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Indeed Company Search API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/indeed/companies/search

Indeed Company Search API finds companies by name. Each company has name, slug, url, logo, rating, review_count, sectors and description.

Use the slug as company in the profile, reviews, salaries and jobs routes.

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Indeed Company Search API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/indeed/companies/search
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
q = coffee shops
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "data": {
        "count": 2,
        "query": "amazon",
        "country": "US",
        "companies": [
            {
                "url": "https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Amazon.com",
                "logo": "https://d2q79iu7y748jz.cloudfront.net/s/_squarelogo/256x256/c1b9b1f9a1cbd5e3c5e4a1a0b7a2f3f4",
                "name": "Amazon.com",
                "slug": "Amazon.com",
                "rating": 3.5,
                "sectors": [
                    "Retail"
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

1 optional filter available.

q string Required

Company name to search, 2 to 100 characters, for example amazon.

Example value coffee shops
country string Optional

US (default), GB (UK works as an alias) or DE. Any other value returns 422.

Example value US

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

data meta success
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "data": {
        "count": 2,
        "query": "amazon",
        "country": "US",
        "companies": [
            {
                "url": "https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Amazon.com",
                "logo": "https://d2q79iu7y748jz.cloudfront.net/s/_squarelogo/256x256/c1b9b1f9a1cbd5e3c5e4a1a0b7a2f3f4",
                "name": "Amazon.com",
                "slug": "Amazon.com",
                "rating": 3.5,
                "sectors": [
                    "Retail"
                ],
                "description": "Amazon is guided by four principles.",
                "review_count": 8500
            },
            {
                "url": "https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Amazon-Web-Services-(aws)",
                "logo": null,
                "name": "Amazon Web Services (AWS)",
                "slug": "Amazon-Web-Services-(aws)",
                "rating": 3.9,
                "sectors": [
                    "Information Technology"
                ],
                "description": null,
                "review_count": 1200
            }
        ]
    },
    "meta": {
        "credits": 1,
        "billable": true,
        "endpoint_family": "company_search"
    },
    "success": true
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

422

Validation Error

A required parameter or a value is invalid. This response is not billable.

{
    "errors": {
        "q": [
            "The q field is required."
        ]
    },
    "message": "The request validation failed"
}
503

Upstream Unavailable

Indeed could not be reached after several tries, or its answer could not be read (code PARSER_DRIFT). This response is not billable. Retry shortly.

{
    "meta": {
        "billable": false,
        "retryable": true,
        "endpoint_family": "company_search"
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
        "message": "The Indeed API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
    },
    "success": false
}

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