Crunchbase

Crunchbase Deletes API

Feeds of deleted entities for downstream sync.

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/crunchbase/refs/heads/main/openapi/crunchbase-deletes-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/crunchbase/refs/heads/main/json-schema/crunchbase-organization-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

crunchbase-deletes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Crunchbase Autocomplete Deletes API
  description: The Crunchbase REST API (v4) provides programmatic access to Crunchbase's business data platform covering organizations, people, funding rounds, acquisitions, and IPOs. The API exposes entity lookups, search, autocomplete, and deleted entity feeds. Authentication is by API key.
  version: '4.0'
  contact:
    name: Crunchbase Data
    url: https://data.crunchbase.com/docs
servers:
- url: https://api.crunchbase.com/api/v4
  description: Crunchbase v4 production API
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Deletes
  description: Feeds of deleted entities for downstream sync.
paths:
  /deletes/{collection_id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Deletes
      summary: List deleted entities
      operationId: listDeletes
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: collection_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: after_id
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: limit
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 100
          maximum: 2000
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deleted entity feed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeletesResult'
components:
  schemas:
    DeletesResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        entities:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              uuid:
                type: string
                format: uuid
              deleted_at:
                type: string
                format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-cb-user-key
      description: Crunchbase user API key.