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Companies

The Companies API is the gateway into Infogroup's business (B2B) database. We have verified information on more than 15 million unique records with all sorts of valuable information like address, geographic location, number of employees and primary contacts.

Counts

Similar to search except only returns a count of records that match. Counts endpoint is deprecated - please use Count in place of Counts. To view all input and out parameters, please follow this link.

Try it

Request URL

https://api.infoconnect.com/v1/companies/counts[?apikey]

Request parameters

apikey (optional)

string

Subscription key which provides access to this API.

Request headers

string

Media type for the response returned by the API.

Content-Type (optional)

string

Media type of the body sent to the API.

apikey

string

Subscription key which provides access to this API. Found in your Profile.

Sample
Schema

{
  "City": "Bellevue",
  "CorporateEmployeesSizeRange": [
    "500-999",
    "1000-4999"
  ]
}

{
  "example": "{\n  \"City\": \"Bellevue\",\n  \"CorporateEmployeesSizeRange\": [\n    \"500-999\",\n    \"1000-4999\"\n  ]\n}"
}

Sample
Schema

{
  "City": "Bellevue",
  "CorporateEmployeesSizeRange": [
    "500-999",
    "1000-4999"
  ]
}

{
  "example": "{\n  \"City\": \"Bellevue\",\n  \"CorporateEmployeesSizeRange\": [\n    \"500-999\",\n    \"1000-4999\"\n  ]\n}"
}

Response 200

The operation returns the count of records matching the supplied criteria.

application/json
application/xml

{
  "MatchCount": 9
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Counts xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schema.infoconnect.com">      
  <MatchCount>9</MatchCount>
</Counts>

Response 400

The server cannot process the request due to a perceived client error (e.g., invalid request value, malformed request syntax).

application/json
application/xml

[
  {
    "Description": "The 'resourcetype' parameter is invalid.  Please refer to documentation for valid resource types.",
    "Item": "resourcetype"
  }
]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Errors xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schema.infoconnect.com">
  <Error>        
    <Description>The 'resourcetype' parameter is invalid. Please refer to documentation for valid resource types.</Description>
    <Item>resourcetype</Item>
  </Error>
</Errors>

Response 401

The request cannot be completed because it lacks valid authentication credentials. Confirm that a valid subscription key (apikey) is included in either the query or header.

application/json
application/xml

{
  "statusCode": 401,
  "message": "Access denied due to missing subscription key. Make sure to include subscription key when making requests to an API."
}

<Error xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schema.infoconnect.com">
  <StatusCode>401</StatusCode>
  <Message>Access denied due to missing subscription key. Make sure to include subscription key when making requests to an API.</Message>
</Error>

Response 403

Quota exceeded

application/json
application/xml

{
  "statusCode": 403,
  "message": "Out of call volume quota."
}

<Error xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schema.infoconnect.com">
  <StatusCode>403</StatusCode>
  <Message>Out of call volume quota.</Message>
</Error>

Response 404

Client was able to communicate with the server, but the id requested was not found.

application/json
application/xml

{
  "statusCode": 404,
  "message": "Client was able to communicate with the server, but the id requested was not found."
}

<Error xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schema.infoconnect.com">
  <StatusCode>404</StatusCode>
  <Message>Client was able to communicate with the server, but the id requested was not found.</Message>
</Error>

Response 429

Rate limit exceeded.

application/json
application/xml

{
  "statusCode": 429,
  "message": "Rate limit is exceeded. Try again in 55 seconds."
}

<Error xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schema.infoconnect.com">
  <StatusCode>429</StatusCode>
  <Message>Rate limit is exceeded. Try again in 55 seconds.</Message>
</Error>

Response 500

The Web server (running the Web Site) encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request by the client.

application/json
application/xml

{
  "statusCode": 500,
  "message": "The Web server (running the Web Site) encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request by the client."
}

<Error xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schema.infoconnect.com">
  <StatusCode>500</StatusCode>
  <Message>The Web server (running the Web Site) encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request by the client.</Message>
</Error>

Code samples

@ECHO OFF

curl -v -X POST "https://api.infoconnect.com/v1/companies/counts?apikey={string}"
-H "Accept: application/json"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "apikey: {subscription key}"

--data-ascii "{body}"

using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;

namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            MakeRequest();
            Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        
        static async void MakeRequest()
        {
            var client = new HttpClient();
            var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);

            // Request headers

            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue.Parse("application/json"));
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("apikey", "{subscription key}");

            // Request parameters
            queryString["apikey"] = "{string}";
            var uri = "https://api.infoconnect.com/v1/companies/counts?" + queryString;

            HttpResponseMessage response;

            // Request body
            byte[] byteData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("{body}");

            using (var content = new ByteArrayContent(byteData))
            {
               content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("< your content type, i.e. application/json >");
               response = await client.PostAsync(uri, content);
            }

        }
    }
}

// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class JavaSample 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

        try
        {
            URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://api.infoconnect.com/v1/companies/counts");

            builder.setParameter("apikey", "{string}");

            URI uri = builder.build();
            HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
            request.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
            request.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
            request.setHeader("apikey", "{subscription key}");


            // Request body
            StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
            request.setEntity(reqEntity);

            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

            if (entity != null) 
            {
                System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>JSSample</title>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        var params = {
            // Request parameters
            "apikey": "{string}",
        };
      
        $.ajax({
            url: "https://api.infoconnect.com/v1/companies/counts?" + $.param(params),
            beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
                // Request headers
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Accept","application/json");
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
                xhrObj.setRequestHeader("apikey","{subscription key}");
            },
            type: "POST",
            // Request body
            data: "{body}",
        })
        .done(function(data) {
            alert("success");
        })
        .fail(function() {
            alert("error");
        });
    });
</script>
</body>
</html>

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
    
    NSString* path = @"https://api.infoconnect.com/v1/companies/counts";
    NSArray* array = @[
                         // Request parameters
                         @"entities=true",
                         @"apikey={string}",
                      ];
    
    NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
    path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];

    NSLog(@"%@", path);

    NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
    [_request setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    // Request headers
    [_request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Accept"];
    [_request setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
    [_request setValue:@"{subscription key}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"apikey"];
    // Request body
    [_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    
    NSURLResponse *response = nil;
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];

    if (nil != error)
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    }
    else
    {
        NSError* error = nil;
        NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
        NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", dataString);
        
        if (nil != _connectionData)
        {
            json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
        }
        
        if (error || !json)
        {
            NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
        }
        
        NSLog(@"%@", json);
        _connectionData = nil;
    }
    
    [pool drain];

    return 0;
}

<?php
// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';

$request = new Http_Request2('https://api.infoconnect.com/v1/companies/counts');
$url = $request->getUrl();

$headers = array(
    // Request headers
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'apikey' => '{subscription key}',
);

$request->setHeader($headers);

$parameters = array(
    // Request parameters
    'apikey' => '{string}',
);

$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);

$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);

// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");

try
{
    $response = $request->send();
    echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
    echo $ex;
}

?>

########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'apikey': '{subscription key}',
}

params = urllib.urlencode({
    # Request parameters
    'apikey': '{string}',
})

try:
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.infoconnect.com')
    conn.request("POST", "/v1/companies/counts?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64

headers = {
    # Request headers
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'apikey': '{subscription key}',
}

params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
    # Request parameters
    'apikey': '{string}',
})

try:
    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('api.infoconnect.com')
    conn.request("POST", "/v1/companies/counts?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://api.infoconnect.com/v1/companies/counts')

query = URI.encode_www_form({
    # Request parameters
    'apikey' => '{string}'
})
if query.length > 0
  if uri.query && uri.query.length > 0
    uri.query += '&' + query
  else
    uri.query = query
  end
end

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
# Request headers
request['Accept'] = 'application/json'
# Request headers
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
# Request headers
request['apikey'] = '{subscription key}'
# Request body
request.body = "{body}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(request)
end

puts response.body