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Outbound & AI SDR · 20267 min read·Updated 2026-11-04

Building an Automated B2B Decision-Maker Lead Finder with /v1/people/search

How to query company decision-makers by target employer, title seniority, keyword, and country—then selectively enrich top prospects.

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$0.40–$1.00 / 1K Profiles & Companies · $0.08–$0.20 / 1K Search Leads · 100% No-Cookie

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Find & Enrich VP-Level Decision-Makers at Target Accounts

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import requests

API_KEY = "b2b_live_your_api_key"
HEADERS = {"x-api-key": API_KEY}

search_res = requests.get(
    "https://api.linkedindataapi.com/v1/people/search",
    params={"company": "stripe", "title": "VP", "country_code": "US", "limit": 5},
    headers=HEADERS,
    timeout=20,
).json()

for lead in search_res["data"]["items"]:
    print(f"Found: {lead['full_name']} ({lead['current_title']}) -> {lead['username']}")

Key Engineering Takeaways (TL;DR)

  • ✓`GET /v1/people/search` costs just 2 Credits per person returned ($0.20 per 1,000 leads base, $0.08 per 1,000 on Business).
  • ✓Filter simultaneously by `company`, `title`, `query`, and ISO-2 `country_code`.
  • ✓Chain `/v1/people/search` (2 Credits/item) with `/v1/profile` (10 Credits) only for prospects that match your strict ICP score.

1. Two-Stage Lead Discovery & Selective Enrichment Pattern

Instead of paying $0.05+ per row to enrich an entire employee roster, search decision-makers first at 2 Credits/lead and only run full career enrichment on your top 3 buyers per company.

Find & Enrich VP-Level Decision-Makers at Target Accounts

Search Stripe leadership in the US and enrich the top match:

curl "https://api.linkedindataapi.com/v1/people/search?company=stripe&title=VP&country_code=US&limit=10" \
  -H "x-api-key: b2b_live_your_api_key"

Interactive Engineering Workbench · GET /v1/people/search

Verify real-time latency, enrichment unit math & JSON schema

2,000 profiles/day
1,000 companies/day
10,000 items/day
HTTP Calls/Day
3,400
Up to 600 RPM
Hot Cache Latency
~14 ms p50
PostgreSQL 16 + Redis
Cookie Risk
0 Cookies
No li_at required
Estimated Monthly Pipeline Cost (30 Days)
$59.70/ mo with Business bonus ($150.00 base rate)
Daily consumption: 50,000 Credits ($5.00/day)
LinkedInDataAPI (with volume bonus):$59.70 / mo
Proxycurl / Clearbit ($20+ / 1K):$6300.00 / mo
Failed / 404 request fee:$0.00 (0 Credits)
Start Free (2,000 Credits) →Full Rate Card

Frequently Asked Questions

What if `/v1/people/search` returns 0 matching people?
Empty search results cost 0 Credits.

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