Multi-source API

Collect

7min

Overview
Find instructions for collection endpoint usage and data collection. 
Use the Multi-source company collection endpoints to collect company data using company 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.
Used key
Collect endpoints
Company ID
/v1/multi_source/company/collect/{company_id}
Shorthand name
/v1/multi_source/company/collect/{shorthand_name}
Company ID
Retrieved using Company search endpoints.
Company shorthand name
Taken directly from profile URL (e.g., example-company from www.linkedin.com/company/example-company).
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Other tutorials/helpful information for you to check before using the Employee API collection endpoints: 
﻿Multi-source API Elasticsearch schema﻿
﻿Elasticsearch requests in Postman﻿
Collection using IDs
Examples in this article are prepared using Postman. 
However, you can use the most convenient tool for you: Swagger UI, terminal, Postman, or any API-compatible application.
﻿Response codes﻿
See the list of possible error codes. 
Remember to replace {JWT} with the personal token that was generated for you.
Paste in the numeric company ID instead of {company_id} and your JWT token instead of {JWT} in the request template:
cURL request example
curl -X 'GET' \
'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v1/multi_source/company/collect/{comany_id}' \
-H 'accept: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer {JWT}'
curl -X 'GET' \
'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v1/multi_source/company/collect/{comany_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 the Bearer token from the selection menu:
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Make sure your JWT token has been imported to Postman:
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Send the request. 
Collect company data from Body:
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Collection using shorthand names
Examples in this article are prepared using Postman. 
However, you can use the most convenient tool for you: Swagger UI, terminal, Postman, or any API-compatible application.
﻿Response codes﻿
See the list of possible error codes. 
Remember to replace {JWT} with the personal token that was generated for you.
Paste in the selected company 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/multi_source/company/collect/{shorthand_name}"
 -H  "accept: application/json" 
 -H  "Authorization: Bearer {JWT}"
curl -X GET "https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v1/multi_source/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 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 JWT 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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