# Multi-source Employee API
## Overview
This section covers basic information about Multi-source Employee API.\
To learn more about the API and its endpoints, follow the links below:
## Multi-source Employee endpoints
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Our API is a data retrieval tool. The endpoints do not support analytic features.
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Multi-source Employee API features **two search** and **two collect** endpoints for searching and collecting relevant Multi-source Employee data.
| Request type | Endpoint | Function |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| POST | */v2/employee\_multi\_source/search/es\_dsl* | Search for relevant employee data using Elasticsearch DSL schema |
| POST | */v2/employee\_multi\_source/search/es\_dsl/preview* | Retrieves a small set of partial data using Elasticsearch queries |
| GET | */v2/employee\_multi\_source/collect/{employee\_id}* | Collect Multi-source employee data using IDs |
| GET | */v2/employee\_multi\_source/collect/{profile\_url/shorthand\_name}* | Collect Multi-source Employee data using profile URLs or shorthand names\* |
\*📌 Full profile URL example: [www.professional-network.com/john-doe.\\](http://www.professional-network.com/john-doe.\\)
Shorthand name example: john-doe.
### Bulk Collect
Use the following endpoints to retrieve Multi-source Employee API data in bulk:
| Request type | Endpoint |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| POST | /v2/data\_requests/employee\_multi\_source/ids
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| POST | */v2/data\_requests/employee\_multi\_source/es\_dsl* |
| GET | */v2/data\_requests/{data\_request\_id}/files* |
| GET | */v2/data\_requests/{data\_request\_id}/files/{file\_name}* |
### Webhook subscriptions
Webhooks enable you to receive automatic, event-driven notifications when changes are detected in your subscribed employee profiles.
Use the following endpoints to subscribe to profile changes in employee data:
| Request type | Endpoint |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| POST | */v2/subscriptions/employee\_multi\_source/es\_dsl* |
| POST | */v2/subscriptions/employee\_multi\_source/ids* |
And use the following endpoints to subscribe to employee experience updates:
| Request type | Endpoint |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| POST | */v2/subscriptions/experience\_changes/employee\_multi\_source/ids* |
| POST | */v2/subscriptions/experience\_changes/employee\_multi\_source/es\_dsl* |
Learn more about Webhook subscriptions
## Request types
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All Multi-source Employee API requests must be made over HTTPS. Requests made over HTTP will fail or be redirected to HTTPS.
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Multi-source Employee API supports two types of requests:
* **Search** endpoints support POST requests only.
* **Collect** endpoints support the GET requests only.
| Request type | Endpoint |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| POST | */v2/employee\_multi\_source/search/es\_dsl* |
| POST | */v2/employee\_multi\_source/search/es\_dsl/preview* |
| GET | */v2/employee\_multi\_source/collect/{employee\_id}* |
| GET | */v2/employee\_multi\_source/collect/{profile\_url/shorthand\_name}* |
## Rate limits
Multi-source Employee API endpoints restrict the number of requests allowed per second.
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Search endpoints
Collection endpoints
Bulk Collect search and collection endpoints
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18 requests per second
54 requests per second
27 requests per second
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## Credits
**Two** search credits are deducted for **one successful (200) request** in the search endpoint:
* */v2/employee\_multi\_source/search/es\_dsl*
* */v2/employee\_multi\_source/search/es\_dsl/preview*
**Two** collection credits are deducted for **one successful (200) request** in the collection endpoints:
* */v2/employee\_multi\_source/collect/{employee\_id}*
* */v2/employee\_multi\_source/collect/{profile\_url/shorthand\_name}*
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Read more about credits in the following topic:
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