How to set up Dropcontact
Authentication
Dropcontact uses API key authentication:- Log in to your Dropcontact account
- Navigate to API section
- Copy your API key
- Paste the API key in Cargo when connecting
Dropcontact actions
Find email
Find a person’s professional email address using identifying information. Input fields (provide as many as available):- Email: Known email to validate/enrich
- First name: Person’s first name
- Last name: Person’s last name
- Full name: Full name (alternative to first/last)
- Phone: Phone number
- Company: Company name
- Website: Company website/domain
- LinkedIn: Person’s LinkedIn profile URL
- Company LinkedIn: Company LinkedIn page URL
- Country: Country (helps with localization)
- SIREN/SIRET: French company identifiers (for French companies)
- Find email addresses for leads with name and company
- Enrich partial contact data
- Validate existing email addresses
- Complete profiles from LinkedIn data
Response data
Dropcontact returns enriched contact information including:| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Professional email address | |
| first_name | Cleaned first name |
| last_name | Cleaned last name |
| full_name | Complete name |
| company | Company name |
| website | Company domain |
| LinkedIn profile URL | |
| phone | Phone number (if available) |
| job | Job title |
| seniority | Seniority level |
Credits
Dropcontact uses a credit-based system:- Each email lookup costs 1 credit
- Credits are tracked by Cargo
Rate limits
Dropcontact API has a rate limit of 60 requests per minute. The integration includes automatic retry logic with exponential backoff for reliability.Best practices
- Provide as much identifying information as possible for higher match rates
- Use caching to optimize credit usage
- Combine with other enrichment sources for better coverage
- Company domain often yields better results than company name alone
- LinkedIn URL provides the most reliable matching