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Welcome to BlitzAPI! In this guide, we will perform a simple but powerful task: finding a verified professional email from a LinkedIn profile URL.
Prerequisites: You need an API Key. You can grab one from your BlitzAPI Dashboard.
1

Choose your client

BlitzAPI is a standard REST API, so you can use it with any language.We recommend using cURL to test quickly in your terminal, or Node.js/Python for building integration scripts.
2

Prepare the request

We will use the /api/enrichment/email endpoint.Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual key.
curl -X POST "[https://api.blitz-api.ai/api/enrichment/email \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
     -d '{
           "linkedin_profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates"
         }'
3

Check the response

You should receive a JSON object containing the verified email and its status.
{
  "found": true,
  "email": "[email protected]"
}
Cost: This successful request costs 1 credit. If the email is not found (found: false), the cost is 0 credits.

What just happened?

  1. Authentication: You passed your key via the x-api-key header.
  2. Live Signal: BlitzAPI queried the network in real-time.
  3. Verification: We validated the email deliverability before returning it.

Next Steps

Now that you have the basics down, explore our more advanced features.