Search Preview

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Multi-source Employee

Elasticsearch DSL

https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/employee_multi_source/search/es_dsl/preview

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Overview

Retrieve a limited set of fields from top-matching records in real time, and search suggestion features. Here, Multi-source Employee API search /v2/employee_multi_source/search/es_dsl/preview endpoint's usage is reviewed.

General information about search preview

Request queries

See the request example of preview endpoint. Search Preview endpoints accept the same query structure as their corresponding Search endpoints.

Elasticsearch DSL request

curl -X 'POST' \
'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/employee_multi_source/search/es_dsl/preview' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'apikey: {API Key}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "query": {
        "bool": {
            "should": [
                {
                    "query_string": {
                        "query": "Python",
                        "default_field": "summary",
                        "default_operator": "and"
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}'

Response structure

Here is an overview of the fields that are retrieved using the Multi-source Employee API search preview endpoints.

Data point	Description	Data type
id	Identification number	Integer
full_name	Employee's full name	String
professional_network_url	Most recent Professional network profile URL	String
headline	Profile headline	String
location_full	Employee's full location	String
location_country	Associated country	String
connections_count	Count of profile connections	Integer
followers_count	Count of profile followers	Integer
company_name	Company name. Data is from experience category	String
company_professional_network_url	Company's Professional network URL. Data is from experience category	String
company_website	Company's website. Data is from experience category	String
company_industry	Company's industry. Data is from experience category	String
active_experience_title	Title of employee's current position	String
active_experience_department	A list of employee's departments, based on actve_position_title	String
active_experience_management_level	A list of employee's management levels, based on active_experience_title	String
company_hq_full_address	Full address of the company's headquarters. Data is from experience category	String
company_hq_country	The country where the company's headquarters are located. Data is from experience category	String
_score	Elasticsearch score	Float

Refer to the data example here:

All personal/company information mentioned within this context is entirely fictional and is solely intended for illustrative purposes.

Elasticsearch DSL response

    {
        "id": 1234566,
        "full_name": "John Doe",
        "professional_network_url": "https://www.professional-network.com/in/john-doe",
        "headline": "Python Automation Engineer, QA automation",
        "location_full": "United States",
        "location_country": "United States",
        "connections_count": 100,
        "followers_count": 110,
        "company_name": "Example Company",
        "company_professional_network_url": "https://www.professional-network.com/company/example-company",
        "company_website": "https://www.example-company.com",
        "company_industry": "IT System Custom Software Development",
        "active_experience_title": "Python Automation Engineer",
        "active_experience_department": "Engineering and Technical",
        "active_experience_management_level": "Specialist",
        "company_hq_full_address": "123 Example st; New York, US",
        "company_hq_country": "United States",
        "_score": 8.01234
    },

Pagination

Example of the request using pagination query parameter page.

Elasticsearch DSL request

curl -X 'POST' \
'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/employee_multi_source/search/es_dsl/preview?page=3' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'apikey: {API Key}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "query": {
        "bool": {
            "should": [
                {
                    "query_string": {
                        "query": "Python",
                        "default_field": "summary",
                        "default_operator": "and"
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}'