Autocomplete

Search for organizations, people, and hubs on Crunchbase using fuzzy matching. Use this endpoint to build search-as-you-type interfaces or to resolve entity names to their Crunchbase slugs before calling detail endpoints.

HTTP Request

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GET /autocomplete

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`q`	string	Yes	—	Search query (partial or full name)
`type`	string	No	—	Filter by entity type: `org`, `person`, or `hub`
`limit`	integer	No	—	Maximum number of results to return

Response

Example Response

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{
  "status": true,
  "request_id": "ad60b7be-3692-5b83-a10c-a9db2589",
  "data": {
    "organizations": [
      {
        "uuid": "ee17319e-f5ee-9c9a-6500-edf82b4fbf05",
        "slug": "nvidia",
        "name": "NVIDIA",
        "type": "organization",
        "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/v1502744943/jhowtgkdwv2aa1eodg2b.png",
        "short_description": "NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI."
      }
      // ... more items
    ],
    "people": []
  },
  "request_params": {
    "q": "nvidi",
    "type": "org",
    "limit": "3"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`status`	boolean	Whether the request was successful
`request_id`	string	Unique identifier for the request
`data.organizations`	array	List of matching organizations
`data.organizations[].uuid`	string	Crunchbase UUID of the organization
`data.organizations[].slug`	string	URL slug — use this as the `id` param in detail endpoints
`data.organizations[].name`	string	Display name of the organization
`data.organizations[].type`	string	Entity type (always `"organization"` in this array)
`data.organizations[].image`	string	URL to the organization’s logo image
`data.organizations[].short_description`	string	Brief description of the organization
`data.people`	array	List of matching people (same structure with person-specific fields)
`request_params`	object	Echo of the parameters sent in the request
`request_params.q`	string	The search query that was used
`request_params.type`	string	The type filter that was applied
`request_params.limit`	string	The limit that was applied

Code Examples

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import requests

url = "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/autocomplete"

params = {
    "q": "nvidia",
    "type": "org",
    "limit": "5"
}

headers = {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
data = response.json()["data"]

for org in data["organizations"]:
    print(f"{org['name']} ({org['slug']})")
    print(f"  {org['short_description']}\n")

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const url = "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/autocomplete";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  q: "nvidia",
  type: "org",
  limit: "5",
});

const response = await fetch(`${url}?${params}`, {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com",
  },
});

const { data } = await response.json();

data.organizations.forEach((org) => {
  console.log(`${org.name} (${org.slug})`);
  console.log(`  ${org.short_description}\n`);
});

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curl -G "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/autocomplete" \
  --data-urlencode "q=nvidia" \
  --data-urlencode "type=org" \
  --data-urlencode "limit=5" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com"

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