Company News → Contacts

POST /search/contacts · Credits charged per results returned · v1, v2 · Part of the Contact Search API

Introduction

Find contacts at companies with recent acquisitions, expansions, investments, leadership changes, and more. Combine it with any other filter in the same request (AND logic).

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Read https://docs.seamless.ai/api-catalog/contact-filters/company-news. Using SEAMLESS_API_KEY, call POST https://api.seamless.ai/api/client/v1/search/contacts with the `newsTypes` filter to find contacts matching: <your target>. Page with nextToken and keep each searchResultId.

Example

curl -X POST https://api.seamless.ai/api/client/v1/search/contacts \
  -H "Token: $SEAMLESS_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"newsTypes": ["Acquisition", "Expansion"], "newsTypeDates": ["60"], "limit": 25}'

import os, requests
rows = requests.post("https://api.seamless.ai/api/client/v1/search/contacts",
    headers={"Token": os.environ["SEAMLESS_API_KEY"]},
    json={"newsTypes": ["Acquisition", "Expansion"], "newsTypeDates": ["60"], "limit": 25}).json()["data"]

Reference

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`newsTypes`	string[]	Yes	Filter contacts by recent news or events at their company. Up to 8 types can be specified.
`newsTypeDates`	string[]	No	Restrict `newsTypes` results to a rolling window of recent days. Send one value; only the first is used.
`limit`	integer	No	Results per page, up to 500. Default `50`.
`nextToken`	string	No	Cursor from `supplementalData.nextToken` to fetch the next page.

Allowed values for newsTypes: Acquisition, Corporate Challenges, Cost Cutting, Expansion, Investment, Leadership, Partnership, Recognition Allowed values for newsTypeDates: 60, 90, 180, 365

Response

Rows are contact previews with searchResultId, name, title, seniority, company, location, and LinkedIn URL, but no emails or phones. Each row includes the company’s newsAndEvents. Send searchResultId to Contact Research for contact details. Fields: Contact Search. Auth: Token header (API keys) · Errors: status codes · Billing: rate limits and credits

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