The Companies API

The Companies API Industries API

The industries API from The Companies API — 2 operation(s) for industries.

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Operations 2

GET /v2/industries Search industries #

GET /v2/industries/similar Search industries similar #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@thecompaniesapi.com
    name: The Companies API
    url: https://www.thecompaniesapi.com
  description: An enrichment platform to search and retrieve information about companies
  termsOfService: https://www.thecompaniesapi.com/product/terms
  title: Companies Industries API
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
- description: Production server
  url: https://api.thecompaniesapi.com
tags:
- name: Industries
paths:
  /v2/industries:
    get:
      description: Search industries.
      operationId: searchIndustries
      tags:
      - Industries
      security:
      - apiKey: []
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: number
        required: false
        name: page
        in: query
      - schema:
          type: string
        required: false
        name: search
        in: query
      - schema:
          type: number
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
        required: false
        name: size
        in: query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search industries.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  industries:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        companiesCount:
                          type:
                          - number
                          - 'null'
                        name:
                          type: string
                        slug: {}
                      required:
                      - companiesCount
                      - name
                  meta:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationMeta'
                required:
                - industries
                - meta
        '401':
          description: The error message
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  details: {}
                  messages:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - tokenNotFound
                    - invalidApiSecret
                    - missingApiSecret
                    - userNotAuthenticated
                  status:
                    type: number
                    minimum: 400
                    maximum: 511
                required:
                - messages
                - status
      summary: Search industries
      x-summary-source: derived
  /v2/industries/similar:
    get:
      description: Get similar industries from one or many industries.
      operationId: searchIndustriesSimilar
      tags:
      - Industries
      security:
      - apiKey: []
      parameters:
      - schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        required: true
        name: industries
        in: query
      - schema:
          type: number
        required: false
        name: page
        in: query
      - schema:
          type: number
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
        required: false
        name: size
        in: query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Get similar industries from one or many industries.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  industries:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        companiesCount:
                          type:
                          - number
                          - 'null'
                        name:
                          type: string
                        slug: {}
                      required:
                      - companiesCount
                      - name
                  meta:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationMeta'
                required:
                - industries
                - meta
        '401':
          description: The error message
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  details: {}
                  messages:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - tokenNotFound
                    - invalidApiSecret
                    - missingApiSecret
                    - userNotAuthenticated
                  status:
                    type: number
                    minimum: 400
                    maximum: 511
                required:
                - messages
                - status
      summary: Search industries similar
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    PaginationMeta:
      type: object
      properties:
        cost:
          type: number
        credits:
          type: number
        currentPage:
          type: number
        firstPage:
          type: number
        freeRequest:
          type: boolean
        lastPage:
          type: number
        maxScrollResultsReached:
          type: boolean
        perPage:
          type: number
        total:
          type: number
      required:
      - cost
      - credits
      - currentPage
      - firstPage
      - freeRequest
      - lastPage
      - perPage
      - total
      description: Metadata about a paginated or billed response.
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      description: The API key to use for authentication, you can get it from your API tokens page.
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      type: apiKey
externalDocs:
  description: The Companies API Documentation
  url: https://www.thecompaniesapi.com/docs