With the Get Data Fields API Endpoint, you can get an overview of all Industries, Industry Categories, Technologies, Regions, Seniorities and Departments that can be attributed to a company or a person.
Use case
An example use case is to create a new drop-down property in your CRM that contains all possible values that Ocean can provide. That way, company enrichment in your CRM can be done for List or Multiple-choice properties.
Step-by-step guide
Here's a step-by-step guide to make an API call to the Get Data Fields API Endpoint, using Postman.
Click on + in your workspace to add a new call.
Ensure the request type is set to GET
Copy and paste the link below into the Enter URL or paste text field, where you replace XXX with your API token (need help to find your API token?)
Now hit Send and you made your first API call!
Response structure
industries is the lowest hierarchy in the industry classification - there are thousands of industries that a company could be attributed to
industryCategory is an overarching term that contains multiple industries
technologies: name shows the name of the particular technology that we can detect on a company website
technologies: category shows the category in which the particular mentioned above is attributed to
regions: name shows the name of the particular region. This could be a region in Germany like Niedersachsen, or a state in the US like Tennessee.
regions: code shows the shortened name (often 2 digits) of the region name.
seniorities shows a list of seniorities that people can be attributed to (which could be multiple)
departments shows a list of departments that people can be attributed to (which could be multiple)
💸 Credit usage: Calling this endpoint does not use any credits