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(blog.clearbit.com)

53 pointsmaccman10y ago25 comments

25 comments

Either there's an off-by-one error or there's a weird design decision. Typing "y c" doesn't include the "c" in the search (so it lists websites like Yahoo first) but "y co" finds Y Combinator.

phonon10y ago

If you could combine this with the one https://certsimple.com/ uses, that would be awesome!

tixocloud10y ago

Brilliant idea and brilliant API. Is the company API limited to companies with an online presence/social media account?

oniiru10y ago

Thanks! Not limited there, but we definitely do better with companies that have a strong web presence.

sixdimensional10y ago

You have a small typo on http://clearbit.com/pricing.

"What happens if I go over my plan's alloted requests?" => "What happens if I go over my plan's allotted requests?"

Really neat service!

oneeyedpigeon10y ago

I was impressed when it located the tiny company I current work for (The Day News & Media) but less impressed that it couldn't find the enormous multinational I used to work for (John Wiley & Sons). Where does it source the data from?

rjuyal10y ago

Yes, where does this data come from? Somehow I was able to find not-so-popular companies as well.

oniiru10y ago

Glad to hear it! We are using the dozens of sources that power our other APIs. That's the special sauce. :)

bestnameever10y ago

Maybe twitter?

oniiru10y ago

Ah, looks like we have John Wiley & Sons listed as Wiley, which seems to be how they are typically known. Aliases would be an interesting feature though!

pki10y ago

I find it ? wiley.com is in it.

baseballmerpeak10y ago

How could a company be added to the database?

rectangletangle10y ago

Implementing POST /companies/ {"name": "..."} would be nice. Other than that it's a really nice endpoint.

sinzone10y ago

Curious.. which tools you used for managing the backend of all these APIs? (authentication, rate limiting, etc)

harlow10y ago

Great question. We have loads of Sinatra services running on CoreOS (using Fleet and Git for deploys) http://blog.clearbit.com/servers-part-one. From there we have a contrib Gem to share middleware between the services. These middlewares handle Auth, Rate limiting, CORS, etc.

banderon10y ago

I work for credibility.com (https://credibility.com/search), and we get our data from Dun & Bradstreet. Our search seems to have more results (~18MM docs).

trialstartup10y ago

Nice. Bookmarking it

jaz10y ago

Does anyone know if an API exists that returns whether a company is in good standing with a secretary of state?

Checked out the Clearbit API and I didn't see that type of data in there.

maccmanOP10y ago

We'd love to do that but unfortunately most states (Delaware) require a filing fee of at least $10 to retrieve that.

hbcondo71410y ago

Do you have plans to add more fields in the response? For example, it would be nice to get the company's ticker symbol if they are publicly traded.

benologist10y ago

It'd be great if it allowed domains and hyperlinks as a search filter.

b2bguy10y ago

If you need that feature, and are willing to pay, check out the Demandbase API. I can't find any public websites documenting their API, but this Ruby gem gives an overview: https://github.com/leereilly/demandbase.

oniiru10y ago

Andrew from Clearbit here. You can definitely search by domain using our Company API (http://clearbit.com/docs#company-api). Is that what you are looking for?

mrdustinwhittle10y ago

I have been using clearbit the last few months and it really is a great service with the best api docs and versioning I have seen to date (a la stripe). We use clearbit for company, persona, compliance, and prospect data.

Checkout https://svbtle.com/signup for a great experience built on clearbit. @maccman + team is killing it.

Clearbit is more narrowly focused on business apis, but in my experience Clearbit does a better job with company/persona data globally than orb intelligence, everstring, relateiq, madisonlogic.

Feature request: Better api key management to easy manage multiple environments (upgrading api versions between dev/prod)

oniiru10y ago

Thanks for the kind words Dustin! Glad to hear you are crushing it. :)

Improved API Key management is on the roadmap!

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25 comments

personjerry10y ago

Either there's an off-by-one error or there's a weird design decision. Typing "y c" doesn't include the "c" in the search (so it lists websites like Yahoo first) but "y co" finds Y Combinator.

phonon10y ago

If you could combine this with the one https://certsimple.com/ uses, that would be awesome!

tixocloud10y ago

Brilliant idea and brilliant API. Is the company API limited to companies with an online presence/social media account?

oniiru10y ago

Thanks! Not limited there, but we definitely do better with companies that have a strong web presence.

sixdimensional10y ago

You have a small typo on http://clearbit.com/pricing.

"What happens if I go over my plan's alloted requests?" => "What happens if I go over my plan's allotted requests?"

Really neat service!

oneeyedpigeon10y ago

rjuyal10y ago

Yes, where does this data come from? Somehow I was able to find not-so-popular companies as well.

oniiru10y ago

Glad to hear it! We are using the dozens of sources that power our other APIs. That's the special sauce. :)

bestnameever10y ago

Maybe twitter?

oniiru10y ago

Ah, looks like we have John Wiley & Sons listed as Wiley, which seems to be how they are typically known. Aliases would be an interesting feature though!

pki10y ago

I find it ? wiley.com is in it.

baseballmerpeak10y ago

How could a company be added to the database?

rectangletangle10y ago

Implementing POST /companies/ {"name": "..."} would be nice. Other than that it's a really nice endpoint.

sinzone10y ago

Curious.. which tools you used for managing the backend of all these APIs? (authentication, rate limiting, etc)

harlow10y ago

banderon10y ago

I work for credibility.com (https://credibility.com/search), and we get our data from Dun & Bradstreet. Our search seems to have more results (~18MM docs).

trialstartup10y ago

Nice. Bookmarking it

jaz10y ago

Does anyone know if an API exists that returns whether a company is in good standing with a secretary of state?

Checked out the Clearbit API and I didn't see that type of data in there.

maccmanOP10y ago

We'd love to do that but unfortunately most states (Delaware) require a filing fee of at least $10 to retrieve that.

hbcondo71410y ago

Do you have plans to add more fields in the response? For example, it would be nice to get the company's ticker symbol if they are publicly traded.

benologist10y ago

It'd be great if it allowed domains and hyperlinks as a search filter.

b2bguy10y ago

oniiru10y ago

Andrew from Clearbit here. You can definitely search by domain using our Company API (http://clearbit.com/docs#company-api). Is that what you are looking for?

mrdustinwhittle10y ago

Checkout https://svbtle.com/signup for a great experience built on clearbit. @maccman + team is killing it.

Clearbit is more narrowly focused on business apis, but in my experience Clearbit does a better job with company/persona data globally than orb intelligence, everstring, relateiq, madisonlogic.

Feature request: Better api key management to easy manage multiple environments (upgrading api versions between dev/prod)

oniiru10y ago

Thanks for the kind words Dustin! Glad to hear you are crushing it. :)

Improved API Key management is on the roadmap!

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