POST requests

Data type:

URLs:

Multi-source Employee

https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data_requests/employee_multi_source/es_dsl https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data_requests/employee_multi_source/ids

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Overview

Bulk Collect features three POST endpoints, making collecting employee data records in bulk easier.

Before you proceed with your Bulk Collect requests, test them in the Multi-source Employee API first to avoid any unexpected costs.

Find step-by-step guides for making Bulk Collect POST requests in the following topic:

Bulk Collect POST requests guides

Elasticsearch DSL requests

Use the endpoint /v2/data_requests/employee_multi_source/es_dsl to request employee data in bulk using our Elasticsearch DSL schema.

Multi-source Employee API Elasticsearch DSL schema

Endpoint usage example

Example request

curl -X 'POST' \
'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data_requests/employee_multi_source/es_dsl' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'apikey: {API Key}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
   "webhook_url": "{optional_webhook_url}",
   "limit": {optional_integer},
   "query":{
      "match":{
         "full_name":{
            "query":"John Smith",
            "operator":"and"
         }
      }
   }
}'

Retrieve the request ID from the response body

Request ID

{
  "request_id": "433869ec-0a98-4dcd-9b13-db4df58260f5"
}

• Location response header provides a URL where the results can be retrieved.

Location: /v2/data_requests/e000b0ec-0f00-0b00-0a0a-0b00fa0000d0/files

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IDs requests

Use the endpoint /v2/data_requests/employee_multi_source/ids to submit a list of IDs to request employee data in bulk.

Endpoint usage example

cURL request

curl -X 'POST' \
  'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data_requests/employee_multi_source/ids' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'apikey: {API Key}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  -d '{
  "limit": {optional_integer},
  "webhook_url": "{optional_webhook_url}",
  "ids": [
    1,
    222,
    3456
  ]
}'

• Retrieve the request_id from the response body:

Request ID

{
  "request_id": "433869ec-0a98-4dcd-9b13-db4df58260f5"
}

• Location response header provides a URL where the results can be retrieved.

Location: /v2/data_requests/e000b0ec-0f00-0b00-0a0a-0b00fa0000d0/files

Following steps

Make GET requests to download the data