People Data Labs

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How to set up People Data Labs

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Authentication

People Data Labs uses API key authentication:

1. Sign up at peopledatalabs.com
2. Navigate to your API dashboard
3. Copy your API key
4. Paste the API key in Cargo when connecting

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People Data Labs actions

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Enrich person

Get comprehensive profile data for a person. Input parameters (provide as many as available):

• Name / First name / Last name: Person’s name
• Email / Email hash: Email address
• Phone: Phone number
• Company / School: Employment or education
• Profile / LinkedIn ID: Social profile URL or ID
• Location / Country / Region: Geographic data
• PDL ID: People Data Labs ID (if known)

Options:

• Data include: Select specific fields to return
• Min likelihood: Minimum confidence threshold
• Titlecase: Return titlecased text

Credits: 3 credits per request

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Enrich company

Get detailed company information. Input parameters:

• PDL ID: People Data Labs company ID
• Name: Company name
• Website / Profile: Company website or LinkedIn
• Ticker: Stock ticker symbol
• Location details: Address, city, region, country

Credits: 3 credits per request

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Search people

Find people matching specific criteria using filters. Configuration:

• Filter: Build complex filter conditions
• Limit: Maximum results to return
• Titlecase / Pretty: Output formatting

Credits: 3 credits per result

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Search companies

Find companies matching specific criteria. Configuration:

• Filter: Build filter conditions
• Limit: Maximum results to return

Credits: 3 credits per result

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Query people

Search people using SQL-like queries. Required fields:

• Query: SQL query (e.g., SELECT * FROM people WHERE ...)
• Limit: Maximum results

Credits: 3 credits per result Use case: Complex queries with full SQL flexibility.

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Query companies

Search companies using SQL-like queries. Required fields:

• Query: SQL query for companies
• Limit: Maximum results

Credits: 3 credits per result

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People Data Labs data models

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Fetch people

Pull people matching criteria into Cargo. Configuration:

• Filter: Define matching criteria
• Limit: Maximum records

Features:

• Unifies contacts by email, LinkedIn ID
• Credits charged per result

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Fetch companies

Pull companies matching criteria into Cargo. Configuration:

• Filter: Define matching criteria
• Limit: Maximum records

Features:

• Unifies accounts by domain, LinkedIn
• Credits charged per result

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Credits summary

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Rate limits

People Data Labs API has a rate limit of 100 requests per minute. Cargo handles rate limiting automatically.

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Best practices

• Provide multiple identifiers for better matching
• Use min_likelihood to filter low-confidence matches
• Start with search to find IDs, then enrich for full data
• Use SQL queries for complex, custom filtering
• Cache enrichment results to avoid duplicate lookups