Introduction

Welcome to ContactOut's API. Find anyone's email & phone number 10x faster with the most powerful sales and recruitment intelligence software available.

Authentication

# With shell, you can just pass the correct header with each request
curl "https://api.contactout.com" \
  -H "authorization: basic"
  -H "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

ContactOut uses API keys to allow access to the API. You can request an API key by booking a meeting here.

ContactOut expects the API key to be included in all API requests to the server in a header that looks like the following:

token : <YOUR_API_TOKEN>

Rate limits

Please note that for all endpoints, the rate limit is 1200 requests per minute. Additionally, our search endpoint has a specific limit of 60 requests per minute.

1a. Personal Email Checker

Get personal email availability status for a single Linkedin profile


curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin/personal_email_status?profile=https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "profile": {
    "email": true
  }
}

HTTP Request

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin/personal_email_status?{profile=}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
profile	profile: (string, URL encoded, required)	The fully formed URL of the LinkedIn profile. URL must begin with `http` and must contain `linkedin.com/in/` or `linkedin.com/pub/`

1b. Work Email Checker

Get work email availability status for a single LinkedIn profile

curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin/work_email_status?profile=https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "profile": {
    "email": true,
    "email_status": 'Verified | Unverified | null'
  }
}

HTTP Request

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin/work_email_status?{profile=}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
profile	profile: (string, URL encoded, required)	The fully formed URL of the LinkedIn profile. URL must begin with `http` and must contain `linkedin.com/in/` or `linkedin.com/pub/`.

1c. Phone Number Checker

Get phone availability status for a single LinkedIn profile

curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin/phone_status?profile=https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "profile": {
    "phone": true
  }
}

HTTP Request

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin/phone_status?{profile=}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
profile	profile: (string, URL encoded, required)	The fully formed URL of the LinkedIn profile. URL must begin with `http` and must contain `linkedin.com/in/` or `linkedin.com/pub/`

2a. Contact Info from LinkedIn Profile

Get contact details for a single LinkedIn profile. Requesting real-time work_emails via &email_type=work may increase the response time. This endpoint does not provide real-time verified work_email by default. If you need it in the response, you must pass the additional argument: email_type.


curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin?profile=https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person&include_phone=true" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "profile": {
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person",
    "email": [
      "[email protected]",
      "[email protected]"
    ],
    "work_email": [
      "[email protected]"
    ],
    "work_email_status": [
      "[email protected]" => "Verified | Unverified"
    ],
    "personal_email": [
      "[email protected]"
    ],
    "phone": [
      "phone number 1"
    ],
    "github":[
      "github_name"
    ]
  }
}

{
  "status_code": 404,
  "message": "Not Found"
}

HTTP Request

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin?{profile=&include_phone=}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
profile	profile: (string, URL encoded, required)	The fully formed URL of the LinkedIn profile. URL must begin with `http` and must contain `linkedin.com/in/` or `linkedin.com/pub/`
include_phone	boolean, optional, Defaults to false	If set to true, it will include phone information in the response and deduct phone credits.
email_type	string, optional	If set to `work`, it will return a work email. If unset, it will not provide real-time verified work emails. If set to `personal, work`, it will return both types of emails and do the real-time verification.

Including email_type=work may increase the response time as real-time verification happens on the email provided to ensure the quality of data.

2b. Contact Info from LinkedIn MemberId

Get contact details for a single LinkedIn profile using memberId


curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin_member_id?member_id=12345&include_phone=true" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "profile": {
    "member_id": 12345,
    "email": [
      "[email protected]",
      "[email protected]"
    ],
    "work_email": [
      "[email protected]"
    ],
    "work_email_status": [
      "[email protected]" => "Verified | Unverified"
    ],
    "personal_email": [
      "[email protected]"
    ],
    "phone": [
      "phone number 1"
    ],
    "github":[
      "github_name"
    ]
  }
}

{
  "status_code": 404,
  "message": "Not Found"
}

HTTP Request

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin_member_id?{member_id=&include_phone=}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
member_id	integer, required	LinkedIn profile member id
include_phone	boolean, optional, Defaults to false	If set to true, it will include phone information in the response and deduct phone credits.

3a. Bulk ContactInfo V1

Get contact details for a batch of 30 LinkedIn Profiles per API call

curl 'https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin/batch' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: basic' \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
--data '{
    "profiles": [
        "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-1",
        "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-2",
        "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-3"
    ]
}'

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "profiles": {
    "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-1": [
      "[email protected]",
      "[email protected]",
      "[email protected]"
    ],
    "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-2": [
      "[email protected]"
    ],
    "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-3": [
      "[email protected]"
    ]
  }
}

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "profiles": {
    "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-1": [],
    "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-2": [],
    "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-3": []
  }
}

HTTP Request

POST https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/linkedin/batch

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
profiles	Array, required, max:30	An array of LinkedIn profile URLs. URL must begin with `http` and must contain `linkedin.com/in/` or `linkedin.com/pub/`

3b. Bulk ContactInfo V2

Get contact details for a batch of 1000 LinkedIn Profiles in bulk. This version improves upon v1 by incorporating ContactOut's real-time work email finder.

curl 'https://api.contactout.com/v2/people/linkedin/batch' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: basic' \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
--data '{
    "callback_url": "https://api.contactout.com/enrich-test-callback-endpoint",
    "profiles": [
        "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-1",
        "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-2",
        "https://linkedin.com/in/example-person-3"
    ]
}'

{
  "status": "QUEUED",
  "job_id": "96d1c156-fc66-46ef-b053-be6dbb45cf1f"
}

curl "https://api.contactout.com/v2/people/linkedin/batch/96d1c156-fc66-46ef-b053-be6dbb45cf1f" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

{
  "data": {
    "uuid": "96d1d610-f163-484e-a433-3006c862c14d",
    "status": "SENT",
    "result": {
      "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person-1": {
        "emails": [
          "[email protected]"
        ],
        "personal_emails": [],
        "work_emails": [
          "[email protected]"
        ]
      },
      "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person-2": {
        "emails": [
          "[email protected]",
          "[email protected]"
        ],
        "personal_emails": [
          "[email protected]"
        ],
        "work_emails": [
          "[email protected]"
        ]
      },
      "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person-3": {
        "emails": [
          "[email protected]",
          "[email protected]"
        ],
        "personal_emails": [
          "[email protected]"
        ],
        "work_emails": [
          "[email protected]"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

HTTP Request

POST https://api.contactout.com/v2/people/linkedin/batch

GET https://api.contactout.com/v2/people/linkedin/batch/{job_uuid}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
callback_url	String, optional	A URL where the results will be posted once the enrichment operation is completed.
profiles	Array, required, Max:1000	An array of LinkedIn profile URLs. URL must begin with `http` and must contain `linkedin.com/in/` or `linkedin.com/pub/`

4. LinkedIn Profile from Email

Get LinkedIn profile url for a given email


curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/[email protected]" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "profile": {
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry"
  }
}

{
  "status_code": 404,
  "message": "Not Found"
}

HTTP Request

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/person?{email=}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
email	string, required	Email Address

5a. Profile details from LinkedIn URL

Get profile details for a single linkedin profile URL. The input only accepts LinkedIn regular URLs, not Sales Navigator or Talent / Recruiter LinkedIn products.


curl "  https://api.contactout.com/v1/linkedin/enrich?profile=https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

  {
  "status_code": 200,
  "profile": {
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-person",
    "email": [
      "[email protected]",
      "[email protected]"
    ],
    "work_email": [
      "[email protected]"
    ],
    "personal_email": [
      "[email protected]"
    ],
    "phone": [
      "+1234567891"
    ],
    "github":[
      "github_name"
    ],
    "twitter": [
      "twitter_username"
    ],
    "fullName": "Example Person",
    "headline": "Manager, Business Operations & Marketing at OBM",
    "industry": "Broadcast Media",
    "company": {
      "name": "OBM",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/obm",
      "website": "http://obm.in",
      "headquarter": "HQ"
    },
    "location": "Bermuda",
        "summary": "An experienced professional with over 19 years in Marketing (digital, print, radio, television), Communications, Content Creation, Copy Writing, Website Maintenance, Social Media Exploitation, Relationship Building, Business Development, Business Operations, Training and Leadership.\\n",
    "experience": [
      {
        "end": "Present",
        "start": 2018,
        "title": "Manager, Business Operations & Marketing",
        "description": "Established in 1936, OBMI is a global master planning, architecture and design firm, with a rich history of shaping the architectural landscape of Bermuda. Within the firm, I support the OBMI Bermuda office on a multi-faceted level. My commitment to relationship building & client management, together with my passion and proficiency in marketing & communications, allows me to be an integral member of the team. Currently, my mandates include:Marketing•\tLead all marketing initiatives for the OBMI Bermuda office•\tCreation all print and digital ads for the local market•\tCreate, design and execute the quarterly newsletter•\tCopy & creative of OBMI Bermuda articles for local and international publication•\tManage Google My Business content•\tOversee see all aspects of the OBMI Bermuda website•\tCapture and analyze various metrics to identify areas of enhancement•\tExplore industry trends, best practices and innovative marketing solutions for potential adoptionBusiness Operations•\tProject management •\tClient relationship management•\tVendor & consultant management•\tOffice administration•\tPrimary point of contact for Bermuda office•\tCollaborate with corporate office in Miami on marketing & company-wide initiatives/roll-outs",
        "organization": [
          {
            "name": "OBM International",
            "profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/obm-international"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "education": [
      {
        "end": "2004",
        "name": "George Brown College",
        "major": "Journalism",
        "start": "2002",
        "degrees": [
          "Journalism"
        ],
        "profile_url": "http://www.linkedin.com/edu/george-brown-college-19978"
      }
    ],
    "skills": [
      "Digital Marketing",
      "Content Creation",
      "Business Development",
      "Project Management",
      "Client Relationship Management"
    ]
  }
}

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "profile": []
}

HTTP Request

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/linkedin/enrich?{profile=}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
profile	string, URL encoded, required	The fully formed URL of the LinkedIn profile. URL must begin with `http` and must contain `linkedin.com/in/` or `linkedin.com/pub/`

5b. Profile details from email address

Get profile details for a single email address. The match rate is typically higher with a personal email address as they change less frequently.


curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/email/[email protected]" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "profile": {
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "workEmail": "[email protected]",
    "workEmailStatus":  "Verified | Unverified",
    "fullName": "Bobbi Singh",
    "headline": "Manager, Business Operations & Marketing at OBM International",
    "industry": "Broadcast Media",
    "linkedinUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbisingh",
    "confidenceLevel": "",
    "altMatches": [],
    "phone": " +61.438347437",
    "twitter": "",
    "github": "",
    "company": {
      "name": "OBM International",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/obm-international",
      "website": "http://obm.international",
      "headquarter": "HQ",
      "locations": [
        {
          "line1": "Address Line 1",
          "line2": "Address Line 2",
          "city": "City",
          "state": "State",
          "country": "US",
          "postalCode": "12345",
          "description": "Headquarters"
        }
      ]
    },
    "location": "Bermuda",
    "summary": "An experienced professional with over 19 years in Marketing (digital, print, radio, television), Communications, Content Creation, Copy Writing, Website Maintenance, Social Media Exploitation, Relationship Building, Business Development, Business Operations, Training and Leadership.\\n",
    "experience": [
      {
        "end": "Present",
        "start": 2018,
        "title": "Manager, Business Operations & Marketing",
        "description": "Established in 1936, OBMI is a global master planning, architecture and design firm, with a rich history of shaping the architectural landscape of Bermuda. Within the firm, I support the OBMI Bermuda office on a multi-faceted level. My commitment to relationship building & client management, together with my passion and proficiency in marketing & communications, allows me to be an integral member of the team. Currently, my mandates include:Marketing•\tLead all marketing initiatives for the OBMI Bermuda office•\tCreation all print and digital ads for the local market•\tCreate, design and execute the quarterly newsletter•\tCopy & creative of OBMI Bermuda articles for local and international publication•\tManage Google My Business content•\tOversee see all aspects of the OBMI Bermuda website•\tCapture and analyze various metrics to identify areas of enhancement•\tExplore industry trends, best practices and innovative marketing solutions for potential adoptionBusiness Operations•\tProject management •\tClient relationship management•\tVendor & consultant management•\tOffice administration•\tPrimary point of contact for Bermuda office•\tCollaborate with corporate office in Miami on marketing & company-wide initiatives/roll-outs",
        "organization": [
          {
            "name": "OBM International",
            "profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/obm-international"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "education": [
      {
        "end": "2004",
        "name": "George Brown College",
        "major": "Journalism",
        "start": "2002",
        "degrees": [
          "Journalism"
        ],
        "profile_url": "http://www.linkedin.com/edu/george-brown-college-19978"
      }
    ],
    "skills": [
      "Digital Marketing",
      "Content Creation",
      "Business Development",
      "Project Management",
      "Client Relationship Management"
    ]
  }
}

{
  "status_code": 404,
  "message": "Not Found"
}

HTTP Request

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/email/enrich?{email=}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
email	string, required	Email Address
include	string, optional	Data to be returned. Currently support `work_email`

Including include=work_email may increase the response time as real-time verification happens on the email provided to ensure the quality of data.

6. Company information from domains

Get company information based on given input domains.


curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/domain/enrich" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: basic' \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
--data '{
    "domains": [
        "test.com"
    ]
}'

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "companies": {
    "contactout.com": {
      "li_vanity": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/test",
      "name": "Test",
      "domain": "test.com",
      "description": "This company specializes in innovative software solutions to streamline business operations and enhance productivity.",
      "website": "http://test.com",
      "logo_url": "https://images.contactout.com/companies/328ffa89a83a83042329f8181b7fbfaf",
      "type": "Privately Held",
      "headquarter": "San Francisco, US",
      "country": "United States",
      "size": 89,
      "founded_at": 2015,
      "locations": [
        {
          "city": "San Francisco",
          "country": "US",
          "isPrimary": true
        }
      ],
      "industry": "Computer Software",
      "specialties": [],
      "technologies_used": [
        "laravel",
        "microsoft",
        "lever",
        "ahrefs",
        "vidyard",
        "entelo",
        "help desk",
        "salesforce",
        "reuse",
        "to go",
        "unicorn",
        "facebook",
        "sales navigator",
        "linkedin",
        "for business",
        "asx",
        "convey",
        "salesloft",
        "roadmap",
        "pipedrive",
        "tasker",
        "elasticsearch",
        "bitly",
        "trajectory",
        "crm",
        "data management"
      ],
      "revenue": "$5.4M"
    }
  }
}

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "companies": []
}

HTTP Request

POST https://api.contactout.com/v1/domain/enrich

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
domains	array, required, max:30	An array of domain names. Each domain should be in a valid format, for ex: `example.com`

7. SearchAPI

Get profiles matching the search criteria.

curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/search" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: basic' \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
--data '
  {
    "page": 1,
    "name": "John Smith",
    "job_title": [
      "Vice President",
      "VP Of Product"
    ],
    "exclude_job_titles": [
      "Sales"
    ],
    "current_titles_only": false,
    "include_related_job_titles": false,
    "skills": [
      "Network Security",
      "Networking"
    ],
    "location": [
      "Sydney, Australia"
    ],
    "company": [
      "ContactOut"
    ],
    "exclude_companies": [
      "Google"
    ],
    "domain":[
      "https://contactout.com"
    ],
    "industry: [
      "Computer Software",
      "Computer Networking"
    ],
    "company_size": [
      "1_10",
      "11_50"
    ],
    "years_of_experience": [
      "6_10",
      "10"
    ],
    "current_company_only": false,
    "data_types" : [
      "personal_email",
      "work_email",
      "phone"
    ],
    "reveal_info" : true
  }
'

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "metadata": {
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 25,
    "total_results": 45
  },
  "profiles": {
    "https://linkedin.com/in/at-JqjtXv": {
      "li_vanity": "at-JqjtXv",
      "full_name": "Llewellyn Ruecker",
      "title": "Research Assistant",
      "headline": "Research Assistant at Legros, Smitham and Kessler",
      "company": {
        "name": "Legros, Smitham and Kessler",
        "website": "nemo",
        "headquarter": "535 Kuhic Gardens Apt. 044",
        "domain": "hamill.net",
        "company_size": 3
      },
      "location": "Faheybury",
      "industry": "Dr. Trenton Hane III",
      "experience": [
        "Research Assistant at Legros, Smitham and Kessler in 2014 - Present"
      ],
      "education": [
        "Doctorate degree at Vertapple University in 2017 - 2021"
      ],
      "skills": [
        "Research",
        "Algorithms",
        "Budget Planning",
        "Storage",
        "Requirements Gathering",
        "Coding"
      ],
      "updated_at": "2023-03-31 00:00:00",
      "contact_availability" : {
        "personal_email" : true,
        "work_email": true,
        "phone": true
      },
      "contact_info": {
        "emails": ["[email protected]", "[email protected]"],
        "personal_emails": ["[email protected]"],
        "work_emails": ["[email protected]"],
        "work_email_status": [
          "[email protected]" => "Verified | Unverified"
        ],
        "phones": ["+123456789"]
      }
    },
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxime-IX12tS": {
      ....
    },
    .....
  }
}

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "metadata": {
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 25,
    "total_results": 0
  },
  "profiles": []
}

HTTP Request

POST https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/search

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
name	text	Name of the profile
job_title	array, max:50	Accepts an array of job titles.
current_titles_only	boolean, default: true	Returns profiles matching the current job title. If specified false, the response will return profiles matching the current or past job title.
include_related_job_titles	boolean, default: false	Returns profiles with related job titles
skills	array, max:50	Accepts an array of skills
location	array, max:50	Accepts an array of locations
company	array, max:50	Accepts an array of company names
current_company_only	boolean, default: true	Returns profiles matching the current company name
domain	array, max:50	Accepts an array of domains
industry	array, max:50	Accepts an array of industries. Accepted values list
company_size	array	Accepts an array of company size ranges. Accepted values list
years_of_experience	array	Accepts an array representing ranges of years of experience. Accepted values list
page	integer	Provides results for the given page
data_types	array	Returns profiles containing atleast one of the specified data types. It accepts an array of one more values from this list `[personal_email, work_email, phone]`
reveal_info	boolean, default: false	If set to true, `contact_info` will contain the emails and phone numbers of the profile and credits will be charged

Response

Response contains the meta information and the matching list of profiles. Each profile contains the information like title, headline, company details, experience, skills etc. It also lists the contact availability and contact information fields.

Parameter	Type	Description
contact_info	array	Returns an array containing contact information including email and phone numbers
contact_availability	array	Returns an array determining whether the profile contains the contact information

curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/search" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: basic' \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
--data '
  {
    "page": 1,
    "name": "John Smith",
    "output_fields" : [
        "title",
        "li_vanity"
    ]
  }

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "metadata": {
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 25,
    "total_results": 0
  },
  "profiles": {
    "https://linkedin.com/in/at-JqjtXv": {
      "li_vanity": "at-JqjtXv",
      "title": "Research Assistant",
      "contact_availability": {
        "personal_email": true,
        "work_email": true,
        "phone": true
      },
      "contact_info": {
        "emails": [],
        "personal_emails": [],
        "work_emails": [],
        "work_email_status": [],
        "phones": []
      }
    }
  }
}

8. Email Verifier

Verify the deliverability of an email address

curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/email/[email protected]" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "data": {
    "status": "valid"
  }
}

HTTP Request

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/email/verify?{email=}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
email	string, required	Email Address

Response

status returns the status of the email address. Below are the possible values

valid: the email address is valid.
invalid: the email address is not valid.
accept_all: the email address is valid but any email address is accepted by the server.
disposable: the email address comes from a disposable email service provider.
unknown: we failed to verify the email address.

9. Bulk Email Verifier

Verify the deliverability for a batch of 100 email addresses in bulk.

curl 'https://api.contactout.com/v1/email/verify/batch' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: basic' \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
--data '{
    "callback_url": "https://api.contactout.com/enrich-test-callback-endpoint",
    "emails": [
        "[email protected]",
        "[email protected]",
        "[email protected]"
    ]
}'

{
  "status": "QUEUED",
  "job_id": "96d1c156-fc66-46ef-b053-be6dbb45cf1f"
}

curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/email/verify/batch/96d1c156-fc66-46ef-b053-be6dbb45cf1f" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

{
  "data": {
    "uuid": "992d8707-aa77-4499-92e4-cf3579c1d384",
    "status": "DONE",
    "result": {
      "[email protected]": "valid",
      "[email protected]": "accept_all",
      "[email protected]": "invalid"
    }
  }
}

HTTP Request

POST https://api.contactout.com/v1/email/verify/batch

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/email/verify/batch/{job_uuid}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
callback_url	String, optional	A URL where the results will be posted once the bulk email verification operation is completed.
emails	Array, required, Max:1000	An array of email addresses

10. Decision Makers API

Get profiles of key decision makers within a specified company.

curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/decision-makers?reveal_info=true&linkedin_url=https://linkedin.com/company/contactout" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "metadata": {
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 25,
    "total_results": 8
  },
  "profiles": {
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-liu": {
      "full_name": "Rob Liu",
      "li_vanity": "robliu",
      "title": "CEO / Founder",
      "headline": "Founder at Contactout",
      "company": {
        "name": "ContactOut",
        "website": "http://contactout.com",
        "domain": "contactout.com",
        "email_domain": "contactout.com",
        "headquarter": "San Francisco, US",
        "size": 96,
        "revenue": 10000,
        "industry": "Computer Software"
      },
      "location": "Singapore",
      "industry": "Computer Software",
      "experience": [
        "CEO / Founder at ContactOut in 2015 - Present",
        "Limited Partner at Blackbird in 2020 - Present",
        "Limited Partner at Hustle Fund in 2021 - Present",
        "Visiting Partner at Iterative in 2023 - Present"
      ],
      "education": [
        "UNSW in 2008 - 2011"
      ],
      "skills": [
        "Start-ups",
        "Entrepreneurship",
        "Online Advertising",
        "Social Media Marketing",
        "Digital Marketing",
        "Web Analytics",
        "Digital Media",
        "Project Management",
        "Laravel",
        "Test Driven Development"
      ],
      "updated_at": "2024-04-03 17:15:14",
      "contact_availability": {
        "work_email": true,
        "personal_email": true,
        "phone": true
      },
      "contact_info": {
        "emails": [
          "[email protected]",
          "[email protected]"
        ],
        "personal_emails": [
          "[email protected]"
        ],
        "work_emails": [
          "[email protected]"
        ],
        "work_email_status": {
          "[email protected]": "Verified"
        },
        "phones": [
          "+123456789"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

HTTP Request

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/people/decision-makers?{domain=&name=&linkedin_url=&reveal_info=}

Query Parameters

This endpoint requires at least one of the following three parameters: linkedin_url, domain, or name. The endpoint accepts any combination of these parameters to identify the most relevant company match.

Parameter	Type	Description
linkedin_url	string, optional	The fully formed URL of the company's LinkedIn profile. URL must begin with http and must contain linkedin.com/company/. Accepts both the numeric or string version of the URL, e.g. `https://linkedin.com/company/contactout` or `https://linkedin.com/company/27090845`
domain	string, optional	The domain name of the company's website, e.g. example.com
name	string, optional	The name of the company
reveal_info	boolean, default: false	If set to true, `contact_info` will contain the emails and phone numbers of the profile and credits will be charged

Response

Parameter	Type	Description
contact_info	array	Returns an array containing contact information including email and phone numbers
contact_availability	array	Returns an array determining whether the profile contains the contact information

11. API Usage Stats

Get API stats for the given period.

curl "https://api.contactout.com/v1/stats?period=2023-04" \
--header "authorization: basic" \
--header "token: <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"

Postpaid

Key	Type	Description
count	integer	Successful API requests that used an email credit
quota	integer	Allowed email credit usage before either overage is charged or key is disabled until next period
remaining	integer	Calculated as `quota - count`
over_quota	integer	Overages on email credit usage(only applicable to some users)
phone_count	integer	Successful API requests that used a phone credit
phone_quota	integer	Allowed phone credit usage before either overage is charged or key is disabled until next period
phone_remaining	integer	Calculated as `phone_quota - phone_count`
phone_over_quota	integer	Overages on phone credit usage (only applicable to some users)

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "metadata": {
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 25,
    "total_results": 10
  },
  "profiles": {
    "https://linkedin.com/in/at-JqjtXv": {
      "li_vanity": "at-JqjtXv",
      "full_name": "Llewellyn Ruecker",
      "title": "Research Assistant",
      "headline": "Research Assistant at Legros, Smitham and Kessler",
      "company": {
        "name": "Legros, Smitham and Kessler",
        "website": "nemo",
        "headquarter": "535 Kuhic Gardens Apt. 044",
        "domain": "hamill.net",
        "company_size": 3
      },
      "location": "Faheybury",
      "industry": "Dr. Trenton Hane III",
      "experience": [
        "Research Assistant at Legros, Smitham and Kessler in 2014 - Present"
      ],
      "education": [
        "Doctorate degree at Vertapple University in 2017 - 2021"
      ],
      "skills": [
        "Research",
        "Algorithms",
        "Budget Planning",
        "Storage",
        "Requirements Gathering",
        "Coding"
      ],
      "updated_at": "2023-03-31 00:00:00",
      "contact_availability" : {
        "personal_email" : true,
        "work_email": true,
        "phone": true
      },
      "contact_info": {
        "emails": ["[email protected]", "[email protected]"],
        "personal_emails": ["[email protected]"],
        "work_emails": ["[email protected]"],
        "work_email_status": [
          "[email protected]" => "Verified | Unverified"
        ],
        "phones": ["+123456789"]
      }
    },
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxime-IX12tS": {
      ....
    },
    .....
  }
}

Prepaid

Key	Type	Description
count	integer	Successful API requests that used an email credit
quota	integer	Prepaid Email credits remaining
phone_count	integer	Successful API requests that used a phone credit
phone_quota	integer	Prepaid Phone credits remaining

{
  "status_code": 200,
  "period": {
    "start": "2023-04-01",
    "end": "2023-04-31"
  },
  "usage": {
    "count": 100,
    "quota": 200,
    "phone_count": 500,
    "phone_quota": 1000
  }
}

HTTP Request

GET https://api.contactout.com/v1/stats?period=2023-04

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
period	string, YYYY-MM format, defaults to current month	Accepts month in YYYY-MM format, which returns the stats of the given month

Errors

ContactOut APIs returns the following error codes:

Error Code	Message
400	Bad credentials or invalid headers
401	Bad request or invalid input
403	You're out of credits, please email your sales manager