Lookup

Lookup multiple people by LinkedIn handle or Ocean ID

Lookup and enrich multiple people by LinkedIn handles and/or Ocean.io IDs (max 1000 total). This endpoint provides simple, per-result pricing.

Key features:

  • Batch lookup up to 1000 people (combined total of linkedinHandles + oceanIds)
  • Provide either linkedinHandles, oceanIds, or both lists

Returns only successfully matched people in the response.

POST
/v2/lookup/people

Query Parameters

apiToken?string | null

Header Parameters

x-api-token?string | null
linkedinHandles?array<string>

List of LinkedIn profile handles to lookup (e.g., ['john-doe', 'jane-smith'])

Example["john-doe","jane-smith"]
oceanIds?array<string>

List of Ocean.io person IDs to lookup (e.g., ['abc123', 'def456'])

Example["abc123","def456"]

Response Body

curl -X POST "https://api.ocean.io/v2/lookup/people?apiToken=string" \
  -H "x-api-token: string" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'
{
  "people": [
    {
      "id": "e9447c74eafa8a19",
      "domain": "google.com",
      "name": "John Doe",
      "firstName": "John",
      "lastName": "Doe",
      "country": "us",
      "state": "CA",
      "location": "Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark",
      "linkedinUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/someone",
      "seniorities": [
        "C-Level",
        "Manager"
      ],
      "departments": [
        "Management",
        "Marketing and Advertising"
      ],
      "photo": "http://media.licdn.com/dms/image/somelink",
      "jobTitle": "Professeur",
      "jobTitleEnglish": "Teacher",
      "currentJobDescription": "Software Engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure",
      "experiences": [
        {
          "dateFrom": "2020-01-01",
          "dateTo": "2021-01-01",
          "description": "Software Engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure",
          "domain": "domain.com",
          "jobTitle": "Software Engineer"
        }
      ],
      "summary": "Some text that the person wrote to describe themselves",
      "skills": [
        "Product Management",
        "Entrepreneurship",
        "Social Media"
      ],
      "phone": {
        "numbers": [
          "+4512345678",
          "+33 6 00 00 00 00"
        ],
        "status": "verified"
      },
      "email": {
        "address": "[email protected]",
        "status": "verified"
      },
      "company": {
        "companySize": "2-10",
        "logo": "https://cdn2.ocean.io/companies-logos-v1/domain.com/020539e284d9318e805301b672ad23047c30818a.png",
        "name": "Dunder Mifflin Paper Company"
      }
    }
  ],
  "totalRequested": 2,
  "totalFound": 1
}
{
  "detail": "Conflicting API tokens provided in query parameters and headers"
}
{
  "detail": "Insufficient credits"
}
{
  "detail": "API token should be provided in headers or query parameters"
}
Empty
{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "string"
      ],
      "msg": "string",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ]
}