Output Response - Autocomplete API
Response Data Structure
Abridged Response Data Structure
Here is an example response from the Autocomplete API when querying for field = "company" and text = "goog":
{
"data": [
{
"name": "Google",
"count": 197302,
"meta": {
"id": "aKCIYBNF9ey6o5CjHCCO4goHYKlf",
"website": "google.com",
"industry": "Internet",
"location_name": "Mountain View, California, United States",
"display_name": "Google",
"display_name_history": [
"Google"
],
"alternative_names": [
"\u8c37\u6b4c",
"Google, Social Marketing Tools",
"\uad6c\uae00",
"Google Inc.",
"Google Pay",
"Google, Inc.",
"Google Deepmind",
"Google Inc",
"Google Digital Skills for Africa",
"Google, Inc"
]
}
},
...
],
"fields": [
"job_company_name",
"experience.company.name"
],
"status": 200
}
Full Example Response
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{
"data": [
{
"name": "Google",
"count": 197302,
"meta": {
"id": "aKCIYBNF9ey6o5CjHCCO4goHYKlf",
"website": "google.com",
"industry": "Internet",
"location_name": "Mountain View, California, United States",
"display_name": "Google",
"display_name_history": [
"Google"
],
"alternative_names": [
"\u8c37\u6b4c",
"Google, Social Marketing Tools",
"\uad6c\uae00",
"Google Inc.",
"Google Pay",
"Google, Inc.",
"Google Deepmind",
"Google Inc",
"Google Digital Skills for Africa",
"Google, Inc"
]
}
},
{
"name": "Google Operations Center",
"count": 4032,
"meta": {
"id": "T0pYt4X5ITzm8Uj41SnuoAbuEQG9",
"website": "googleoperationscenter.com",
"industry": "Internet",
"display_name": "Google Operations Center",
"display_name_history": [
"Google Operations Center"
],
"alternative_names": [
"Google",
"Google Data Center",
"Google Operations Center.",
"Google Operations Center Philippines",
"Associated Engineering Surveyors Limited",
"Google Operations",
"Google Operation Center",
"Google Express",
"Google/Google Operations Center",
"Metas of Seventh Day Adventists School"
]
}
},
{
"name": "Bangkit Academy Led by Google, Tokopedia, Gojek, & Traveloka",
"count": 3705,
"meta": {
"id": "cr3tG4Z9VAknYR7HMY35rAaIXxtL",
"website": "bangkit.academy",
"industry": "Information Technology and Services",
"location_name": "Jakarta, Indonesia",
"display_name": "Bangkit Academy led by Google, Tokopedia, Gojek, & Traveloka",
"display_name_history": [
"Bangkit Academy led by Google, Tokopedia, Gojek, & Traveloka"
],
"alternative_names": [
"Google Bangkit",
"Bangkit Academy Led by Google, Tokopedia, Gojek & Traveloka",
"Bangkit",
"Bangkit Led by Google, Tokopedia, Gojek & Traveloka",
"Bangkit Academy Led by Google, Tokopedia, Gojek, & Traveloka Participant",
"Bangkit Academy L",
"Bangkit Academy Led by Google, Goto, & Traveloka",
"Bangkit Academy Led Google, Tokopedia, Gojek & Traveloka",
"Bangkit Academy",
"Bangk"
]
}
},
{
"name": "Google Developer Student Clubs",
"count": 2911,
"meta": {
"id": "G0b4fuHWApIrWFIg8Yw3AQlChpWJ",
"website": "developers.google.com/community/gdsc",
"industry": "Education Management",
"location_name": "Pune, Maharashtra, India",
"display_name": "Google Developer Student Clubs",
"display_name_history": [
"DSC JSCOE, Pune",
"Google Developer Student Clubs"
],
"alternative_names": [
"DSC Jscoe, Pune",
"Google Developer Student Clubs Iipe Visakhapatnam",
"Google Developer Student Club",
"Google Developer Student Clubs- Srcasw",
"Google Developer Student Club - Bu",
"Google Developer Student Clubs at Pnu",
"Google Developer Student Clubs Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang",
"Google Developer Student Clubs - Federal University Dutsin-Ma.",
"Google Developer Student Clubs @ Queen's University",
"Google Developer Student Clubs Oau"
]
}
},
{
"name": "Google Adsense",
"count": 2105,
"meta": {
"id": "96xZ8JtUnvLnlB8jpFGrsgH2q6OY",
"website": "google.com/adsense",
"industry": "Consumer Services",
"location_name": "Mountain View, California, United States",
"display_name": "Google AdSense",
"display_name_history": [
"Google AdSense"
],
"alternative_names": [
"Google",
"Wahana Kerja Indonesia",
"Google ph.g, HTC Champions, Lg Ambassadors",
"thecspedia.com",
"Gtplast Ab",
"Blogger",
"Google Adsense, Facebook Ads, Google Adwords, Affiliate Marketing",
"Google Adsense and Amazon Product Ranking",
"Self-Employed",
"Google LLC"
]
}
},
{
"name": "Google Deepmind",
"count": 1934,
"meta": {
"id": "StyaWCIGgDNCuBaCNAhGWwCKPEQb",
"website": "deepmind.google",
"industry": "Research",
"location_name": "London, United Kingdom",
"display_name": "Google DeepMind",
"display_name_history": [
"Google DeepMind",
"DeepMind"
],
"alternative_names": [
"Deepmind",
"Deepmind Health",
"Deepmind / Google Health",
"Building Something New",
"Self-Employed",
"Deepmind Technlogies",
"Deepmind (Google)",
"Deepmind Technologies",
"Google, Google Health"
]
}
},
{
"name": "Mandiant",
"count": 1522,
"meta": {
"id": "yWcH1EiAH4BCKHMSP57f6wRIccqa",
"website": "mandiant.com",
"industry": "Computer & Network Security",
"location_name": "Reston, Virginia, United States",
"display_name": "Mandiant",
"display_name_history": [
"Mandiant (now part of Google Cloud)",
"Mandiant"
],
"alternative_names": [
"Mandiant (Now Part of Google Cloud)",
"Mandiant, a Fireeye Company",
"Mandiant a Fireeye Company",
"Mandiant (Acquired by Fireeye)",
"Mandiant / Fireeye",
"Mandiant, a Division of Fireeye",
"Mandiant Security Consulting",
"Mandiant Threat Intelligence",
"Fireeye/Mandiant",
"Mandiant Corporation"
]
}
},
{
"name": "Developer Students",
"count": 1073,
"meta": {
"id": "fUCW2Lc4PFzqyOCuuxtPlQhpN53H",
"website": "developers.google.com/community/dsc",
"industry": "Education Management",
"location_name": "San Francisco, California, United States",
"display_name": "Developer Students",
"display_name_history": [
"Developer Students",
"Google Developer Student Clubs",
"Developer Student Clubs"
],
"alternative_names": [
"Google Developer Student Clubs",
"Developer Student Clubs",
"Google Developer Student Clubs (Canada & Usa)",
"Developer Student Clubs - North America",
"Developer Student Clubs - Na",
"Google Developer Student Clubs #Developerstudentclubs",
"Developers",
"Google Developper Student Club",
"Developer Student Clubs - Qmul",
"Developer Student Clubs - Amity University, Noida."
]
}
},
{
"name": "Google Developers",
"count": 941,
"meta": {
"id": "rXDaaEKS6y8krSdQQFuqfwvAVJmy",
"website": "developers.google.com",
"industry": "Internet",
"location_name": "Mountain View, California, United States",
"display_name": "Google Developers",
"display_name_history": [
"Google Developers"
],
"alternative_names": [
"Google",
"Google Developers Students Club Utp",
"Google Developers Experts Program",
"Google Developer Student Clubs Ntou",
"Developer Student Clubs - Muet Jamshoro",
"Developers Student Club Al-Azhar - Powered by Google Developers",
"Google Developer Student Club",
"Google Africa",
"Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation",
"Google Women Techmakers"
]
}
},
{
"name": "Google Developers Group",
"count": 814,
"meta": {
"id": "1U34ahOyq403GKx9nKM5yQuYs39E",
"website": "developers.google.com/groups",
"industry": "Computer Software",
"display_name": "Google Developers Group",
"display_name_history": [
"Google Developers Group"
],
"alternative_names": [
"Google Developers Group Culiac\u00e1n (Comunidad)",
"Google Developers",
"Google",
"Google Developers Group, Bhubaneshwar",
"Self-Employed",
"Google Developers Group 6 October",
"Google Developers Group - Houston",
"Google Developers Groups",
"Google Developers Group Agadir",
"Google Developers Group Mysuru"
]
}
}
],
"fields": [
"job_company_name",
"experience.company.name"
],
"status": 200
}
Response Fields
fields
fields| Type | Description |
|---|---|
Array (String) | The list of fields in the Person Schema that the Autocomplete API has returned suggestions for. It determines these based on the value that you used for the field input parameter. |
See the field input parameter description for the mapping between Autocomplete API fields and Person Schema fields.
data
data| Type | Description |
|---|---|
Array (Object) | The list of suggestions that the Autocomplete API has returned. It sorts results in descending order based on data.count. The size input parameter determines the size of the list. |
data.count
data.count| Type | Description |
|---|---|
Integer | The number of records in our Person Dataset (resume slice) for this Autocomplete suggestion. |
data.name
data.name| Type | Description |
|---|---|
String | The plain text Autocomplete API suggestion. For example, company name, school name, location name, title and so forth. The prefix of this field will match the value of the text input parameter. |
data.meta.*
data.meta.*| Type | Description |
|---|---|
Object | A set of additional fields that the API returns for each result in the data array. The metadata fields depend on the field input parameter. |
The Autocomplete API returns some additional metadata fields along with autocomplete suggestion to provide additional context about it. The specific metadata fields that it returns depends on which field was set in the input parameters.
The tables below describe the metadata fields that the API returns for each input field parameter.
Metadata Fields for Company
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "company" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
id | String | The PDL ID for this company. | tnHcNHbCv8MKeLh92946LAkX6PKg |
website | String | The website associated with this company. | peopledatalabs.com |
industry | Enum (String) | The most relevant industry for this company. | internet |
location_name | String | The name of the most relevant location for this company. | san francisco, california, united states |
display_name | String | The company name, capitalized using the company’s self-reported name. | People Data Labs |
display_name_history | Array [String] | A list of the company’s historical primary names with proper capitalization. | ["People Data Labs"] |
alternative_names | Array [String] | A list of other names associated with this company. | [] |
Metadata Fields for Country
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "country" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | -- | -- | -- |
Metadata Fields for Industry
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "industry" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | -- | -- | -- |
Metadata Fields for Location
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "location" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
country | Enum (String) | The country of this location. | united states |
locality | String | The locality of this location. | san francisco |
metro | String | The metro associated with this location. Only returned for US-based locations. | san diego, california |
region | String | The region of this location. | california |
Metadata Fields for Major
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "major" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | -- | -- | -- |
Metadata Fields for Region
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "region" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | -- | -- | -- |
Metadata Fields for Role
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "role" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | -- | -- | -- |
Metadata Fields for Sub_Role
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "sub_role" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
role | Enum (String) | The role associated with this subrole (see Mapping Title Subroles to Roles.) | engineering |
Metadata Fields for Class
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "class" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | -- | -- | -- |
Metadata Fields for School
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "school" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
location_name | String | The name of the most relevant location for this school. | eugene, oregon, united states |
website | String | The website associated with this school. | business.uoregon.edu |
id | String | The PDL ID for this school. | a56df063-4562-4e59-bc4c-68b33c14df1e |
Metadata Fields for Skill
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "skill" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | -- | -- | -- |
Metadata Fields for Title
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "title" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | -- | -- | -- |
Metadata Fields for Website
The metadata fields that the API returns when field = "website" in the input parameters:
| Metadata Field | Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
id | String | The PDL ID for this company. | tnHcNHbCv8MKeLh92946LAkX6PKg |
website | String | The website associated with this company. | peopledatalabs.com |
industry | Enum (String) | The most relevant industry for this company. | internet |
location_name | String | The name of the most relevant location for this company. | san francisco, california, united states |
display_name | String | The company name, capitalized using the company’s self-reported name. | People Data Labs |
display_name_history | Array [String] | A list of the company’s historical primary names with proper capitalization. | ["People Data Labs"] |
alternative_names | Array [String] | A list of other names associated with this company. | [] |
status
status| Type | Description |
|---|---|
Integer | The API response code. |
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