# Sample: Base Employee API

{% hint style="info" %}
All personal/company information mentioned within this context is entirely fictional and is solely intended for illustrative purposes.
{% endhint %}

## Base Employee API data sample

```json
{
  "id": 1234567890,
  "parent_id": 0,
  "is_parent": 1,
  "full_name": "John Doe",
  "first_name": "John",
  "last_name": "Doe",
  "headline": "Head of Data Science at Example Company",
  "created_at": "2025-04-14T10:00:00",
  "updated_at": "2025-04-14T10:00:00",
  "checked_at": "2025-04-14T10:00:00",
  "received_at": "2024-04-14T10:00:00",
  "public_profile_id": "123456123",
  "profile_url": "https://www.professional_networkcom/john-doe",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "city": "San Francisco",
  "state": "CA",
  "industry": "Data & Analytics",
  "summary": "Experienced data leader with a strong track record of building data teams, developing predictive models, and driving business strategy through analytics.",
  "services": "Data Science Consulting, Machine Learning Strategy, Technical Leadership",
  "profile_photo_url": "https://www.example.com/photos/john_doe.jpg",
  "deleted": 0,
  "country": "United States",
  "country_iso_2": "US",
  "country_iso_3": "USA",
  "regions": [
    {
      "region": "California"
    }
  ],
  "recommendations_count": 8,
  "connections_count": 1100,
  "follower_count": 950,
  "experience_count": 4,
  "shorthand_name": "JohnD",
  "canonical_shorthand_name": "johndoe",
  "shorthand_names": [
    {
      "shorthand_name": "johndoe"
    }
  ],
  "historical_ids": [
    {
      "id": 987654321
    }
  ],
  "inferred_skills": [
    "data analytics"
  ],
  "awards": [
    {
      "id": "award-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "title": "Data Leader of the Year",
      "issuer": "Analytics Example Conference 2024",
      "description": "Honored for outstanding leadership in enterprise data strategy.",
      "date": "2024-12-01",
      "date_year": 2024,
      "date_month": 12,
      "date_day": 1,
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2025-01-14T10:00:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-01-14T10:00:00"
    }
  ],
  "certifications": [
    {
      "id": "cert-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "title": "Data Science Professional Certificate",
      "issuer": "Example Online University",
      "credential_id": "2021001001",
      "certificate_url": "https://example-university.com/certificates/data-science",
      "certificate_logo_url": "https:/example-images.com/dms/image/v2/certificate",
      "date_from": "2024-04-01",
      "date_from_year": 2024,
      "date_from_month": 4,
      "date_to": "2024-10-01",
      "date_to_year": 2024,
      "date_to_month": 10,
      "issuer_url": "https://example-university.com",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2024-12-14T10:00:00",
      "updated_at": "2024-12-14T10:00:00"
    }
  ],
  "courses": [
    {
      "id": "course-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "organizer": "Courses Provider",
      "title": "Machine Learning with Python",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2023-04-14T10:00:00",
      "updated_at": "2023-04-14T10:00:00"
    }
  ],
  "course_suggestions": [
    {
      "id": "course-sug-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "title": "Advanced Data Science and Machine Learning",
      "course_url": "https://www.example.com/courses/advanced-data-science",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2024-06-01T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-06-01T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "id": "edu-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "institution": "Example University",
      "program": "Data Science and Business Analytics",
      "date_from": "2016-09-01",
      "date_from_year": 2016,
      "date_to": "2020-05-15",
      "date_to_year": 2020,
      "activities_and_societies": "Data Club, AI Research Society",
      "description": "Bachelor of Science in Data Science",
      "institution_url": "https://www.example-university.edu",
      "institution_shorthand_name": "ExampleU",
      "institution_logo_url": "https://example-images.com/dms/image/v2/education",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2025-04-14T10:00:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-04-14T10:00:00"
    }
  ],
  "experience": [
    {
      "id": "exp-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "title": "Head of Data Science",
      "location": "San Francisco, CA",
      "company_id": 3001,
      "company_source_id": 4001,
      "company_name": "Example Company",
      "company_url": "https://www.professional_network.com/company/example-company",
      "company_shorthand_name": "example-company",
      "company_url_canonical_shorthand_name": "example-company",
      "company_logo_url": "https://example-images.com/dms/image/v2/company-logo",
      "company_industry": "IT Systems Operations and Maintenance",
      "company_website": "https://example-company.com",
      "company_employees_count": 100,
      "company_size": "51-200 employees",
      "date_from": "2020-06-01",
      "date_from_year": 2020,
      "date_from_month": 1,
      "date_to": null,
      "date_to_year": null,
      "date_to_month": null,
      "is_current": 1,
      "duration": "5 years",
      "description": "Leads the data science department to drive strategic insights using machine learning, advanced analytics, and data engineering best practices.",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2025-04-14T10:00:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-04-14T10:00:00"
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "id": "language-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "language": "English",
      "proficiency": "Native",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2022-01-01T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2022-01-01T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "organizations": [
    {
      "id": "org-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "organization": "Example Organization",
      "position": "Member",
      "description": "Participated in meetings focused on technology innovation.",
      "date_from": "2023-03-01",
      "date_from_year": 2023,
      "date_from_month": 3,
      "date_to": "2024-03-01",
      "date_to_year": 2024,
      "date_to_month": 3,
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2023-03-01T08:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-03-01T17:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
   "patents": [
    {
      "id": "pat-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "title": "Optimized Data Processing System",
      "status": "Granted",
      "inventors": [
        {
          "full_name": "John Doe",
          "profile_url": "www.professional_network.com/in/john-doe",
          "order_in_profile": 1
        },
        {
          "full_name": "Jane Smith",
          "profile_url": "www.professional_network.com/in/jane-smith",
          "order_in_profile": 2
        }
      ],
      "date": "2021-08-15",
      "date_year": 2021,
      "date_month": 8,
      "date_day": 15,
      "patent_url": "https://example.com/patents/123456",
      "description": "An innovative system for efficient data processing in distributed environments.",
      "patent_or_application_number": "US1234567890A",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2021-08-15T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-03-01T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "id": "project-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "name": "AI-Powered System",
      "project_url": "https://example.com/projects/system",
      "description": "Developed an AI-powered recommendation for e-commerce platforms, increasing conversion rates by 20%.",
      "date_from": "2022-01-01",
      "date_from_year": 2022,
      "date_from_month": 1,
      "date_to": "2024-06-01",
      "date_to_year": 2024,
      "date_to_month": 6,
      "team_members": [
        {
          "full_name": "John Doe",
          "profile_url": "www.professional_network.com/in/johndoe",
          "order_in_profile": 1
        },
        {
          "full_name": "Jane Smith",
          "profile_url": "www.professional_network.com/in/janesmith",
          "order_in_profile": 2
        }
      ],
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2022-01-01T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2024-06-01T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "publications": [
    {
      "id": "public-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "title": "Advances in Machine Learning",
      "publisher": "Example Journal",
      "date": "2022-10-15",
      "date_year": 2022,
      "date_month": 10,
      "date_day": 15,
      "description": "A comprehensive study on the latest trends and advancements in machine learning techniques.",
      "authors": [
        {
          "full_name": "John Doe",
          "profile_url": "https://example.com/john-doe",
          "order_in_profile": 1
        },
        {
          "full_name": "Jane Smith",
          "profile_url": "https://example.com/jane-smith",
          "order_in_profile": 2
        }
      ],
      "publication_url": "https://example.com/publications/machine-learning",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2022-10-15T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2022-10-15T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    {
      "id": "rec-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "recommendation": "John is a highly skilled and dependable software engineer. His ability to solve complex problems and lead projects to success is remarkable.",
      "full_name": "Jane Smith",
      "referee_url": "https:/www.professional_network.com/in/janesmith",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2023-05-01T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-05-01T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "similar_profiles": [
    {
      "id": "sim-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "profile_url": "www.professional_network.com/in/janedoe",
      "full_name": "Jane Doe",
      "headline": "Senior Data Scientist at Example Corp",
      "location": "New York, NY",
      "company": "Tech Corp",
      "followers": "210",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "created_at": "2023-05-01T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-05-01T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "other_named": [
    {
      "id": "other-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "profile_url": "www.professional_network.com/in/janedoe",
      "full_name": "Jane Doe",
      "headline": "Senior Data Scientist at Example Corp",
      "location": "New York, NY",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "created_at": "2023-05-01T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-05-01T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "test_scores": [
    {
      "id": "test-001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "title": "General Test",
      "date": "2023-09-15",
      "date_year": 2023,
      "date_month": 9,
      "date_day": 15,
      "description": "Scored in the 85th percentile on the General Test, with a focus on quantitative reasoning and analytical writing.",
      "score": "228",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2023-09-15T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-09-15T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "volunteering_positions": [
    {
      "id": "vol-pos001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "organization": "Example Organization",
      "role": "Volunteer Coordinator",
      "cause": "Poverty Alleviation",
      "date_from": "2021-07-01",
      "date_from_year": 2021,
      "date_from_month": 7,
      "date_to": "2021-12-01",
      "date_to_year": 2021,
      "date_to_month": 12,
      "duration": "5 months",
      "description": "Organized and managed volunteer activities to support low-income families through food distribution and educational programs.",
      "organization_url": "www.professional_network.com/company/example-organization",
      "organization_shorthand_name": "example-organization",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2021-07-01T08:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2021-12-01T17:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "websites": [
    {
      "id": "web001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "personal_website": "https://www.johndoeportfolio.com",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2023-01-01T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-01-01T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "activity": [
    {
      "id": "act001-001-001-00001-00001",
      "activity_url": "https://www.example.com/activity/12345",
      "title": "Shared an article on AI advancements",
      "action": "Shared",
      "order_in_profile": 1,
      "deleted": 0,
      "created_at": "2023-07-01T10:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-07-01T12:00:00Z"
    }
  ]   
}

```


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