02:53.000Z",
    "registrar": {}
  },
  "pages": [
    {
      "category": "home",
      "url": "https://www.middesk.com/",
      "text": "Middesk is the easiest way to verify the legitimacy...",
      "screenshot_url": "https://cdn-middesk-websites.com/10248124-home-1595276893.png"
    },
    {
      "category": "terms",
      "url": "https://www.middesk.com/terms-of-use",
      "text": "...",
      "screenshot_url": "https://cdn-middesk-websites.com/10248124-terms-1595276893.png"
    },
    {
      "category": "privacy",
      "url": "https://www.middesk.com/privacy-policy",
      "text": "...",
      "screenshot_url": "https://cdn-middesk-websites.com/10248124-privacy-1595276893.png"
    }
  ],
  "parked": false,
  "business_name_match": true,
  "addresses": [],
  "phone_numbers": [],
  "error": null,
  "category": "Standard",
  "platform": null
}

Attribute	Type	Description
url	`string`	The URL that was passed or found for the business
status	`string`	The status for the website. Possible values include `online`, `offline`, `unknown`
submitted	`boolean`	Specifies if the website URL was submitted or found.
pages	`object[]`	Returns an array of the pages assessed by Middesk
pages[].category	`string`	The type of page
pages[].url	`string`	Link to the individual page on the business website
pages[].text	`string`	Text on the individual page on the business website
pages[].screenshot_url	`string`	URL pointing to the screenshot for the page
parked	`boolean`	Specifies if a website is a parked domain. A parked domain is a registered domain name that does not have services running on it, or contains no meaningful content about a business. Parked domains commonly function to reserve the domain name for future development
domain	`object`	Information regarding the domain registrar
domain.domain	`string`	The provided domain
domain.creation_date	`string`	When the domain was originally registered
domain.expiration_date	`string`	When the registration for the domain expires
domain.registrar	`object`	Information containing more details about the registrar
domain.registrar.name	`string`
domain.registrar.organization	`string`
domain.registrar.url	`string`
error	`string`	Specifies any errors encountered while processing the website. Possible values: `malformed_url` - submitted URL is malformed. `blocklisted_url_top_level_domain` - submitted URL contains blocked top level domain like .example or .test. `blocklisted_url_second_level_domain` - submitted URL contains blocked second level domain, e.g., example.com or test.com `business_website_not_found` - Middesk was unable to find a website for the business
category	`string`	Specifies the category of the website into the following possible values: `Standard` - default value. `Social Media` - website is a social media profile, like a Facebook page. `Third-party Platform` - website is a page on a third-party platform, like a Yelp page. `Marketplace Storefront`- website is a storefront, like an Etsy seller page.
platform	`string`	Specifies the platform of the website (ex .`yelp.com`). Populated if the category is not `Standard`.
risky_keywords_results	`object[]`	Information about any risky keyword hits for a given category found in the business's web presence
risky_keywords_results[].category	`string`	The type of risky keyword
risky_keywords_results[].explanation	`string`	The reason why the category was included in the results.
risky_keywords_results[].severity	`string`	The seriousness of the category of the risky keyword. Possible values: `prohibited` `needs_review` `ignore`
risky_keywords_results[].sources	`object[]`	Information about any matching keywords that fall under the category for the parent `risky_keywords_result`
risky_keywords_results[].sources[].url	`string`	The business website or third-party profile that contains the reference to the matched risky keyword
risky_keywords_results[].sources[].matched_keywords	`string[]`	List of one or more of the matched risky keywords
risky_keywords_results[].sources[].text_snippet	`string`	Text from the website containing the risky keyword(s).
risky_keywords_results[].sources[].source_type	`string`	Description of the source where the keyword was found. Possible values: `google_places_review` `facebook_post` `linkedin_post` `instagram_recent_post` `instagram_top_post` `yelp_review` `google_places_profile` `facebook_profile` `linkedin_profile` `instagram_profile` `yelp_profile` `website` `not_elsewhere_specified`
risky_keywords_results[].sources[].posted_at	`string`	Date the source was posted. Only available for post and review source types. If not available it will be `null`.