ParallelPeople DataEnrichment

Search people by description

parallel.people.search

Return ranked people matching a plain-language description, each with a profile URL and summary.

Price: $0.005/callAt provider cost
Success rate: 100%Last 30 days · 2,040 calls
Latency p50: 2 sp95 8.7 s
Last verified: Oct 9, 2026Verified working

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

Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

Each entity is {name, url, description}; url is usually a LinkedIn profile. No contact data: pair with a people.enrich or people.email.find tool. An objective that matches nobody answers 200 with an empty entities list. Public beta.

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/parallel.people.search' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-raw '{"objective":"Founders of open source vector database companies","entity_type":"people","match_limit":5}'

import os
import json
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "POST",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/parallel.people.search",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
    json=json.loads("{\"objective\":\"Founders of open source vector database companies\",\"entity_type\":\"people\",\"match_limit\":5}"),
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/parallel.people.search", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(JSON.parse("{\"objective\":\"Founders of open source vector database companies\",\"entity_type\":\"people\",\"match_limit\":5}")),
});
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 $0.005/call, including the service fee.