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People Search

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POST/api/research/people

Search for people in the music industry — artists, managers, A&R reps, producers. Returns multi-source profiles including LinkedIn data.

Authentication

See the authentication guide for API key and account access requirements.

Request

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.recoupable.dev/api/research/people' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "query": "string"
}'

Request body required

application/json

querystringrequired

Natural language search for people (e.g., "A&R reps at Atlantic Records").

num_resultsinteger

Number of results to return.

Default: 10

minimum: 1 · maximum: 100

Responses

200People search results

application/json

statusstring · enum

Values: "success", "error"

resultsarray<ResearchPeopleResult>

Item properties

titlestring

Person name and role.

urlstring

Profile URL (often LinkedIn).

format: uri

idstring

Unique result identifier from the search provider.

publishedDatestringnullable

Date the profile or page was published.

authorstringnullable

Author of the page, if available.

highlightsarray<string>nullable

Key excerpts from the profile.

Item properties

string

summarystringnullable

Brief summary of the person.

400Validation error

application/json

statusstring · enumrequired

Values: "error"

errorstringrequired

Human-readable error message describing what went wrong.

401Authentication failed — invalid or missing API key

application/json

statusstring · enumrequired

Values: "error"

errorstringrequired

Human-readable error message describing what went wrong.

501The configured research data source does not support this endpoint or data shape.

application/json

statusstring · enumrequired

Values: "error"

errorstringrequired

Human-readable error message describing what went wrong.

501 example

{
  "status": "error",
  "error": "Request failed with status 501"
}

Full specification

Download the OpenAPI file for complete schemas, constraints, and examples.

Download research.json

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json

{
  "description": "Search for people in the music industry — artists, managers, A&R reps, producers. Returns multi-source profiles including LinkedIn data.",
  "requestBody": {
    "required": true,
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "schema": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResearchPeopleRequest"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "People search results",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResearchPeopleResponse"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "description": "Validation error",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResearchErrorResponse"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "401": {
      "description": "Authentication failed — invalid or missing API key",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ResearchErrorResponse"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "501": {
      "$ref": "#/components/responses/ResearchDataSourceUnsupported"
    }
  }
}