Can the API approve a marketplace seller?
No. Venue Authority returns a regulator-linked facility signal. The marketplace keeps responsibility for approval criteria, identity checks, sanctions controls, contracts, and any other required review.
For marketplace onboarding
Check the regulator record behind a food-service listing.
Test submitted venue identity against supported local regulator records before approval or continued listing.
The recurring decision
Marketplaces repeatedly decide whether a food-service listing points to the same facility represented in a supported regulator source.
Why horizontal data falls short
A consumer place page can be current enough for discovery but still omit the regulator identifier, snapshot history, or identity conflict that an approval workflow needs.
What Venue Authority returns
Venue Authority resolves the submitted name and address, rejects uncertain identity, and returns source-linked facility evidence for supported jurisdictions.
Production-compatible API shape
The response can support a marketplace review rule without turning the source signal into an automatic legal conclusion.
curl -X POST https://venueauthority.com/api/v1/resolve \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ONE_TIME_KEY' \
-H 'X-Request-Id: onboarding-000001' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{"name":"REDACTED MERCHANT","address":"REDACTED STREET ADDRESS"}'{
"disposition": "accepted",
"reason": "The name and address clear the corpus resolution policy.",
"record": {
"jurisdiction": "nyc",
"sourceId": "REDACTED",
"name": "REGULATOR-REPORTED NAME",
"sourceUrl": "https://data.cityofnewyork.us/..."
},
"snapshot": {"manifestSha256":"...","schemaVersion":"runtime-corpus/v1"},
"requestId": "onboarding-000001"
}Questions buyers ask
Does one missing record mean a venue closed?
No. Wake County absence remains potentially removed unless the source supports a stronger conclusion. Venue Authority exposes that limitation instead of converting absence into a closure claim.
How can a marketplace test its own sample?
Portfolio Proof accepts up to 250 merchant names and street addresses after workspace authentication. It returns aggregate results and limited regulator-only examples without retaining the uploaded CSV or submitted merchant text.
Measure your own sample before choosing capacity.
Portfolio Proof uses the same resolver policy and returns bounded aggregate evidence without storing the uploaded CSV.
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