A lightweight API that analyzes regulatory compliance deadlines and identifies risk levels before penalties occur.

Finance / Fintech / Healthcare / Insurance

These industries operate under strict regulatory requirements and must constantly submit filings, audits, and compliance reports.

Companies in regulated industries often lose money due to:

• Missed regulatory filings
• Late compliance submissions
• Expired licenses
• Poor deadline visibility

Many compliance teams still track obligations manually using:

• spreadsheets
• calendar reminders
• email alerts

Manual tracking increases the risk of human error and missed deadlines.

Even a single missed filing can result in thousands of dollars in penalties per day.

The Regulatory Compliance Deadline Tracker API helps analyze regulatory obligations automatically.

The API:

• Accepts compliance obligations
• Calculates the number of days remaining until each deadline
• Categorizes the risk level
• Flags urgent obligations
• Estimates potential penalty exposure

The API is designed to be lightweight and stateless.

No database is required.
All data is provided in the request payload.

Analyzes compliance obligations and returns risk levels based on how close the deadlines are.

{
  "company": "ABC Corp",
  "today": "2026-03-01",
  "obligations": [
    {
      "name": "Quarterly Financial Filing",
      "dueDate": "2026-03-15",
      "penaltyPerDay": 5000
    },
    {
      "name": "Data Protection Audit",
      "dueDate": "2026-03-05",
      "penaltyPerDay": 20000
    }
  ]
}

{
    "company": "ABC Corp",
    "analysis": [
        {
            "name": "Quarterly Financial Filing",
            "daysRemaining": 3,
            "riskLevel": "HIGH"
        },
        {
            "name": "Data Protection Audit",
            "daysRemaining": -7,
            "riskLevel": "CRITICAL",
            "penaltyExposure": 140000
        }
    ],
    "totalPenaltyExposureIfLateToday": 140000
}

The API classifies compliance risk using the following rules:

This allows compliance teams to quickly identify urgent obligations.

• Node.js
• Express.js
• JSON API design

This project focuses on backend development fundamentals including:

• Date parsing
• Mathematical calculations
• Conditional logic
• Data transformation
• Structured JSON responses
• API error handling

This API could be integrated into systems such as:

Internal dashboards that monitor regulatory deadlines.

Automatically identify upcoming regulatory risks.

Trigger alerts when deadlines approach.

Notify compliance teams when filings become urgent.

You can test the endpoint using tools such as:

• Postman
• Insomnia
• curl
• frontend applications

Below is an example request being executed in Postman.

Most API tutorials demonstrate basic examples like todo list APIs.

This project focuses on solving a real operational problem faced by regulated industries.

Small automation tools like this can help companies:

• reduce compliance risk
• improve deadline visibility
• avoid financial penalties

MIT License

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