Contact Search

Search for B2B contacts in the Crunchbase database filtered by job seniority level and department. Results include LinkedIn URLs, job levels, departments, and employer details with categories and locations. Use this endpoint for sales prospecting, lead generation, and building targeted contact lists.

HTTP Request

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GET /contact/search

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`company`	string	No	—	Only contacts at this company. Name, slug, or UUID
`job_level`	string	No	`any`	Seniority: `any`, `individual`, `manager`, `director`, `vp`, `exec`
`job_department`	string	No	`any`	Department: `any`, `management`, `engineering`, `information_technology`, `operations`, `sales`, `marketing`, `finance`, `human_resources`, `consulting`, `support`, `design`, `legal`, `education`, `medical`, `business_development`, `public_relations`, `product`, `arts_and_media`, `data_science`
`per_page`	integer	No	`5`	Results per page (max 15)
`page`	integer	No	`1`	Page number (sequential, 1-indexed)

Response

Example Response

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{
  "status": true,
  "request_id": "86b4f7f9-ec41-7d10-d850-91ce24a4",
  "data": {
    "total": 58666711,
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": false,
    "results": [
      {
        "name": "Marina Favaro",
        "uuid": "e3a292e9-6123-496c-9541-7f1560131ec2",
        "type": "contact",
        "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/marina-favaro-1698a586",
        "job_levels": [
          "individual",
          "director"
        ],
        "job_departments": [
          "marketing"
        ],
        "employer": {
          "uuid": "e10aaff2-4d89-46d4-820b-b4f64b8d42ca",
          "name": "Anthropic",
          "slug": "anthropic",
          "categories": [
            "Artificial Intelligence (AI)",
            "Foundational AI"
          ],
          "locations": [
            "San Francisco",
            "California"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Bret Taylor",
        "uuid": "a3093b95-bb32-49ef-811f-4c934cfbaf54",
        "type": "contact",
        "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/brettaylor",
        "job_levels": [
          "exec"
        ],
        "job_departments": [
          "management"
        ],
        "employer": {
          "uuid": "cf2c678c-b81a-80c3-10d1-9c5e76448e51",
          "name": "OpenAI",
          "slug": "openai",
          "categories": [
            "Agentic AI",
            "Artificial Intelligence (AI)"
          ],
          "locations": [
            "San Francisco",
            "California"
          ]
        }
      }
      // ... more items
    ],
    "resolved_filters": {}
  },
  "request_params": {
    "per_page": "2",
    "page": "1"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`status`	boolean	Whether the request was successful
`request_id`	string	Unique identifier for the request
`data.total`	integer	Total number of contacts matching the filters
`data.page`	integer	Current page number
`data.has_next_page`	boolean	Whether more pages of results are available
`data.results`	array	List of contact objects
`data.results[].name`	string	Full name of the contact
`data.results[].uuid`	string	Contact UUID
`data.results[].type`	string	Entity type (always `"contact"`)
`data.results[].linkedin_url`	string	LinkedIn profile URL
`data.results[].job_levels`	array	Seniority levels (e.g., `exec`, `director`, `vp`, `manager`, `individual`)
`data.results[].job_departments`	array	Departments (e.g., `marketing`, `engineering`, `sales`, `management`, `finance`)
`data.results[].employer`	object	Current employer details
`data.results[].employer.uuid`	string	Employer organization UUID
`data.results[].employer.name`	string	Employer name
`data.results[].employer.slug`	string	Employer slug — use in company-details
`data.results[].employer.categories`	array	Industry categories (string array)
`data.results[].employer.locations`	array	Employer locations (string array: city, region)
`data.resolved_filters`	object	Any filter resolutions applied by the API
`request_params`	object	Echo of the parameters sent in the request

Code Examples

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import requests

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

params = {
    "job_level": "exec",
    "job_department": "engineering",
    "per_page": "10",
    "page": "1"
}

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"]

print(f"Total contacts: {data['total']}")
for contact in data["results"]:
    levels = ", ".join(contact["job_levels"])
    depts = ", ".join(contact["job_departments"])
    print(f"{contact['name']} — {levels} ({depts})")
    print(f"  Employer: {contact['employer']['name']}")
    print(f"  LinkedIn: {contact['linkedin_url']}")

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

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  job_level: "exec",
  job_department: "engineering",
  per_page: "10",
  page: "1",
});

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();

console.log(`Total contacts: ${data.total}`);
data.results.forEach((contact) => {
  const levels = contact.job_levels.join(", ");
  const depts = contact.job_departments.join(", ");
  console.log(`${contact.name} — ${levels} (${depts})`);
  console.log(`  Employer: ${contact.employer.name}`);
  console.log(`  LinkedIn: ${contact.linkedin_url}`);
});

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curl -G "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/contact/search" \
  --data-urlencode "job_level=exec" \
  --data-urlencode "job_department=engineering" \
  --data-urlencode "per_page=10" \
  --data-urlencode "page=1" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com"

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