{"id":11146,"date":"2021-03-16T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=11146"},"modified":"2021-03-15T15:23:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T22:23:57","slug":"how-to-perform-an-api-search-on-social-catfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/how-to-perform-an-api-search-on-social-catfish\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Perform an API Search on Social Catfish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social Catfish<\/a> has partnered up with Orbitly<\/a> to provide customers with a useful type of search called an API search. This is especially useful if you have a website<\/a>, and want to use Orbitly to perform searches through your own website or app<\/a>. All you need to do is request the searches through an HTTP request. Through one request, you could actually run up to 1,000 searches at a time easily through an API search. This is why it is important to know how to perform an API search using Orbitly and Social Catfish.<\/p>\n

What is an API Search?<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-9.38.21-PM-scaled.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

An API search is a type of reverse search<\/a> that Orbitly provides where you can run a search on your own website or mobile app. From doing this, you can run up to 100 searches per minute based on the information you want to find from your website. All you need to do is provide names, email addresses<\/a>, social media profiles, or phone numbers for each search to get the best results.<\/p>\n

How to Perform an API Search<\/h2>\n
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  1. Go to Orbitly<\/a> and sign up for a membership, choosing the number of credits you want.<\/li>\n
  2. Go onto your website\u2019s HTTP requests and use a POST request to enter https:\/\/app.orbitly.io\/api\/leads<\/li>\n
  3. Get your API Key on Orbitly\u2019s website by going to Settings \u2192\u00a0Account \u2192\u00a0Developer<\/li>\n
  4. Go to your HTTP headers and enter the below information.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-12.28.57-PM.png” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    5. Then enter the information of the requested people you want information from in this format.<\/p>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-12.29.05-PM.png” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    6. Once you do this, the HTML should spit out responses that contain the contact information you need.<\/p>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-11-at-12.29.29-PM.png” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

    Why Would You Want to Perform an API Search?<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Coding-information-in-office-385259-scaled.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n