Anomaly Detection API
Identify values that deviate from the rest of a dataset, with the basis for each flag.
What it does
Flag values that look unusual against the rest of the dataset.
When to use it
Reach for Anomaly Detection when you need to answer: “What looks unusual?” It sits in the Detect stage of the catalog — surface anomalies and revenue exposure.
Endpoint & cost
POST /api/v1/anomalies
Cost: 1 credit. Zaps draw down your shared monthly allowance; requests that fail validation are not charged.
Authentication
Send your key as a bearer token: Authorization: Bearer zap_live_…. See Authentication for key management and the alternate header.
Example request
curl https://zapinner.com/api/v1/anomalies \
-H "Authorization: Bearer zap_live_••••••" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"records":[{"amount":100},{"amount":105},{"amount":98000}]}'request_id. Full field-level request and response schemas for this endpoint live in the OpenAPI spec and the API reference.Errors & limits
Errors use one consistent shape ( error.code, error.message, request_id). See Errors and Rate limits.
SDK
Anomaly Detection has typed methods in both the JavaScript and Python SDKs. Both are implemented and package-ready but not yet published to npm / PyPI — until they ship, vendor the package source or install from a git ref, or call the endpoint over HTTPS with the example above.
Try it
Select Anomaly Detection in the playground to see the request, or run it live with your API key.
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- Consistency — Report each column's dominant type and how much data agrees.
- Data Quality — A composite 0-100 quality score with an explainable breakdown.
- Drift — Compare a baseline to current data and report per-field drift.
- Change Detect — A keyed diff: added, removed, changed, and unchanged records.
- Schema Diff — Compare inferred schemas of two record sets.
- Schema Validate — Validate records against a declared field schema.
- Validate Email — Syntax + structural email validation with normalization.
- PII Detect — Locate PII without ever echoing the sensitive values.
