Power your automation with verified global event data

Factal plugs into your maps, dashboards and AI agents through its API and ready-made integrations.

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Put Factal's API to work

Your tools and AI are only as good as the data you feed them. Factal's API delivers risk events verified and geolocated by experienced journalists before they hit your stack.

Verified incidents. Every incident update is instantly detected by AI and quickly verified by Factal's experienced editors.

Real-time and historical. REST endpoints for both live and historical incident data on a global scale stretching back to 2018.

Deeply customizable. Filter by locations, topics and severity scores with precise geolocation and True Impact™ polygons.

Thoroughly sourced. Each real-time update cites the best local or regional source as verified by Factal editors.

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  "id": 69751710,
  "url": "https://www.lafm.com.co/orden-publico/ataque-explosivo-popayan-deja-varios-civiles-heridos-dos-policias-413286",
  "content": "Update: At least six people injured in explosion near police checkpoint in Popayán, Colombia",
  "created_date": "2026-10-07T16:26:54.190392Z",
  "updated_date": "2026-10-07T16:26:54.193179Z",
  "source": "lafm.com.co",
  "severity": 3,
  "status": "published",
  "permalink": "https://www.factal.com/item/...",
  "topics": [
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      "topic": {
        "id": 5349381,
        "name": "Colombian conflict with militant groups",
        "kind": "arc",
        "category": "Ongoing",
        "latitude": null,
        "longitude": null
      },
      "assets": [],
      "relevance": null,
      "impact_zone": null
    },
    {
      "topic": {
        "id": 7862833,
        "name": "Cl. 16 Nte. #6-2, Comuna 1, Popayán, Cauca, Colombia",
        "kind": "location",
        "category": "POI",
        "latitude": 2.4518228,
        "longitude": -76.5987641
      },
      "assets": [
        {
          "id": 4821,
          "name": "Supplier Facility",
          "kind": "warehouse",
          "distance": 1738
        }
      ],
      "relevance": "approximate",
      "impact_zone": "SRID=4326;MULTIPOLYGON (...)"
    },
    {
      "topic": {
        "id": 559786,
        "name": "Popayán, Cauca, Colombia",
        "kind": "location",
        "category": "Town",
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      },
      "assets": [],
      "relevance": "general",
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    },
    {
      "topic": {
        "id": 401075,
        "name": "Cauca, Colombia",
        "kind": "location",
        "category": "State",
        "latitude": 2.7049813,
        "longitude": -76.8259652
      },
      "assets": [],
      "relevance": "general",
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    },
    {
      "topic": {
        "id": 1110,
        "name": "Colombia",
        "kind": "location",
        "category": "Country",
        "latitude": 4.570868,
        "longitude": -74.297333
      },
      "assets": [],
      "relevance": "general",
      "impact_zone": null
    },
    {
      "topic": {
        "id": 247482,
        "name": "LATAM",
        "kind": "region",
        "category": "Region",
        "latitude": null,
        "longitude": null
      },
      "assets": [],
      "relevance": null,
      "impact_zone": null
    },
    {
      "topic": {
        "id": 851863,
        "name": "South America",
        "kind": "region",
        "category": "Region",
        "latitude": null,
        "longitude": null
      },
      "assets": [],
      "relevance": null,
      "impact_zone": null
    },
    {
      "topic": {
        "id": 60969,
        "name": "war & conflict",
        "kind": "vertical",
        "category": "Topic",
        "latitude": null,
        "longitude": null
      },
      "assets": [],
      "relevance": null,
      "impact_zone": null
    },
    {
      "topic": {
        "id": 60968,
        "name": "crime & courts",
        "kind": "vertical",
        "category": "Topic",
        "latitude": null,
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  ]
}

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Average verified updates/day

2018

Verified archive since

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Data includes precisely geolocated incidents about:

Natural disasters: Severe weather, wildfires, earthquakes and more

Crime and conflict: Active shootings, terror attacks and global conflict

Transportation: Travel and freight disruptions in air, road, rail and sea

Cybersecurity: Data breaches, ransomware attacks and internet outages

Geopolitics: Elections, political instability and disinformation efforts

Disease outbreaks: New outbreaks, lockdowns and travel restrictions

What teams build with Factal's API

Situational awareness

Detect emerging and high-risk events ahead of major media reports, cited to original sources.

Mapping and proximity

Know instantly when a critical event happens in proximity to any location, down to the meter.

Risk analysis and forecasting

Identify and project risk trends for precise locations leveraging years of global incident data.

AI agents and automation

Give agents, models and automated workflows verified incidents to reliably act on.

Brand reputation and threats

Detect brand backlash events, threats and impersonation mentioning your organization.

Investment management

Get market-moving events at the speed of social media, without the mis- and disinformation.

Have a potential idea or use case? Contact us at sales@factal.com to see if we can help.

"[With other services], it's an algorithm, it's a lot of noise. So we have to create a ton of rules to be able to sift through that. Whereas Factal almost all of the time gets us the information we need when we need it."

- Morgan Dibble, Director of Global Intelligence, Marriott

How Marriott supports properties with Factal's ArcGIS integration

Factal incident data displayed in ArcGIS