Search Contacts

POST

/v1/contacts/search

Search for contacts based on the provided search parameters and returns contact summary objects.
Credit Note: Searches do not consume credits. Credits are only used if you subsequently retrieve deep data for a contact that has not been accessed within the last 12 months.

Request

Authorization

API Key

Add parameter in header

X-Api-Key

Example:

X-Api-Key: ********************

Query Params

Body Params application/jsonRequired

Examples

Search by contact nameSearch by position within specific companiesComprehensive search with filtersSearch by email domainSearch by buyer persona

Simple search for contacts by name

{
    "search_terms": [
        "John Smith"
    ]
}

Request Code Samples

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

PHP

Python

HTTP

Objective-C

Ruby

OCaml

Dart

curl --location --globoff 'https://api.leadfeeder.com/v1/contacts/search?account_id=123456&page[cursor]=WyAzNzAwMCwgIjIzNTYyMCJd&page[size]=20' \
--header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "search_terms": [
        "John Smith"
    ]
}'

Responses

🟢200OK

application/json

Success

Bodyapplication/json

Example

{
    "data": [
        {
            "type": "contact_summary",
            "id": "435834",
            "attributes": {
                "full_name": "John Doe",
                "gender": "male",
                "hierarchy_level": "employees",
                "meta": {
                    "has_phones": true,
                    "has_mail": true,
                    "has_social_accounts": true
                }
            },
            "relationships": {
                "company": {
                    "id": "129011",
                    "type": "company_summary"
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "credits": {
            "charged": 0
        },
        "pagination": {
            "next_cursor": "dXNlcjpVMEc5V0ZYTlo",
            "total_count": 1450
        },
        "request_id": "cf054205-dd8c-4473-8689-07c30fe0789f"
    }
}

🟠400Bad Request

🟠403Forbidden

🟠429Too Many Requests

🔴500Server Error

🔴504Gateway Timeout

Modified at 2026-05-22 11:02:07

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