People Data Labs Autocomplete API

The Autocomplete API from People Data Labs — 1 operation(s) for autocomplete.

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Operations 2

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GET /v5/autocomplete Autocomplete a field value from partial text · /autocomplete #

Ask an LLM

“Can I get suggested company or job title values as someone types?”

“Which fields does People Data Labs autocomplete support?”

Tell an agent

Autocomplete {field} values starting with {text}.

Suggest the top {size} {field} completions for {text} via a GET request.

POST /v5/autocomplete Autocomplete a field value with a POST body · /autocomplete #

Ask an LLM

“Can I send the autocomplete field and seed text in a JSON body instead of the query string?”

“Is there a POST version of autocomplete that titlecases the suggestions?”

Tell an agent

POST an autocomplete request for {field} seeded with {text}.

Send {size} titlecased {field} suggestions for {text} using the POST autocomplete body.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Peopledatalabs Autocomplete API
  version: '5.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged autocomplete across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: peopledatalabs-docs-openapi.json, peopledatalabs-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.peopledatalabs.com
- url: http://api.peopledatalabs.com
tags:
- name: Autocomplete
paths:
  /v5/autocomplete:
    get:
      tags:
      - Autocomplete
      summary: /autocomplete
      description: Autocompletes a limited amount of fields.
      security:
      - APIKeyHeader: []
      parameters:
      - name: field
        in: query
        description: Field that autocomplete will be calculated for.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: text
        in: query
        description: Text that is used as the seed for autocompletion.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: ''
      - name: size
        in: query
        description: Numbers of results returned for autocompletion.
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 10
      - name: pretty
        in: query
        description: Whether the output should have human-readable indentation.
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: titlecase
        in: query
        description: Setting titlecase to true will titlecase the autocompletion data in 200 responses.
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Autocompletion completed.
        '400':
          description: Request contained either missing or invalid parameters
        '401':
          description: Request contained a missing or invalid key
        '402':
          description: You have reached your account maximum (all matches used)
        '404':
          description: No records were found matching your request
        '405':
          description: Request method is not allowed on the requested resource
        '429':
          description: An error occurred due to requests hitting the API too quick
      operationId: getV5Autocomplete
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      security:
      - APIKeyHeader: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                field:
                  type: string
                  description: An enumerated field that will be used to calculate the autocompletion
                  example: company
                  enum:
                  - company
                  - country
                  - industry
                  - location
                  - major
                  - region
                  - role
                  - school
                  - sub_role
                  - skill
                  - title
                text:
                  type: string
                  description: Text that is used as the seed for autocompletion
                  example: people da
                  default: ''
                size:
                  type: integer
                  description: The number of results returned for autocompletion
                  maximum: 100
                  minimum: 1
                  format: int32
                  default: 10
                titlecase:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Setting titlecase to true will titlecase any records returned
                  default: false
                pretty:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether the output should have human-readable indentation
                  default: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Autocompletion completed.
        '400':
          description: Request contained either missing or invalid parameters
        '401':
          description: Request contained a missing or invalid key
        '402':
          description: You have reached your account maximum (all matches used)
        '404':
          description: No records were found matching your request
        '405':
          description: Request method is not allowed on the requested resource
        '429':
          description: An error occurred due to requests hitting the API too quickly
      summary: /autocomplete
      tags:
      - Autocomplete
      operationId: postV5Autocomplete
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    servers:
    - url: https://api.peopledatalabs.com
    - url: http://api.peopledatalabs.com
components:
  securitySchemes:
    APIKeyHeader:
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      type: apiKey
x-refined-from:
- peopledatalabs-docs-openapi.json
- peopledatalabs-openapi.yml
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: People Data Labs
  source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/peopledatalabs/openAPI-specifications/HEAD/pdl-specs.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)