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Authentication
ContactOut uses API key authentication:
- Sign up at contactout.com
- Navigate to your API settings
- Copy your API key
- Paste the API key in Cargo when connecting
Enrich
Find contact or company data from LinkedIn URL or company domain.
For contacts:
- LinkedIn URL: Person’s LinkedIn profile URL (required)
- Include phone: Add phone data to response
- Email type: Personal, Work, or both
For companies:
- Company domain: Company’s domain (required)
Credits:
| Configuration | Credits |
|---|
| Company enrichment | 0 |
| Contact (no email/phone) | 1 |
| Contact with email | 2 |
| Contact with phone | 3 |
Search
Search for people or companies using various filters.
For people, filter by:
- Skills
- Education
- Location
- Company / Domain
- Job title
- Industry
- Company size
- Years of experience
- Years in current role
For companies, filter by:
- Name
- Domain
- Location
- Size
- Industries
- Revenue range
- Year founded
Data type options:
- Personal email
- Work email
- Phone
Reveal info: Set to true to get contact information (charges credits)
Credits:
- Search without reveal: 1 credit per result
- Search with reveal: 3 credits per result
Response data
| Field | Description |
|---|
| name | Full name |
| title | Job title |
| company | Company name |
| emails | Array of email addresses |
| phones | Array of phone numbers |
| linkedin | LinkedIn profile URL |
| location | Geographic location |
Company enrichment returns:
| Field | Description |
|---|
| name | Company name |
| domain | Company domain |
| industry | Industry classification |
| size | Employee count |
| revenue | Revenue range |
| location | Headquarters location |
Best practices
- Use company enrichment (free) for account research
- Select only the email types you need to optimize credits
- Use search filters to find precise prospects
- Enable reveal only when you need contact info
- Cache results to avoid duplicate lookups
- Combine with CRM sync for lead management
