Clearbit Company Autocomplete API

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Clearbit Company Autocomplete API

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Mostly questions and neutral comments

6 positive, 16 neutral or mixed, 2 critical. Score +0.11

LikedClean, well-documented API and versioning

ObjectedWeak coverage of companies without a strong web presence

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Shown by maccman on Aug 6, 2015. Click the card to turn it over.

53points

25comments

#534of 2,565 in 2015

Top 21%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

6 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.

Execution: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against

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Weak coverage of companies without a strong web presence
From 1 comment
- Thanks! Not limited there, but we definitely do better with companies that have a strong web presence.
  oniiru on HN
Missing some well-known companies, e.g. name aliases
From 2 comments
- I was impressed when it located the tiny company I current work for (The Day News & Media) but less impressed that it couldn't find the enormous multinational I used to work for…
  oneeyedpigeon on HN
- Ah, looks like we have John Wiley & Sons listed as Wiley, which seems to be how they are typically known. Aliases would be an interesting feature though!
  oniiru on HN
Search ranking off by a character when typing partial names
From 1 comment
- Either there's an off-by-one error or there's a weird design decision. Typing "y c" doesn't include the "c" in the search (so it lists websites like Yahoo first) but "y co" finds…
  personjerry on HN

Add companies to the database via POST endpoint
From 2 comments
- Implementing POST /companies/ {"name": "..."} would be nice. Other than that it's a really nice endpoint.
  rectangletangle on HN
- How could a company be added to the database?
  baseballmerpeak on HN
Search by domain or hyperlink
From 1 comment
- It'd be great if it allowed domains and hyperlinks as a search filter.
  benologist on HN
Add ticker symbol to response
From 1 comment
- Do you have plans to add more fields in the response? For example, it would be nice to get the company's ticker symbol if they are publicly traded.
  hbcondo714 on HN
Better API key management across environments
From 1 comment
- I have been using clearbit the last few months and it really is a great service with the best api docs and versioning I have seen to date (a la stripe). We use clearbit for…
  mrdustinwhittle on HN

Where does the data come from
From 2 comments
- I was impressed when it located the tiny company I current work for (The Day News & Media) but less impressed that it couldn't find the enormous multinational I used to work for…
  oneeyedpigeon on HN
- Yes, where does this data come from? Somehow I was able to find not-so-popular companies as well.
  rjuyal on HN
Whether it reports secretary of state good standing
From 1 comment
- Does anyone know if an API exists that returns whether a company is in good standing with a secretary of state? Checked out the Clearbit API and I didn't see that type of data in…
  jaz on HN

Demandbase API
From 1 comment
- If you need that feature, and are willing to pay, check out the Demandbase API. I can't find any public websites documenting their API, but this Ruby gem gives an overview:…
  b2bguy on HN
Credibility.com search (Dun & Bradstreet data)
From 1 comment
- I work for credibility.com (https://credibility.com/search), and we get our data from Dun & Bradstreet. Our search seems to have more results (~18MM docs).
  banderon on HN
certsimple.com
From 1 comment
- If you could combine this with the one https://certsimple.com/ uses, that would be awesome!
  phonon on HN