DiffbotPeople DataEnrichment

Enrich a person by name, email or employer

diffbot.people.enrich

Enrich a person from name, email or employer — role, employment history, profiles

Price: $0.0299/callAt provider cost
Success rate: 100%Last 30 days · 220 calls
Latency p50: 2.6 sp95 12 s
Last verified: Jul 28, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/diffbot.people.enrich?name=Mike+Tung&size=1&type=Person&employer=DiffbotPreview

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

same /enhance endpoint as company enrichment — `type` is what switches it between Organization and Person

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`url`	string	Optional	a profile URL for the person (e.g. LinkedIn)
`name`	string	Optional	full name; pair with employer to disambiguate	`Mike Tung`
`size`	integer	Optional	candidate entities to return, default 1 — you pay 25 credits per record	`1`
`type`	string	Required	must be Person for people enrichment	`Person`
`email`	string	Optional	work email — the strongest identifier
`phone`	string	Optional
`title`	string	Optional	job title, as a further disambiguator
`school`	string	Optional	a school the person attended, as a further disambiguator
`search`	boolean	Optional	widen to a search when no exact entity matches; default false
`refresh`	boolean	Optional	force a live re-crawl — QUADRUPLES the price to 100 credits per record; default false
`employer`	string	Optional	employer name, to disambiguate a common name	`Diffbot`
`jsonmode`	string	Optional	'extended' adds provenance for every fact
`location`	string	Optional
`threshold`	number	Optional	match-confidence floor

Query parameters
urlstringOptional
a profile URL for the person (e.g. LinkedIn)
namestringOptional
full name; pair with employer to disambiguate
Example: Mike Tung
sizeintegerOptional
candidate entities to return, default 1 — you pay 25 credits per record
Example: 1
typestringRequired
must be Person for people enrichment
Example: Person
emailstringOptional
work email — the strongest identifier
phonestringOptional
titlestringOptional
job title, as a further disambiguator
schoolstringOptional
a school the person attended, as a further disambiguator
searchbooleanOptional
widen to a search when no exact entity matches; default false
refreshbooleanOptional
force a live re-crawl — QUADRUPLES the price to 100 credits per record; default false
employerstringOptional
employer name, to disambiguate a common name
Example: Diffbot
jsonmodestringOptional
'extended' adds provenance for every fact
locationstringOptional
thresholdnumberOptional
match-confidence floor

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/diffbot.people.enrich?name=Mike+Tung&size=1&type=Person&employer=Diffbot' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/diffbot.people.enrich?name=Mike+Tung&size=1&type=Person&employer=Diffbot",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/diffbot.people.enrich?name=Mike+Tung&size=1&type=Person&employer=Diffbot", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at $0.0299/call, including the service fee.