ExaPeople DataEnrichment

Search people by description

exa.people.search

The search endpoint lets you intelligently search the web and extract contents from the results.

Price: $0.007/callAt provider cost
Success rate: 99.9%Last 30 days · 162,010 calls
Latency p50: 1.7 sp95 6 s
Last verified: Aug 27, 2026Verified working

POSThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/exa.people.searchPreview

Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

each result is a profile page: url (mostly linkedin.com/in/…), title (the person's name), publishedDate, and an `entities` block with the structured person record Exa extracted (name, current title, company, location). No contact data — pair with a people.enrich or people.email.find provider for that. Scored 72% R@1 / 94.5% R@10 on Exa's open people-search benchmark; the structured providers under this capability need role+location filters instead of free text.

This tool has no parameters. See provider docs ↗ Provider docs

Code samples

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

Preview

curl -X POST 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/exa.people.search' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-raw '{"query":"head of security at a fintech in berlin","category":"people","numResults":3}'

import os
import json
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/exa.people.search",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
    json=json.loads("{\"query\":\"head of security at a fintech in berlin\",\"category\":\"people\",\"numResults\":3}"),
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/exa.people.search", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(JSON.parse("{\"query\":\"head of security at a fintech in berlin\",\"category\":\"people\",\"numResults\":3}")),
});
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 $0.007/call, including the service fee.