Find People

Search decision-makers across your entire ICP. Combine company-level filters with person-level filters in a single call.

API Reference: Find People endpoint — full request/response schema and try-it console.

The Find People endpoint (POST /v2/search/people) is the most powerful entry point in the People Search family. Instead of being scoped to a single company (like Employee Finder) or returning a single best contact (like Waterfall ICP Search), Find People runs a two-stage match: it first qualifies companies that fit your ICP, then surfaces the people inside them that match your persona criteria. It is the right tool to build large, multi-account prospecting lists in one call — without first having to resolve every company URL. Paid plans: Unlimited — included in your flat monthly subscription.

When to Use Find People vs. Other Endpoints

Use Case	Best Endpoint
Build a prospecting list across many companies matching an ICP	Find People
Map all employees inside one specific company	Employee Finder
Find the single best decision-maker at a known company	Waterfall ICP
Combine company filters (industry, size, HQ) with persona filters	Find People
Iterate through a long result set with stable pagination	Find People (cursor-based)

How It Works

Find People accepts three top-level objects:

company — qualifies the accounts (industry, employee range, HQ, type, keywords, founded year, follower count, or explicit linkedin_url list).
people — qualifies the contacts inside those accounts (job title keywords, job function, job level, location, minimum connections).
max_results + cursor — control how many results come back per call and how you paginate.

The engine evaluates the company filter first, then walks the matching companies and returns people that satisfy the person filter — up to max_results per call.

Request Parameters

Top-Level Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`company`	`object`	No*	—	Company-level filters. See below.
`people`	`object`	No*	—	Person-level filters. See below.
`max_results`	`number`	No	`10`	Results per page. Min: `1`, Max: `50`.
`cursor`	`string`	No	`null`	Cursor returned by a previous call. Omit (or pass `null`) for the first call.

* You should provide at least one of company or people — otherwise the search is unbounded and will be rejected.

`company` Filters

Field	Type	Description
`linkedin_url`	`array`	Exact LinkedIn company URLs to target. Bypasses other company filters.
`name.include`	`array`	Keywords that must appear in the company name.
`name.exclude`	`array`	Keywords to exclude from the company name.
`industry.include`	`array`	Normalized industry names. Case-sensitive — see Field Normalization.
`industry.exclude`	`array`	Industries to exclude.
`type.include`	`array`	LinkedIn company type (`Privately Held`, `Public Company`, `Nonprofit`, `Government Agency`, …).
`type.exclude`	`array`	Company types to exclude.
`employee_range`	`array`	LinkedIn employee buckets: `1-10`, `11-50`, `51-200`, `201-500`, `501-1000`, `1001-5000`, `5001-10000`, `10001+`.
`employee_count.min`	`number`	Minimum employee count (numeric).
`employee_count.max`	`number`	Maximum employee count (numeric).
`min_linkedin_followers`	`number`	Minimum number of LinkedIn followers on the company page.
`keywords.include`	`array`	Keywords that must appear in the company description.
`keywords.exclude`	`array`	Keywords to exclude from the company description.
`founded_year.min`	`number`	Earliest founded year.
`founded_year.max`	`number`	Latest founded year.
`hq.city.include`	`array`	Keywords matched against the HQ city.
`hq.city.exclude`	`array`	Keywords to exclude from the HQ city.
`hq.country_code`	`array`	HQ country (2-letter ISO codes, e.g., `US`, `FR`).
`hq.continent`	`array`	HQ continent. See accepted values.
`hq.sales_region`	`array`	HQ sales region: `NORAM`, `LATAM`, `EMEA`, `APAC`.

`people` Filters

Field	Type	Description
`job_title.include`	`array`	Keywords that must match the job title.
`job_title.exclude`	`array`	Keywords to exclude from the job title.
`include_linkedin_headline`	`boolean`	If `true`, `job_title` keywords also match the LinkedIn headline (not just the formal job title). Default: `false`.
`job_function`	`array`	Department / function. Case-sensitive enum — see Field Normalization.
`job_level`	`array`	Seniority: `C-Team`, `VP`, `Director`, `Manager`, `Staff`, `Other`.
`min_connections`	`number`	Minimum LinkedIn connections (0–500). Useful to filter out inactive profiles.
`location.city`	`array`	Cities the person is based in.
`location.country_code`	`array`	Person country (2-letter ISO codes).
`location.continent`	`array`	Person continent.
`location.sales_region`	`array`	Person sales region: `NORAM`, `LATAM`, `EMEA`, `APAC`.

All enum values (industry, type, employee_range, job_level, job_function, continent, sales_region) are case-sensitive. Passing "vp" instead of "VP" or "sales" instead of "Sales & Business Development" will silently return 0 results. Copy-paste from the Field Normalization reference.

Example Request

Find VPs and Directors of Sales at IT Services companies between 51 and 500 employees, headquartered in EMEA:

curl -X POST "https://api.blitz-api.ai/v2/search/people" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "company": {
      "industry": { "include": ["IT Services and IT Consulting"] },
      "employee_range": ["51-200", "201-500"],
      "hq": { "sales_region": ["EMEA"] }
    },
    "people": {
      "job_level": ["VP", "Director"],
      "job_function": ["Sales & Business Development"],
      "min_connections": 200
    },
    "max_results": 25
  }'

Response Schema

{
  "total_results": 100,
  "results_length": 25,
  "max_results": 25,
  "cursor": "eyJvZmZzZXQiOjI1fQ==",
  "results": [
    {
      "first_name": "Jane",
      "last_name": "Doe",
      "full_name": "Jane Doe",
      "nickname": null,
      "civility_title": null,
      "headline": "VP of Sales at Acme",
      "about_me": "Experienced sales leader...",
      "location": {
        "city": "Paris",
        "state_code": null,
        "country_code": "FR",
        "continent": "Europe"
      },
      "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/janedoe",
      "connections_count": 2500,
      "profile_picture_url": "https://media.licdn.com/...",
      "experiences": [
        {
          "job_title": "VP of Sales",
          "company_linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/acme",
          "company_linkedin_id": "c51425c5-1b38-578d-a700-c5ca850261ae",
          "job_description": "Leading the EMEA sales team...",
          "job_start_date": "2024-01-15",
          "job_end_date": null,
          "job_is_current": true,
          "job_location": {
            "city": "Paris",
            "state_code": null,
            "country_code": "FR"
          }
        }
      ],
      "education": [],
      "skills": ["Sales Strategy", "B2B", "SaaS"],
      "certifications": []
    }
  ]
}

Top-Level Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`total_results`	`number`	Total number of people matching the filters across all pages.
`results_length`	`number`	Number of results on this page.
`max_results`	`number`	The `max_results` value you sent.
`cursor`	`string \| null`	Pass this back as `cursor` to fetch the next page. `null` means there are no more results.
`results`	`array`	Array of person profiles (same shape as Employee Finder).

The person object (results[]) is identical to Employee Finder — same experiences, education, skills, and certifications structures. Person fields are returned directly in results[], not nested in .person.

Cursor vs. page: Find People uses cursor-based pagination, while Employee Finder uses page-based pagination. Cursors are stable even if new profiles are added between calls — you will not see duplicates.

Pagination

Find People uses cursor-based pagination. Loop until the API returns cursor: null.

let cursor = null;

do {
  const result = await blitzRequest("POST", "/v2/search/people", {
    company: {
      industry: { include: ["IT Services and IT Consulting"] },
      hq: { sales_region: ["EMEA"] },
    },
    people: {
      job_level: ["VP", "Director"],
      job_function: ["Sales & Business Development"],
    },
    max_results: 50,
    cursor: cursor,
  });

  for (const person of result.results) {
    console.log(`${person.full_name} — ${person.headline}`);
  }

  cursor = result.cursor;
} while (cursor !== null);

Combining with Enrichment

Find People returns LinkedIn profile URLs but not emails or phone numbers. Chain with enrichment endpoints to complete the data:

Search people

Use Find People to get linkedin_url for each matching person across the ICP.

Enrich emails

Pass each linkedin_url to POST /v2/enrichment/email to get verified work emails.

Enrich phones (US only)

Pass each linkedin_url to POST /v2/enrichment/phone for direct mobile numbers.

Sync to CRM

Map the enriched payload to your CRM fields and sync.

Employee Finder

Need every employee at one company? Use Employee Finder.

Waterfall ICP Search

Need the single best contact at a known account? Use Waterfall.

Company Search

Want only the company list (no people)? Use Company Search.

Field Normalization

Accepted values for industry, job_level, job_function, sales_region…

Introduction

Getting Started

Core Concepts

Recipes (Use Cases)

Integrations

Appendix

Find people

Find People

When to Use Find People vs. Other Endpoints

How It Works

Request Parameters

Top-Level Parameters

`company` Filters

`people` Filters

Example Request

Response Schema

Top-Level Response Fields

Combining with Enrichment

Employee Finder

Waterfall ICP Search

Company Search

Field Normalization

Introduction

Getting Started

Core Concepts

Recipes (Use Cases)

Integrations

Appendix

​Find People

​When to Use Find People vs. Other Endpoints

​How It Works

​Request Parameters

​Top-Level Parameters

​company Filters

​people Filters

​Example Request

​Response Schema

​Top-Level Response Fields

​Pagination

​Combining with Enrichment

Employee Finder

Waterfall ICP Search

Company Search

Field Normalization

Find People

When to Use Find People vs. Other Endpoints

How It Works

Request Parameters

Top-Level Parameters

`company` Filters

`people` Filters

Example Request

Response Schema

Top-Level Response Fields

Pagination

Combining with Enrichment