Attribution files (LICENSE/NOTICE/…) for one or many components
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"components": [
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/engine",
"requirement": "v5.4.5"
},
{
"purl": "pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution"
payload = { "components": [{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/engine",
"requirement": "v5.4.5"
}, { "purl": "pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14" }] }
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
components: [
{purl: 'pkg:github/scanoss/engine', requirement: 'v5.4.5'},
{purl: 'pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14'}
]
})
};
fetch('https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'components' => [
[
'purl' => 'pkg:github/scanoss/engine',
'requirement' => 'v5.4.5'
],
[
'purl' => 'pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"components\": [\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/scanoss/engine\",\n \"requirement\": \"v5.4.5\"\n },\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"components\": [\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/scanoss/engine\",\n \"requirement\": \"v5.4.5\"\n },\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"components\": [\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/scanoss/engine\",\n \"requirement\": \"v5.4.5\"\n },\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"components": [
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/engine",
"version": "5.4.5",
"requirement": "v5.4.5",
"attribution_files": [
{
"file": "LICENSE",
"file_id": "93d99b95d57fca563c23a2bc4954aeed",
"attribution_url": "https://api.scanoss.com/v3/notice-contents/93d99b95d57fca563c23a2bc4954aeed"
},
{
"file": "third-party/LICENSE-comp1",
"file_id": "1274878fd5e1d9abcd58721028763421",
"attribution_url": "https://api.scanoss.com/v3/notice-contents/1274878fd5e1d9abcd58721028763421"
}
]
}
],
"status": {
"status": "SUCCESS",
"message": "Resolved 1 of 1 purls"
}
}{
"status": "error",
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_QUERY",
"message": "purl query parameter is required"
},
"timestamp": "2026-05-19T11:39:56Z"
}{
"status": "error",
"error": {
"code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"message": "..."
},
"timestamp": "2026-05-19T11:39:56Z"
}{
"status": "error",
"error": {
"code": "TIMEOUT",
"message": "request timed out"
},
"timestamp": "2026-05-19T11:39:56Z"
}licenses
Attribution files (LICENSE/NOTICE/…) for one or many components
For each component, returns the attribution files associated with it
plus a URL to fetch the full content of each. Per-item failures appear
in components carrying info_code / info_message; status.status
summarises the outcome (SUCCESS, PARTIAL_SUCCESS, ERROR).
POST
/
v3
/
license
/
attribution
Attribution files (LICENSE/NOTICE/…) for one or many components
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"components": [
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/engine",
"requirement": "v5.4.5"
},
{
"purl": "pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution"
payload = { "components": [{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/engine",
"requirement": "v5.4.5"
}, { "purl": "pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14" }] }
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
components: [
{purl: 'pkg:github/scanoss/engine', requirement: 'v5.4.5'},
{purl: 'pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14'}
]
})
};
fetch('https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'components' => [
[
'purl' => 'pkg:github/scanoss/engine',
'requirement' => 'v5.4.5'
],
[
'purl' => 'pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"components\": [\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/scanoss/engine\",\n \"requirement\": \"v5.4.5\"\n },\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14\"\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"components\": [\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/scanoss/engine\",\n \"requirement\": \"v5.4.5\"\n },\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.scanoss.com/v3/license/attribution")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"components\": [\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/scanoss/engine\",\n \"requirement\": \"v5.4.5\"\n },\n {\n \"purl\": \"pkg:github/angular/angular@19.2.14\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"components": [
{
"purl": "pkg:github/scanoss/engine",
"version": "5.4.5",
"requirement": "v5.4.5",
"attribution_files": [
{
"file": "LICENSE",
"file_id": "93d99b95d57fca563c23a2bc4954aeed",
"attribution_url": "https://api.scanoss.com/v3/notice-contents/93d99b95d57fca563c23a2bc4954aeed"
},
{
"file": "third-party/LICENSE-comp1",
"file_id": "1274878fd5e1d9abcd58721028763421",
"attribution_url": "https://api.scanoss.com/v3/notice-contents/1274878fd5e1d9abcd58721028763421"
}
]
}
],
"status": {
"status": "SUCCESS",
"message": "Resolved 1 of 1 purls"
}
}{
"status": "error",
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_QUERY",
"message": "purl query parameter is required"
},
"timestamp": "2026-05-19T11:39:56Z"
}{
"status": "error",
"error": {
"code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"message": "..."
},
"timestamp": "2026-05-19T11:39:56Z"
}{
"status": "error",
"error": {
"code": "TIMEOUT",
"message": "request timed out"
},
"timestamp": "2026-05-19T11:39:56Z"
}Body
application/json
Minimum array length:
1Show child attributes
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Optional request-level search configuration applied to every component
in the batch (for GET endpoints the same knobs are query params). All
fields are optional; the defaults disable every fallback (strict version
matching, no related results). Honored by endpoints that support search
criteria — currently /v3/license/evidence.
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