We take the iteration process very seriously at Proxycurl. After months of development, we have revamped the Search API and this update for the new Search API is live today!
Now Boolean search, no more regexes
This is how you can search for people who had studied at Caltech or MIT, named either "Sarah Jackson" or "Sarah Johnson" today:
curl \
-G \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${YOUR_API_KEY}" \
'https://nubela.co/proxycurl/api/v2/search/person/' \
--data-urlencode 'country=US' \
--data-urlencode 'first_name=Sarah' \
--data-urlencode 'last_name=Jackson OR Johnson' \
--data-urlencode 'education_school_name=Caltech OR Massachusetts Institute of Technology'
Notice that there are no more regexes. The Search API now uses Boolean search in place of regular expressions which I believe is a lot easier for most people to pick up and use.
No more 35-credit base cost
Previously Search API had a 35-credit base cost with 3 credits chargeable per result. That was 38 credits if you're doing just one search.
Now,
No more 35-credit base cost.
You'll only be charged for 3 credits/result returned. Meaning, you can do ad-hoc searches (even just one) with this revamped Search API.
Significant speed boost
We have also significantly improved the speed of Search API. Most requests should complete in a few seconds as is compared to 60-100s before this revamp.
For more information, check out the API documentation of the updated Search API. You might also want to check out this guide that we wrote on Boolean searches.
Now, now, how about Search API V1?
It'll be deprecated with the launch of Search API V2 and it's sunset date will be on 2 April 2024. Thereafter it'll no longer be usable.
We've moved to a better revamped-product that is the Search API V2. You should too!
