orthogonal-sh/contactout

ContactOut

Sales and recruitment intelligence platform. Find anyone's email and phone number, enrich LinkedIn profiles, look up people from email or multiple signals, and get company info from domains.

When to Use

• Find someone's email or phone from their LinkedIn profile
• Enrich a person from name + company or email
• Look up a profile from an email address
• Get company information from a domain
• Batch enrich multiple LinkedIn profiles
• Estimate how many people match a search (free count)

Endpoints

1. LinkedIn Profile Enrichment

Get full profile details (email, phone, work history, education, skills) from a LinkedIn URL.

orth run contactout /v1/linkedin/enrich -q 'profile=https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates'

<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>

curl -X POST "https://api.orth.sh/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"contactout","path":"/v1/linkedin/enrich","query":{"profile":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates"}}'

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Parameters:

• profile (required) - LinkedIn profile URL (must start with http and contain linkedin.com/in/)
• profile_only (optional, boolean) - If true, returns profile without contact info (cheaper)

Returns: Full profile with emails, phones, work history, education, skills, company info, seniority, job function.

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2. Contact Details from LinkedIn

Get just contact details (emails, phones) for a LinkedIn profile. Lighter than full enrichment.

orth run contactout /v1/people/linkedin -q 'profile=https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates&include_phone=true'

<details> <summary>curl equivalent</summary>

curl -X POST "https://api.orth.sh/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"api":"contactout","path":"/v1/people/linkedin","query":{"profile":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates","include_phone":"true"}}'

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Parameters:

• profile (required) - LinkedIn profile URL
• include_phone (optional, boolean, default: false) - Include phone numbers
• email_type (optional) - Filter emails: personal, work, personal,work, or none

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3. Batch LinkedIn Enrichment (sync, up to 30)

orth run contactout /v1/people/linkedin/batch -d '{"profiles":["https://linkedin.com/in/person1","https://linkedin.com/in/person2"]}'

Parameters:

• profiles (required, array, max 30) - Array of LinkedIn profile URLs

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4. Enrich from Email

Get profile details from an email address. Personal emails have higher match rates.

orth run contactout /v1/email/enrich -q '[email protected]&include=work_email'

Parameters:

• email (required) - Email address
• include (optional) - Set to work_email to include work email in response

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5. People Enrich (multi-signal)

Enrich a person using multiple data points. Needs at least one primary identifier (linkedin_url, email, or phone) or name + company.

orth run contactout /v1/people/enrich -d '{
  "full_name": "Patrick Collison",
  "company": ["Stripe"],
  "company_domain": ["stripe.com"],
  "include": ["work_email", "personal_email", "phone"]
}'

Parameters:

• linkedin_url (optional) - LinkedIn profile URL
• email (optional) - Email address
• phone (optional) - Phone number
• full_name (optional) - Full name (or use first_name + last_name)
• first_name / last_name (optional) - Used together
• company (optional, array, max 10) - Company names
• company_domain (optional, array, max 10) - Company domains
• job_title (optional) - Job title
• location (optional) - Location
• education (optional, array, max 10) - Educational institutions
• include (optional, array) - Data to include: work_email, personal_email, phone

Note: Name-only searches need at least one secondary param (company, domain, education, location, or job_title).

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6. Domain Enrichment

Get company information from domain names.

orth run contactout /v1/domain/enrich -d '{"domains":["stripe.com","google.com"]}'

Parameters:

• domains (required, array, max 30) - Domain names

Returns: Company details including name, industry, size, revenue, funding, headquarters, LinkedIn URL, specialties.

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7. People Count (free)

Count matching profiles without returning data. Use to estimate results before searching.

orth run contactout /v1/people/count -d '{"domain":["stripe.com"],"seniority":["VP","CXO","Director"]}'

Parameters: Same search filters as People Search (name, job_title, company, domain, location, industry, seniority). Returns only total_results.

Cost: Free, no credits consumed.

Accepted Values (for People Count)

Seniority Levels

Owner / Founder, CXO, Partner, VP, Head, Director, Manager, Senior, Entry, Intern

Job Functions

Operations, Business Development, Sales, Education, Engineering, Healthcare Services, Information Technology, Administrative, Arts and Design, Customer Success and Support, Finance, Community and Social Services, Media and Communication, Accounting, Marketing, Human Resources, Research, Program and Project Management, Legal, Military and Protective Services, Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Real Estate, Quality Assurance, Purchasing, Product Management, Leadership

Company Size

1_10, 11_50, 51_200, 201_500, 501_1000, 1001_5000, 5001_10000, 10001

Industries

Computer Software, Internet, Financial Services, Hospital & Health Care, Marketing and Advertising, Information Technology and Services, Telecommunications, Management Consulting, Real Estate, Retail, and many more. Full list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14drLUuDLgxPflIsPNgV_w05N6guY4GtCCCd36zT4vg0

Examples

"Get Bill Gates' email"

orth run contactout /v1/linkedin/enrich -q 'profile=https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates'

"Look up who this email belongs to"

orth run contactout /v1/email/enrich -q '[email protected]'

"Find Patrick Collison's contact info"

orth run contactout /v1/people/enrich -d '{"full_name":"Patrick Collison","company":["Stripe"],"include":["work_email","personal_email","phone"]}'

"Get company info for stripe.com"

orth run contactout /v1/domain/enrich -d '{"domains":["stripe.com"]}'

"How many CTOs are there at fintech companies in SF?"

orth run contactout /v1/people/count -d '{"job_title":["CTO"],"industry":["Financial Services"],"location":["San Francisco"]}'

"Get contact details for these 3 LinkedIn profiles"

orth run contactout /v1/people/linkedin/batch -d '{"profiles":["https://linkedin.com/in/person1","https://linkedin.com/in/person2","https://linkedin.com/in/person3"]}'

Error Handling

• 400 - Invalid parameter values. Check accepted values lists above (especially seniority and industry).
• 404 - Person/company not found. Try different identifiers or broader search.
• 429 - Rate limited. People Search: 60/min, Email Verify: 150/min, Others: 1000/min.

Tips

• Use /v1/people/count first (free) to estimate results before committing to paid calls
• Personal emails have higher match rates than work emails for email enrichment
• For batch operations, v1 batch supports up to 30 profiles synchronously
• People enrich works best with a LinkedIn URL as the primary identifier