Examples - Person Identify API

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Basic Usage

I would like to find the most strongly associated profiles for the name "Sean Thorne."

import json

# See https://github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-python
from peopledatalabs import PDLPY

# Create a client, specifying your API key
CLIENT = PDLPY(
    api_key="YOUR API KEY",
)

# Create a parameters JSON object
PARAMS = {
 "first_name": "sean", 
 "last_name": "thorne", 
 "company": "people data labs",
 "pretty": True
}

# Pass the parameters object to the Person Identify API
response_data = CLIENT.person.identify(**PARAMS).json()

# Check for successful response
if json_response["status"] == 200:
   # Create a list of matches
   identities = response_data['matches']

   # Print the matches in JSON format
   print(identities)
   print(f"Found {len(identities)} identities!")
else:
   print("Identify unsuccessful. See error and try again.")
   print("error:", json_response)

API_KEY="ENTER YOUR API KEY HERE"
curl -X GET -G \
 "https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v5/person/identify"\
 -H "X-Api-Key: ${API_KEY}" \
 --data-urlencode 'first_name=sean'\
 --data-urlencode 'last_name=thorne'\
 --data-urlencode 'company="people data labs"'\
 --data-urlencode 'pretty=True'

// See https://github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-js
import PDLJS from 'peopledatalabs';

// Create a client, specifying your API key
const PDLJSClient = new PDLJS({ apiKey: "YOUR API KEY" });

// Create a parameters JSON object
const params = {
  first_name: "sean", 
  last_name: "thorne", 
  company: "people data labs",
  pretty: true,
}

// Pass the parameters object to the Person Identify API
PDLJSClient.person.identify(params).then((data) => {
  // Create a list of matches
  var identities = data["matches"]
  
  // Print the matches in JSON format
  console.log(identities);
  console.log(`Found ${identities.length} identities!`)
}).catch((error) => {
  console.log("Identify unsuccessful. See error and try again.")
  console.log(error);
});

# See https://github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-ruby
require 'peopledatalabs'

# Set your API key
Peopledatalabs.api_key = 'YOUR API KEY'

# Create a parameters JSON object
PARAMS = {
 "first_name": "sean", 
 "last_name": "thorne", 
 "company": "people data labs",
 "pretty": true
}

# Pass the parameters object to the Person Identify API
response = Peopledatalabs::Identify.person(params: PARAMS)

# Check for successful response
if json_response['status'] == 200

    # Create a list of matches
    identities = response['matches']

    # Print the matches in JSON format
    puts identities
    puts "Found #{identities.length()} identities!"
    end
else
    puts "Identify unsuccessful. See error and try again."
    puts "error: #{json_response}"
end

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "encoding/json"
    "context"
)

// See https://github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-go
import (
    pdl "github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-go"
    pdlmodel "github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-go/model"
)

func main() {
    // Set your API key
    apiKey := "YOUR API KEY"
    // Set API key as environmental variable
    // apiKey := os.Getenv("API_KEY")

    // Create a client, specifying your API key
    client := pdl.New(apiKey)
    
    // Create a parameters JSON object
    params := pdlmodel.IdentifyPersonParams {
        BaseParams: pdlmodel.BaseParams {
            Pretty: true,
        },
        PersonParams: pdlmodel.PersonParams {
            FirstName: []string{"sean"},
            LastName: []string{"thorne"},
            Company: []string{"people data labs"},
        },
    }
    
    // Pass the parameters object to the Person Identify API
    response, err := client.Person.Identify(context.Background(), params)
    // Check for successful response
    if err == nil {
        // Create a list of matches
        identities := response.Matches
        // Convert the matches to JSON
        jsonResponse, jsonErr := json.Marshal(identities)
        // Print the matches
        if (jsonErr == nil) {
            fmt.Println(string(jsonResponse))
        }
        
        fmt.Printf("Found %d identities!\n", len(identities))
    } else {
        fmt.Println("Identify unsuccessful. See error and try again.")
        fmt.Println("error:", err)
    }
}

import requests

# Set your API key
API_KEY = "YOUR API KEY"

# Set the Person Identify API URL
PDL_URL = "https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v5/person/identify"

# Create a parameters JSON object
PARAMS = {
 "first_name": "sean", 
 "last_name": "thorne", 
 "company": "people data labs",
 "pretty": True,
 "api_key": API_KEY
}

# Pass the parameters object to the Person Identify API
json_response = requests.get(PDL_URL, params=PARAMS).json()

# Check for successful response
if json_response['status'] == 200:
   # Create a list of matches
   identities = json_response['matches']

   # Print the matches in JSON format
   print(identities)
   print(f"Found {len(identities)} identities!")

else:
   print("Identify unsuccessful. See error and try again.")
   print("error:", json_response)

Associated LinkedIn Profiles

I would like to find the most strongly associated profiles for a particular LinkedIn account.

import json

# See https://github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-python
from peopledatalabs import PDLPY

# Create a client, specifying your API key
CLIENT = PDLPY(
    api_key="YOUR API KEY",
)

# Create a parameters JSON object
PARAMS = {
 "profile": "linkedin.com/in/seanthorne",
 "pretty": True
}

# Pass the parameters object to the Person Identify API
response_data = CLIENT.person.identify(**PARAMS).json()

# Check for successful response
if json_response["status"] == 200:
   # Create a list of matches
   identities = response_data['matches']

   # Print the matches in JSON format
   print(identities)
   print(f"Found {len(identities)} identities!")
else:
   print("Identify unsuccessful. See error and try again.")
   print("error:", json_response)

API_KEY="ENTER YOUR API KEY HERE"
curl -X GET -G \
 "https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v5/person/identify"\
 -H "X-Api-Key: ${API_KEY}" \
 --data-urlencode 'profile=linkedin.com/in/seanthorne'\
 --data-urlencode 'pretty=True'

// See https://github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-js
import PDLJS from 'peopledatalabs';

// Create a client, specifying your API key
const PDLJSClient = new PDLJS({ apiKey: "YOUR API KEY" });

// Create a parameters JSON object
const params = {
  profile: "linkedin.com/in/seanthorne",
  pretty: true,
}

// Pass the parameters object to the Person Identify API
PDLJSClient.person.identify(params).then((data) => {
  // Create a list of matches
  var identities = data["matches"]
  
  // Print the matches in JSON format
  console.log(identities);
  console.log(`Found ${identities.length} identities!`)
}).catch((error) => {
  console.log("Identify unsuccessful. See error and try again.")
  console.log(error);
});

# See https://github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-ruby
require 'peopledatalabs'

# Set your API key
Peopledatalabs.api_key = 'YOUR API KEY'

# Create a parameters JSON object
PARAMS = {
 "profile": "linkedin.com/in/seanthorne",
 "pretty": true
}

# Pass the parameters object to the Person Identify API
response = Peopledatalabs::Identify.person(params: PARAMS)

# Check for successful response
if json_response['status'] == 200

    # Create a list of matches
    identities = response['matches']

    # Print the matches in JSON format
    puts identities
    puts "Found #{identities.length()} identities!"
    end
else
    puts "Identify unsuccessful. See error and try again."
    puts "error: #{json_response}"
end

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "encoding/json"
    "context"
)

// See https://github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-go
import (
    pdl "github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-go"
    pdlmodel "github.com/peopledatalabs/peopledatalabs-go/model"
)

func main() {
    // Set your API key
    apiKey := "YOUR API KEY"
    // Set API key as environmental variable
    // apiKey := os.Getenv("API_KEY")

    // Create a client, specifying your API key
    client := pdl.New(apiKey)
    
    // Create a parameters JSON object
    params := pdlmodel.IdentifyPersonParams {
        BaseParams: pdlmodel.BaseParams {
            Pretty: true,
        },
        PersonParams: pdlmodel.PersonParams {
            Profile: []string{"linkedin.com/in/seanthorne"},
        },
    }
    
    // Pass the parameters object to the Person Identify API
    response, err := client.Person.Identify(context.Background(), params)
    // Check for successful response
    if err == nil {
        // Create a list of matches
        identities := response.Matches
        // Convert the matches to JSON
        jsonResponse, jsonErr := json.Marshal(identities)
        // Print the matches
        if (jsonErr == nil) {
            fmt.Println(string(jsonResponse))
        }
        
        fmt.Printf("Found %d identities!\n", len(identities))
    } else {
        fmt.Println("Identify unsuccessful. See error and try again.")
        fmt.Println("error:", err)
    }
}

import requests

# Set your API key
API_KEY = "YOUR API KEY"

# Set the Person Identify API URL
PDL_URL = "https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v5/person/identify"

# Create a parameters JSON object
PARAMS = {
 "profile": "linkedin.com/in/seanthorne",
 "pretty": True,
 "api_key": API_KEY
}

# Pass the parameters object to the Person Identify API
json_response = requests.get(PDL_URL, params=PARAMS).json()

# Check for successful response
if json_response['status'] == 200:
   # Create a list of matches
   identities = json_response['matches']

   # Print the matches in JSON format
   print(identities)
   print(f"Found {len(identities)} identities!")

else:
   print("Identify unsuccessful. See error and try again.")
   print("error:", json_response)

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Basic Usage

Associated LinkedIn Profiles

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