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|ZIP, city, county, state. See [[#Geographic Types|Geographic Types]] for more info.
|ZIP, city, county, state, radius. See [[#Geographic Types|Geographic Types]] for more info.
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|The requester’s License Key or email address.
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==Authentication==
==Authentication==
Each Customer’s ID or email address is passed in as id in the URL. It is checked against the list of registered customers.
Each License Key or email address is passed in as id in the URL. It is checked against the list of registered customers.
 
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==Geographic Types==
==Geographic Types==
Each request must specify one of the following geographic types:
Each request must specify a geographic types.
 
Don't forget! The call URL format: [[LeadGen:Business#Calls|Business Call Format]].


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|zip?
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Ex. zp=92688,85023,129265917
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Miles of radius from a given address, amd/or the closes so many records to a given address
Miles of radius from a given address, and/or the closes so many records to a given address
EX. to request the closest 100 businesses within 5 mile to the address 23412 Avenida Empresa, 92688:
EX. to request the closest 100 businesses within 5 mile to the address 23412 Avenida Empresa, 92688:
addr=23412+avenida+empresa&zip=92688&mile=5&records=100
addr=23412+avenida+empresa&zip=92688&mile=5&records=100
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==Options==
==Options==
Each request takes a set of geographic input. Business types and other input are optional with default values, as well as purchase options. See [[LeadGen Xpress:Business:List/File#Columns in File|Columns in File]] for the format of all columns appended to file.
Each request takes a set of geographic input. Business types and other input are optional with default values, as well as purchase options. See [[LeadGen:Business:List/File#Columns in File|Columns in File]] for the format of all columns appended to file.


===Geographic Options===
===Geographic Options===
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Required: zip
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Optional: radius
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Required: city
Required: city
Optional: radius
Optional: radius
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Required: state
Required: state
Optional: radius
Optional: radius
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|file=8 (csv)
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Latest revision as of 17:20, 23 December 2016

← LeadGen Cloud API

LeadGen Business Navigation
Introduction
Request Parameters
XML Response
List/File
Business Result Codes



Standard Components

Parameter Definition
Domain
Version Web Service version.
Web Service Business
Protocol REST. The protocol used by the Web Service.
Action "get" or "buy"
Geographic type ZIP, city, county, state, radius. See Geographic Types for more info.
Customer ID The requester’s License Key or email address.
Options


Actions

The following actions are supported by the web service:

Action Service Description
Get Get count of businesses that fit in the given criteria.
Buy Buy a list of businesses’ info that fit the given criteria.


Authentication

Each License Key or email address is passed in as id in the URL. It is checked against the list of registered customers.

Required

URL Parameter Description
id Required. User ID or Email Address. You must be subscribed to the Business Web Service.


Geographic Types

Each request must specify a geographic types.

Don't forget! The call URL format: Business Call Format.

URL Parameter Geographic Type Description
zip? Zip

Format: 5-digit ZIP or 9-digit ZIP+4 Multiple ZIP or ZIP+4 can be requested, comma separated with no space. Ex. zp=92688,85023,129265917

city? City

Format: 2-digit state;city name Multiple cities be requested, comma separated with no space. Ex. city=TX;Dallas,TX;Houston,TX;Austin

county? County

Format: 2-digit state;county name Multiple counties be requested, comma separated with no space. Ex. county=CA;Lake,AZ;Mohave,AZ;Maricopa

state? State

Format: 2-digit state code Multiple states can be requested, comma separated with no space. Ex. St=CA,AZ,NV

radius? Radius

Miles of radius from a given address, and/or the closes so many records to a given address EX. to request the closest 100 businesses within 5 mile to the address 23412 Avenida Empresa, 92688: addr=23412+avenida+empresa&zip=92688&mile=5&records=100


Options

Each request takes a set of geographic input. Business types and other input are optional with default values, as well as purchase options. See Columns in File for the format of all columns appended to file.

Geographic Options

URL Parameter Geographic Type Description
ZIP (5 digits) or ZIP + 4 (9 digits)

Required: zip

Optional: radius

Each five-digit ZIP is validated. Plus4 is a filter in data selection.

City

Required: city

Optional: radius

Each city and state combination is validated
County Required: county

Each county and state combination is validated. FIPS is retrieved if valid.

State

Required: state

Optional: radius

Two-digit state code is validated.
Addr Required: radius

Exact street number and street name are used in data selection. No validation. Latitude and longitude are retrieved if the address exists.

Mile

Optional: radius (One of the two should be given, not required together.)

Mile is used to find out the latitude and longitude of a parameter so many miles away from the give address.
Records Number of records that are the closest to the given address.
Str Optional: radius A street name within the given zip. (The street name needs to be exact.)
Strzip Optional: radius Zip for a specific street that is within the given radius (combination with a given address).


Business Options

URL Parameter Description Default Value Optional Output Parameter
sic Append 6-digit SIC code to file if exists (see frequency in table 4.2) sic=0 sic=1
sic-d Various SIC codes as selection/filter all inclusive Otherwise specify the SIC’s (2 to 6 digits), use ‘-‘ dash to specify multiple SIC codes, i.e. sic-d=17-9999-729924
staff Append number of employees to file staff=0 staff=1
staff-d

Various sizes of staff as selection/filter

  1. 1 - 4
  2. 5 - 9
  3. 10 - 19
  4. 20 - 49
  5. 50 - 99
  6. 100 - 249
  7. 250 - 499
  8. 500 - 999
  9. 1,000 - 4,999
  10. 5,000 - 9,999
  11. 10,000 +
all inclusive Otherwise specify the index; use ‘-‘ dash to specify multiple staff codes, i.e. staff-d =6-8-10
sale Append annual sales volume to file sale=0 sale=1
sale-d

Various ranges of annual sales volumes as selection/filter

  1. $1,000-$499,999
  2. $500,000-$999,999
  3. $1,000,000-$2,499,999
  4. $2,500,000-$4,999,999
  5. $5,000,000-$9,999,999
  6. $10,000,000-$19,999,999
  7. $20,000,000-$49,999,999
  8. $50,000,000-$99,999,999
  9. $100,000,000-$499,999,999
  10. $500,000,000-$999,999,999
  11. Over $1 billion
all inclusive Otherwise specify the index; use ‘-‘ dash to specify multiple sales volume codes, i.e. sale-d =6-8-10


General Options

URL Parameter Description Default Value Optional Output Parameter
one One contact per business one=1 one=0 returns all contacts
dbug Parameter check. If a parameter is spelt wrong or not suited for the given call, the request will be rejected. dbug=0 dbug=1 to check


Other Purchase Options

URL Parameter Description Default Value Optional Output Parameter
name Append contact name to file if exists name=0 To append: name=1
po Customer’s purchase order number none To specify: po=xxxx
multi Multiple usage of the list (1 – 5 times) multi=1 Multi=(1 through 5)
file Specify file format. file=8 (csv) Otherwise specify format from File Types
fax Append fax number (if available) fax=0 fax=1
phone Append phone number (if available) phone=0 phone=1
naics Append 8-digit NAICS code to file if exists naics=0 naics=1
numemp Appends the number of actual employees (as opposed to a range like staff) numemp=0 numemp=1
keyexec Appends the Key Executive to file keyexec=0 keyexec=1
numsales Appends the estimated sales volume in thousands (as opposed to a range like sale) numsales=0 numsales=1