Cognism

Cognism Search API

Find contacts and companies matching a filter set.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

POST /api/search/contact/search Search contacts #
POST /api/search/account/search Search accounts #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://developers.cognism.com/
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Documentation
https://help.cognism.com/hc/en-gb/articles/37382868352914-Cognism-API-Overview
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GettingStarted
https://help.cognism.com/hc/en-gb/articles/34195245226258-How-to-Generate-an-API-Token
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Authentication
https://help.cognism.com/hc/en-gb/articles/37383428888978-API-Authentication-Credits

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognism/refs/heads/main/openapi/cognism-search-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Postman
https://developers.cognism.com/
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ErrorCatalog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognism/refs/heads/main/errors/cognism-problem-types.yml
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DataModel
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognism/refs/heads/main/data-model/cognism-data-model.yml
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognism/refs/heads/main/examples/_index.yml
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ContactSales
https://www.cognism.com/contact

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OpenAPI Specification

cognism-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cognism Search API
  version: '2026-08-13'
  summary: Search, enrich and redeem B2B contact and company data from the Cognism database.
  description: The Cognism API is used to search, preview and enrich Contacts and Accounts.
  contact:
    name: Cognism
    url: https://www.cognism.com/contact
  termsOfService: https://www.cognism.com/terms-of-website-use
  x-source: https://documenter.gw.postman.com/api/collections/14862827/UVJhBu4C
  x-derived-by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline
  x-derived-on: '2026-08-13'
servers:
- url: https://app.cognism.com
  description: Production. Value of the `baseUrl` variable in the Production environment published with the Cognism API Postman collection.
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:


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