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GET
/
v2
/
licenses
/
component
Get license information for a single software component.
curl --request GET \
  --url http://api.scanoss.com/v2/licenses/component
{
  "component": {
    "purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/engine@1.0.0",
    "requirement": "",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "statement": "GPL-2.0",
    "licenses": [
      {
        "id": "GPL-2.0",
        "full_name": "GNU General Public License v2.0 only",
        "is_spdx_approved": true,
        "url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-only.html"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://github.com/scanoss/engine"
  },
  "status": {
    "status": "SUCCESS",
    "message": "Licenses Successfully retrieved"
  }
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.scanoss.com/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

Query Parameters

​
purl
string
required

Package URL identifying the component to analyze.

​
requirement
string

Version constraint for component resolution when PURL lacks explicit version.

Response

A successful response.

Success example. For error cases, the component block reports the failure via info_message and info_code. Example: {"component":{"purl":"pkg:github/scanoss/unknown-component","requirement":"","version":"","statement":"","licenses":[],"url":"","info_message":"Component version not found","info_code":"VERSION_NOT_FOUND"},"status":{"status":"SUCCESS","message":"Success"}}

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component
object

License information for a specific component identified by PURL and version.

​
status
object

Detailed response details.