Crunchbase

Crunchbase Metadata API

The Metadata API from Crunchbase — 3 operation(s) for metadata.

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Operations 3

GET /md/applications/crunchbase/openapi.yaml Retrieve OpenAPI specification document in yaml format #

GET /md/applications/crunchbase/openapi.json Retrieve OpenAPI specification document in json format #

GET /md/applications/crunchbase/fields Returns the list of fields for collections with type and description #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Crunchbase Data Metadata API
  version: 1.1.0
  contact:
    email: partnerships@crunchbase.com
  termsOfService: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/terms
  description: 'Operations tagged Metadata across 6 of this provider''s published API definitions: crunchbase-data-advanced-financials-openapi.yml, crunchbase-data-core-financials-openapi.yml, crunchbase-data-firmographic-openapi.yml, crunchbase-data-insights-openapi.yml, crunchbase-data-predictions-insights-openapi.yml, crunchbase-data-predictions-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.crunchbase.com/v4
security:
- ApiKeyAuthHeader: []
tags:
- name: Metadata
paths:
  /md/applications/crunchbase/openapi.yaml:
    get:
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Retrieve OpenAPI specification document in yaml format
      operationId: getOpenApiSpecYaml
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/OpenAPISpecification'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericBadRequestError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericInternalServerError'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.crunchbase.com/v4
  /md/applications/crunchbase/openapi.json:
    get:
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Retrieve OpenAPI specification document in json format
      operationId: getOpenApiSpecJson
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/OpenAPISpecification'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericBadRequestError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericInternalServerError'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.crunchbase.com/v4
  /md/applications/crunchbase/fields:
    get:
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Returns the list of fields for collections with type and description
      operationId: getFieldsMetadata
      parameters:
      - name: collection_ids
        in: query
        description: A comma separated list of collection ids to filter against. Leaving this blank means it will search across all collections.
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          title: collection_ids
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - acquisitions
            - addresses
            - categories
            - category_groups
            - degrees
            - diversity_spotlights
            - event_appearances
            - events
            - funding_rounds
            - funds
            - investments
            - ipos
            - jobs
            - locations
            - organizations
            - ownerships
            - people
            - press_references
            - principals
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/FieldsMetadataCSV'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericBadRequestError'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GenericInternalServerError'
    servers:
    - url: https://api.crunchbase.com/v4
components:
  responses:
    FieldsMetadataCSV:
      description: Fields metadata in CSV format
      content:
        text/csv:
          schema:
            type: string
            format: binary
    OpenAPISpecification:
      description: OpenAPI Specification document
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            description: OpenAPI 3.0 specification document
    GenericInternalServerError:
      description: Request Failed
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors'
    GenericBadRequestError:
      description: Bad Request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Errors'
  schemas:
    Errors:
      type: object
      description: Developer friendly error message
      properties:
        value:
          type: string
          description: stuff
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuthHeader:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-cb-user-key
      in: header
externalDocs:
  description: API Reference doc
  url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
x-refined-from:
- crunchbase-data-advanced-financials-openapi.yml
- crunchbase-data-core-financials-openapi.yml
- crunchbase-data-firmographic-openapi.yml
- crunchbase-data-insights-openapi.yml
- crunchbase-data-predictions-insights-openapi.yml
- crunchbase-data-predictions-openapi.yml