Reverse email lookup

Resolves an email address to the most probable Specter person, returning their person ID, core profile fields, and a match confidence score. Use person_id with Get person info by ID, or company_id with Get company by ID.

Costs 1 credit per request.

Behaviour

• score ranges from 1 to 10. A score of 7 or higher is generally a reliable match; treat lower scores with increasing caution.
• Returns 204 if the email can’t be matched to a person.

POST /people/by-email

Reverse email lookup

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/people/by-email \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "email": "[e-mail]"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/people/by-email"

payload = { "email": "[e-mail]" }
headers = {
    "X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({email: '[e-mail]'})
};

fetch('https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/people/by-email', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/people/by-email",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'email' => '[e-mail]'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/people/by-email"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"email\": \"[e-mail]\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/people/by-email")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"email\": \"[e-mail]\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/people/by-email")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"email\": \"[e-mail]\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "person_id": "per_310bf5c3fda24292309031e0",
  "score": 8,
  "first_name": "Barney",
  "last_name": "Kelly-Wyatt",
  "linkedin_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/barney-kelly-wyatt",
  "company_id": "5e3a7f2b0aa7a3270a55f2a7"
}

{
  "errorCode": "API_KEY_MISSING",
  "message": "No API Key was presented on the header X-API-KEY"
}

{
  "errorCode": "OUT_OF_CREDITS",
  "message": "<string>"
}

{
  "errorCode": "NOT_PERMITTED",
  "message": "You do not have permission to access this resource."
}

{
  "errorCode": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>"
}

{
  "errorCode": "<string>",
  "message": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

X-API-Key · string · header · required

Body

application/json

Request to resolve an email address to a person.

email · string · required

Email of the person to look up.

Example:

"[e-mail]"

Response

200

application/json

Successful match response containing person details and confidence score.

email · string · required

The email address that was looked up, echoed back.

Example:

"[e-mail]"

person_id · string · required

The matched person's Specter ID.

Example:

"per_310bf5c3fda24292309031e0"

score · number<float> · required

Confidence score for the match (1–10).

Example:

8

first_name · string

The person's first name.

Example:

"Barney"

last_name · string

The person's last name.

Example:

"Kelly-Wyatt"

linkedin_url · string

URL for the person's LinkedIn account.

Example:

"https://www.linkedin.com/in/barney-kelly-wyatt"

company_id · string

Specter company ID of the person's current company.

Example:

"5e3a7f2b0aa7a3270a55f2a7"