Configuration settings
| Environmental Variable |
Description |
Default |
DATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL |
Interval for data redownload and reparse. off disables this refreshing. |
12h |
INITIAL_DATA_DIRECTORY |
Directory filepath with initial files to use instead of downloading. Periodic downloads will replace the initial files. |
Empty |
SEARCH_MAX_WORKERS |
Maximum number of goroutines used for search. |
1024 |
ADJACENT_SIMILARITY_POSITIONS |
How many nearby words to search for highest max similarly score. |
3 |
EXACT_MATCH_FAVORITISM |
Extra weighting assigned to exact matches. |
0.0 |
JARO_WINKLER_BOOST_THRESHOLD |
Jaro-Winkler boost threshold. |
0.7 |
JARO_WINKLER_PREFIX_SIZE |
Jaro-Winkler prefix size. |
4 |
LOG_FORMAT |
Format for logging lines to be written as. |
Options: json, plain - Default: plain |
BASE_PATH |
HTTP path to serve API and web UI from. |
/ |
HTTP_BIND_ADDRESS |
Address to bind HTTP server on. This overrides the command-line flag -http.addr. |
Default: :8084 |
HTTP_ADMIN_BIND_ADDRESS |
Address to bind admin HTTP server on. This overrides the command-line flag -admin.addr. |
Default: :9094 |
HTTPS_CERT_FILE |
Filepath containing a certificate (or intermediate chain) to be served by the HTTP server. Requires all traffic be over secure HTTP. |
Empty |
HTTPS_KEY_FILE |
Filepath of a private key matching the leaf certificate from HTTPS_CERT_FILE. |
Empty |
WEB_ROOT |
Directory to serve web UI from. |
Default: webui/ |
WEBHOOK_MAX_WORKERS |
Maximum number of workers processing webhooks. |
Default: 10 |
DOWNLOAD_WEBHOOK_URL |
Optional webhook URL called when data downloads / refreshes occur. |
Empty |
DOWNLOAD_WEBHOOK_AUTH_TOKEN |
Optional Authorization header included on download webhooks. |
Empty |
List configurations
| Environmental Variable |
Description |
Default |
OFAC_DOWNLOAD_TEMPLATE |
HTTP address for downloading raw OFAC files. |
https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/%s |
DPL_DOWNLOAD_TEMPLATE |
HTTP address for downloading the DPL. |
https://www.bis.doc.gov/dpl/%s |
CSL_DOWNLOAD_TEMPLATE |
HTTP address for downloading the Consolidated Screening List (CSL), which is a collection of US government sanctions lists. |
https://api.trade.gov/consolidated_screening_list/%s |
KEEP_STOPWORDS |
Boolean to keep stopwords in names. |
false |
DEBUG_NAME_PIPELINE |
Boolean to pring debug messages for each name (SDN, SSI) processing step. |
false |
Data persistence
By design, Watchman does not persist (save) any data about the search queries or actions created. The only storage occurs in memory of the process and upon restart Watchman will have no files or data saved. Also, no in-memory encryption of the data is performed.