Autocomplete Businesses

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete \
  --header 'api_key: <api-key>'

import requests

url = "https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete"

headers = {"api_key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {api_key: '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "api_key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("api_key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete")
  .header("api_key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["api_key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

[
  {
    "query": "united",
    "label": "United States",
    "value": "us"
  }
]

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

GET

businesses

autocomplete

Autocomplete Businesses

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete \
  --header 'api_key: <api-key>'

import requests

url = "https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete"

headers = {"api_key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {api_key: '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "api_key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("api_key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete")
  .header("api_key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["api_key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

[
  {
    "query": "united",
    "label": "United States",
    "value": "us"
  }
]

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

Endpoint: `GET /v1/businesses/autocomplete`

Description

The Fetch Business Autocomplete endpoint provides real-time suggestions for business-related fields, helping users quickly find relevant categories, locations, and industries based on partial text input. This is useful for creating dynamic search fields and enhancing user experience in filtering interfaces.

Coverage

Attribute	Coverage Details
Supported Fields	Country, Region, Google Category, NAICS Category, LinkedIn Category, etc.
Geographic Scope	Supports 150+ countries
Response Time	Optimized for real-time autocomplete functionality

How It Works

Input: Specify a field type (country, region_country, etc.) and provide a partial query string.
Processing: The system searches through indexed datasets to return the most relevant suggestions.
Output: A structured response containing suggested values for the given input.

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`field`	String	The field for which autocomplete is requested (e.g., `country`, `industry`).
`query`	String	Partial text input to generate suggestions.
`semantic_search`	Boolean	Optional. When `true`, enables semantic autocomplete to return a broader, topic-aware set of suggestions. This parameter is intended for use with the `business_intent_topics` field.

Example Request (cURL)

Example with contry field.

Bash

curl -X GET \
  "https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete?field=country&query=unit" \
  -H "API_KEY: your_api_key_here"

Example with business_intent_topics field.

Bash

curl -X GET \
  'https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/autocomplete?query=cloude&semantic_search=true&field=business_intent_topics' \
  -H "API_KEY: your_api_key_here"

Example Response

Example with contry field.

JSON

[
  {
    "query": "unit",
    "label": "United States",
    "value": "us"
  },
  {
    "query": "unit",
    "label": "United Kingdom",
    "value": "gb"
  },
  {
    "query": "unit",
    "label": "United Arab Emirates",
    "value": "ae"
  },
  {
    "query": "unit",
    "label": "Tanzania, United Republic Of",
    "value": "tz"
  },
  {
    "query": "unit",
    "label": "United States Minor Outlying Islands",
    "value": "um"
  }
]

Example with business_intent_topics field.

JSON

[
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "cloud: cloud data",
"value": "cloud: cloud data"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "business solutions: cloudapp",
"value": "business solutions: cloudapp"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "cloud: cloud integration",
"value": "cloud: cloud integration"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "media & advertising: cloudimage",
"value": "media & advertising: cloudimage"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "technology: cloudsuite",
"value": "technology: cloudsuite"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "cloud: cloud applications",
"value": "cloud: cloud applications"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "technology: cloudsense",
"value": "technology: cloudsense"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "technology: cloudnine",
"value": "technology: cloudnine"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "cloud: cloud server",
"value": "cloud: cloud server"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "technology: cloudflare",
"value": "technology: cloudflare"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "ecommerce: cloudcraze",
"value": "ecommerce: cloudcraze"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "business services: mapp cloud",
"value": "business services: mapp cloud"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "business services: cloudbees",
"value": "business services: cloudbees"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "cloud: multicloud",
"value": "cloud: multicloud"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "technology: content+cloud",
"value": "technology: content+cloud"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "cloud: cloud management",
"value": "cloud: cloud management"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "cloud: cloud management platform",
"value": "cloud: cloud management platform"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "technology: cloud essentials",
"value": "technology: cloud essentials"
},
{
"query": "cloude",
"label": "technology: cloudinary",
"value": "technology: cloudinary"
}
]

Supported Autocomplete Fields & Example Inputs

Filter	Description	Example Input
`country`	Autocomplete for country names	`"Uni"` → United States, United Kingdom
`country_code`	Autocomplete for country codes (ISO 2-letter)	`"US"` → United States
`region_country_code`	Autocomplete for region-based country codes	`"EU"` → European Union countries
`google_category`	Google’s business category classification	`"E-com"` → E-commerce
`naics_category`	Industry classification based on NAICS codes	`"541512"` → Computer Systems Design Services
`linkedin_category`	Industry classification from LinkedIn data	`"Retail"` → Retail Industry
`company_tech_stack_tech`	Technologies used by a company	`"Cloud"` → Cloud Computing, Cloud Security
`company_tech_stack_categories`	Technology categories used by the company	`"Marketing"` → CRM, AdTech
`job_title`	Autocomplete for job titles	`"Soft"` → Software Engineer, Software Developer
`company_size`	Autocomplete for company sizes (by number of employees)	`"500"` → Companies with ~500 employees
`company_revenue`	Revenue-based classification (K, M, B, T for thousands, millions, billions, trillions)	`"100M"` → $100 Million+
`number_of_locations`	Number of physical company locations	`"1"` → Companies with a single location
`company_age`	Company age in years	`"10"` → Companies older than 10 years
`job_department`	Autocomplete for job departments	`"Eng"` → Engineering, Product Engineering
`job_level`	Job seniority levels	`"Senior"` → Senior Manager, Senior Engineer
`city_region_country`	Combined location filter by city, region, and country	`"New York, NY, US"` → Companies in New York
`company_name`	Filter by company name	`"Meta"` → Meta Platforms Inc.
`business_intent_topics`	Business intent topics — It is recommended to use `semantic_search=true` to receive a broader and smarter autocomplete result that identifies wider semantic connections to the searched term.	`"cloud"` → technology: cloudflare, cloud: cloud server

Best Practices

Use precise queries to get the most relevant autocomplete results.
Enable semantic_search=true when working with business intent topics to receive broader, smarter, and semantically-aware suggestions.
Optimize search fields by implementing real-time feedback mechanisms.
Restrict field selection to avoid unnecessary queries and improve API efficiency.
Combine with filtering APIs to refine user selections dynamically.

For detailed endpoint explanations, request examples, and integration tips, explore the documentation sections above.

Body Params - Try Me Example

field: country
query: unit

Authorizations

api_key

string

header

required

Query Parameters

field

enum<string>

required

Enum for autocomplete types.

Available options:

country,

country_code,

region_country_code,

google_category,

naics_category,

linkedin_category,

company_tech_stack_tech,

company_tech_stack_categories,

job_title,

company_size,

company_revenue,

number_of_locations,

company_age,

job_department,

job_level,

city_region_country,

company_name,

business_intent_topics,

city_region,

skills,

interests

query

string

semantic_search

boolean

Response

Successful Response

query

string

required

label

string

required

value

string

required

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​Endpoint: GET /v1/businesses/autocomplete

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Authorizations

Query Parameters

Response

Endpoint: `GET /v1/businesses/autocomplete`

Description

Body Params - Try Me Example