const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({query: 'VPs of sales at solar companies in California'})
};
fetch('https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search"
payload = { "query": "VPs of sales at solar companies in California" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"query\": \"VPs of sales at solar companies in California\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodypackage main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"query\": \"VPs of sales at solar companies in California\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'query' => 'VPs of sales at solar companies in California'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}curl --request POST \
--url https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"query": "VPs of sales at solar companies in California"
}
'{
"results": [
{
"name": "Alex Morgan",
"description": "Sales leader helping solar companies grow.",
"profiles": [
"https://alexmorgan.example"
],
"location": {
"country_code": "US",
"region": "California",
"city": "San Francisco"
},
"role": {
"title": "VP of Sales",
"seniority": "executive",
"functions": [
"sales"
],
"started_on": "2023-06-01",
"company": {
"name": "Solstice",
"domain": "solstice.example"
}
},
"years_of_experience": 12,
"is_founder": false,
"skills": [
"Enterprise Sales",
"Sales Leadership",
"Renewable Energy"
],
"schools": [
"University of California, Berkeley"
]
}
],
"next_cursor": null,
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 10,
"credits_remaining": 990
}
}{
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"message": "<string>",
"error_code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 123,
"credits_remaining": 123
}
}{
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"error_code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 123,
"credits_remaining": 123
}
}{
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"message": "<string>",
"error_code": "REQUEST_TIMEOUT",
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 123,
"credits_remaining": 123
}
}{
"message": "<string>",
"error_code": "RATE_LIMITED",
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"error_data": {
"is_authenticated": true,
"limit_type": "concurrency",
"limit": 1,
"remaining": 1,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"credits_charged": 0,
"should_retry": false,
"retry_condition": "available_concurrency",
"recovery_options": [
"wait_for_in_flight_requests"
],
"info_url": "https://context.dev/dashboard/subscription",
"credits_remaining": 1
},
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 123,
"credits_remaining": 123
}
}{
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"message": "<string>",
"error_code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 123,
"credits_remaining": 123
}
}Search people
Find people with a natural-language query.
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({query: 'VPs of sales at solar companies in California'})
};
fetch('https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search"
payload = { "query": "VPs of sales at solar companies in California" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"query\": \"VPs of sales at solar companies in California\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodypackage main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"query\": \"VPs of sales at solar companies in California\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'query' => 'VPs of sales at solar companies in California'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}curl --request POST \
--url https://api.context.dev/v1/people/search \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"query": "VPs of sales at solar companies in California"
}
'{
"results": [
{
"name": "Alex Morgan",
"description": "Sales leader helping solar companies grow.",
"profiles": [
"https://alexmorgan.example"
],
"location": {
"country_code": "US",
"region": "California",
"city": "San Francisco"
},
"role": {
"title": "VP of Sales",
"seniority": "executive",
"functions": [
"sales"
],
"started_on": "2023-06-01",
"company": {
"name": "Solstice",
"domain": "solstice.example"
}
},
"years_of_experience": 12,
"is_founder": false,
"skills": [
"Enterprise Sales",
"Sales Leadership",
"Renewable Energy"
],
"schools": [
"University of California, Berkeley"
]
}
],
"next_cursor": null,
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 10,
"credits_remaining": 990
}
}{
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"message": "<string>",
"error_code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 123,
"credits_remaining": 123
}
}{
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"error_code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 123,
"credits_remaining": 123
}
}{
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"message": "<string>",
"error_code": "REQUEST_TIMEOUT",
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 123,
"credits_remaining": 123
}
}{
"message": "<string>",
"error_code": "RATE_LIMITED",
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"error_data": {
"is_authenticated": true,
"limit_type": "concurrency",
"limit": 1,
"remaining": 1,
"retry_after_seconds": 1,
"credits_charged": 0,
"should_retry": false,
"retry_condition": "available_concurrency",
"recovery_options": [
"wait_for_in_flight_requests"
],
"info_url": "https://context.dev/dashboard/subscription",
"credits_remaining": 1
},
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 123,
"credits_remaining": 123
}
}{
"request_id": "3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91",
"message": "<string>",
"error_code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"key_metadata": {
"credits_consumed": 123,
"credits_remaining": 123
}
}Search
{
"query": "Engineers at fintech companies",
"filters": {
"countries": ["US"],
"years_of_experience_min": 5
}
}
Pagination
Passnext_cursor back as cursor with the same query and filters to fetch the next page.
{
"query": "Engineers at fintech companies",
"filters": {
"countries": ["US"],
"years_of_experience_min": 5
},
"cursor": "<next_cursor from the previous response>"
}
next_cursor is null or absent; a full page does not guarantee another page.
There is no limit parameter, and cursors cannot be reused with a different query or filters.
Credits
Each nonempty page costs 10 credits, and searches with no matches are free. Try it in the API playground.Authorizations
Send Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>. Keys have full access unless restricted to scopes.
Body
Describe the people to find.
1 - 500"VPs of sales at solar companies in California"
Additional constraints every result must match.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Use next_cursor with the same query and filters to fetch the next page.
65536Labels for filtering usage in the dashboard.
201 - 50["production", "team-alpha"]
Response
Successful response
Up to 10 matching people, most relevant first.
10Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Unique ID of this request, also in X-Request-Id. Include it when contacting support.
"3f1c2a6e-8b4d-4c1e-9f0a-2d7b5e6c8a91"
Pass as cursor to fetch the next page; null when there are no more results.
Credits this request used and your remaining balance.
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