> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tryfundable.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # People Search API > Look up founders, executives, and investors by name, LinkedIn, Crunchbase, or Twitter. ## OpenAPI ````yaml openapi.json GET /person/search openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Fundable API description: >- Canonical OpenAPI specification for the Fundable API. This file bundles the Deals, Companies, Investors, People, Alerts, Location, and Industry endpoints. version: 2.0.0 contact: name: Fundable API Support url: mailto:jacob@tryfundable.ai license: name: Proprietary url: https://www.tryfundable.ai/terms/privacy/ servers: - url: https://www.tryfundable.ai/api/v1 description: Production server security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: deals description: Venture capital deals data - name: companies description: Company data, search, and discovery operations - name: investors description: Investor data and search operations - name: people description: People search and detail operations - name: alerts description: Saved alert configurations and deal data - name: locations description: Location search and utility operations - name: industries description: Industry and super category search operations paths: /person/search: get: summary: Search for a person by name or identifier description: > Look up people using one of five search methods. Exactly one parameter must be provided. **Search types:** - `name` — Fuzzy name search across both investors AND non-investor people (founders, employees). Returns up to 10 results. - `id` — Person UUID lookup (returns 0 or 1) - `linkedin` — LinkedIn person URL or slug - `crunchbase` — Crunchbase person URL or slug - `twitter` — Twitter/X URL or handle `person_type` on each result indicates which pool the row came from (`investor` wins when a person is in both). For full person detail, use `/person`. operationId: searchPerson parameters: - name: name in: query required: false description: Fuzzy search by person name schema: type: string example: jane doe - name: id in: query required: false description: Person UUID schema: type: string format: uuid example: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000 - name: linkedin in: query required: false description: LinkedIn person URL schema: type: string example: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eladgil/ - name: crunchbase in: query required: false description: Crunchbase person URL schema: type: string example: https://crunchbase.com/person/jane-doe - name: twitter in: query required: false description: Twitter/X URL schema: type: string example: https://x.com/janedoe - name: person_type in: query required: false description: > Optional filter restricting results to one pool. `investor` keeps only people tracked as investors/angels; `company` keeps only non-investor people (founders, CEOs, employees). Omit to search both. Applies to both name and identifier modes — identifier lookups return empty if the resolved person doesn't match the requested type. schema: type: string enum: - investor - company example: investor responses: '200': description: Successful search results content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: success: type: boolean example: true data: type: object properties: people: type: array items: type: object properties: id: type: string format: uuid name: type: string linkedin_url: type: string nullable: true format: uri crunchbase_url: type: string nullable: true format: uri twitter_url: type: string nullable: true format: uri person_type: type: string enum: - investor - company description: >- Which pool the result came from. Mirrors the request-body discriminator on POST /people. meta: type: object properties: total_count: type: integer example: 7 required: - success - data - meta '400': description: Validation error (missing or multiple parameters) content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: success: type: boolean example: false error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - MISSING_SEARCH_PARAMS - MULTIPLE_SEARCH_PARAMS - INVALID_ID example: MISSING_SEARCH_PARAMS message: type: string details: type: object '401': description: Authentication error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PeopleAuthError' '402': description: Insufficient credits to complete request content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PeopleInsufficientCreditsError' '429': description: Rate limit exceeded (per-minute) content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PeopleRateLimitError' headers: Retry-After: description: Number of seconds to wait before retrying schema: type: integer example: 60 '500': description: Internal server error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PeopleServerError' components: schemas: PeopleAuthError: type: object properties: success: type: boolean example: false error: type: object properties: code: type: string enum: - AUTH_ERROR - INVALID_API_KEY - INACTIVE_API_KEY message: type: string details: type: object properties: help: type: string PeopleInsufficientCreditsError: type: object properties: success: type: boolean example: false error: type: object properties: code: type: string example: INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS message: type: string details: type: object properties: credits_needed: type: integer nullable: true monthly_credits_remaining: type: integer purchased_credits_remaining: type: integer help: type: string required: - error PeopleRateLimitError: type: object description: Per-minute API rate limit exceeded properties: success: type: boolean example: false error: type: object properties: code: type: string example: RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED message: type: string example: Rate limit exceeded. Maximum 200 requests per minute. details: type: object properties: limit: type: integer example: 200 window: type: string example: 60 seconds help: type: string required: - error PeopleServerError: type: object properties: success: type: boolean example: false error: type: object properties: code: type: string example: INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR message: type: string securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: API Key description: API key provided as a Bearer token ````