Collect

6min

Overview
All company information mentioned within this context is entirely fictional and is solely intended for illustrative purposes.
Find instructions for collection endpoint usage and data collection. 
Use the collection endpoints to collect company data using IDs or shorthand names. 
﻿Data collection using IDs﻿
Learn how to obtain company data using IDs. 
﻿Data collection using shorthand names﻿
Learn how to obtain company data using shorthand names.
Key
Collect endpoint
Company ID
/v1/professional_network/company/collect/{company_id}
Shorthand name
/v1/professional_network/company/collect/{shorthand_name}
Company ID
Retrieved using search endpoints.
Company shorthand name
Taken directly from profile URL (e.g., example-company from www.professional-network.com/company/example-company).
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Other tutorials/helpful information for you to check before using the Company API collection endpoints: 
﻿Search filters endpoint﻿
﻿Search requests in Postman﻿
﻿Elasticsearch schema﻿
﻿Elasticsearch requests in Postman﻿
Examples in this article are prepared using Postman.
However, you can use the tool that is most convenient for you: terminal, Postman, or any API-compatible application.
Remember to replace {JWT} with the personal token generated for you.
Paste in the numeric profile ID instead of {company_id} and your JWT token instead of {JWT} in the request template:
cURL request
curl -X 'GET' \
'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v1/professional_network/company/collect/{company_id}' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {JWT}'
curl -X 'GET' \
'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v1/professional_network/company/collect/{company_id}' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {JWT}'
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Copy the edited request.
Import the request in Postman by clicking the Import button and pasting the request in:
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Click Authorization:
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Select Bearer token and paste your token in:
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Make sure your token has been imported to Postman:
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Send the request:
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Collect company data from Body.
Remember to replace {JWT} with the personal token generated for you.
Paste in the selected shorthand name instead of {shorthand_name} and your JWT token instead of {JWT} in the request template:
cURL request example
curl -X 'GET' \
'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v1/professional_network/company/collect/{shorthand_name}' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {JWT}'
curl -X 'GET' \
'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v1/professional_network/company/collect/{shorthand_name}' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {JWT}'
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Copy the edited request.
Import the request in Postman by clicking on the Import button and pasting the request in:
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Click Authorization:
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Select the Bearer token from the selection menu:
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Make sure your token has been imported to Postman:
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Send the request:
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Collect company data from Body.
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