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# POST Requests: Clean Employee API

{% columns %}
{% column width="16.666666666666664%" %}
Data type:

URLs:
{% endcolumn %}

{% column %}
Clean Employee

<https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data\\_requests/employee\\_clean/es\\_dsl\\>
<https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data\\_requests/employee\\_clean/id\\_file\\>
<https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data\\_requests/employee\\_clean/shorthand\\_names\\>
<https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data\\_requests/employee\\_clean/urls>
{% endcolumn %}
{% endcolumns %}

***

## Overview

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

{% hint style="danger" %}
Before you proceed with your Bulk Collect requests, test them in the Clean Employee API first to avoid any unexpected costs.
{% endhint %}

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

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Bulk Collect POST requests guides</td><td><a href="/api-introduction/requests/bulk-collect/post-requests.md">POST Requests</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Elasticsearch DSL requests

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

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Clean Employee API Elasticsearch DSL schema</td><td><a href="/legacy-data/clean-employee-api/endpoints/elasticsearch-dsl.md#elasticsearch-schema">Elasticsearch DSL</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Endpoint usage example

{% code title="Example request" %}

```json
curl -X 'POST' \
'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data_requests/employee_clean/es_dsl' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'apikey: {API Key}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
   "webhook_url": "{optional_webhook_url}",
   "limit": {optional_integer},
   "es_dsl_query": {
      "query": {
         "bool": {
            "should": [
               {
                  "query_string": {
                     "query": "Python",
                     "default_field": "description",
                     "default_operator": "and"
                  }
               },
               {
                  "query_string": {
                     "query": "Python",
                     "default_field": "job_title",
                     "default_operator": "and"
                  }
               },
               {
                  "nested": {
                     "path": "experience",
                     "query": {
                        "bool": {
                           "should": [
                              {
                                 "query_string": {
                                    "query": "Python",
                                    "default_field": "experience.description",
                                    "default_operator": "and"
                                 }
                              },
                              {
                                 "query_string": {
                                    "query": "Python",
                                    "default_field": "experience.title",
                                    "default_operator": "and"
                                 }
                              }
                           ]
                        }
                     }
                  }
               }
            ]
         }
      }
   }
}'
```

{% endcode %}

Retrieve the request ID from the response body

{% code title="Request ID" %}

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

{% endcode %}

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

> Location: /v2/data\_requests/e000b0ec-0f00-0b00-0a0a-0b00fa0000d0/files

***

## ID File requests&#x20;

Use the endpoint `/v2/data_requests/employee_clean/id_file` to submit a list of IDs in a .csv or .txt file format to request employee data in bulk.  The following topic explains how to make ID File request:

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>ID File request guide</td><td><a href="/api-introduction/requests/bulk-collect/post-requests.md#id-file-requests">POST Requests</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Endpoint usage example

{% code title="cURL request" %}

```json
curl -X 'POST' \
  'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data_requests/employee_clean/id_file' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'apikey: {API Key}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'ids_file=@id_list_example.csv;type=text/csv' \
  -F 'webhook_url={optional_webhook_url}'
```

{% endcode %}

Retrieve the `request_id` from the response body:

{% code title="Request ID" %}

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

{% endcode %}

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

> Location: /v2/data\_requests/e000b0ec-0f00-0b00-0a0a-0b00fa0000d0/files

***

## Shorthand names and URLs requests

You can send up to 10,000 `shorthand_names` or `URLs` per request. Requirements for `shorthand_names` are listed below:

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Shorthand names requirements</td><td><a href="/api-introduction/requests/bulk-collect/post-requests.md#shorthand-names-and-urls-requests">POST Requests</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Endpoint usage

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Example request for shorthand\_names" %}
{% code title="Example request for shorthand\_names" %}

```json
curl -X 'POST' \
  'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data_requests/employee_clean/shorthand_names' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'apikey: {API Key}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
   "webhook_url": "{optional_webhook_url}",
   "shorthand_names": [
      "john-doe",
      "jane-doe",
      "john-smith"
      ]
   }'
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Example request for urls" %}
{% code title="Example request for urls" %}

```json
curl -X 'POST' \
  'https://api.coresignal.com/cdapi/v2/data_requests/employee_clean/urls' \
  -H 'accept: application/json' \
  -H 'apikey: {API Key}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
   "webhook_url": "{optional_webhook_url}",
   "urls": [
      "https://www.professional-network.com/in/john-doe",
      "https://www.professional-network.com/in/jane-doe",
      "https://www.professional-network.com/in/john-smith"
      ]
   }'
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Retrieve the request ID from the response body:

{% code title="Request ID" %}

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

{% endcode %}

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

> Location: /v2/data\_requests/e000b0ec-0f00-0b00-0a0a-0b00fa0000d0/files

## Following steps

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Make GET requests to download the data</td><td><a href="/api-introduction/requests/bulk-collect/get-requests.md">GET Requests</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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