PersonFinder

API Documentation

Find verified personal emails, phone numbers, and social links for anyone. Give us a name and GitHub URL, get back structured contact data.

Endpoints

Every endpoint on api.coderscabana.com. POST to find contacts, GET for usage, key info, and health.

POST/api/v1/find
GET/api/v1/usage
GET/api/v1/key/info
POST/api/v1/keys/create
GET/api/v1/health
GET/api/pricing

Quick start

Make a POST request to /api/v1/find with a name and GitHub URL. Get back verified emails, phones, and social links.

curl -X POST https://api.coderscabana.com/api/v1/find \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pf_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"full_name":"Aakash K","github_url":"https://github.com/aakashk"}'

Authentication

Pass your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header, or use the x-api-key header. Keys start with pf_live_ (production) or pf_test_ (test).

# Bearer token
Authorization: Bearer pf_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

# Or x-api-key header
x-api-key: pf_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Request parameters

All parameters are optional except full_name. GitHub URL is strongly recommended for the best hit rate.

{
  "full_name": "Rahul Sharma",       // required
  "github_url": "https://github.com/rahulsharma",  // recommended
  "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/rahulsharma",
  "company": "Google",
  "location": "Mumbai, India",
  "include_social": true,             // default: true
  "include_company_email": false     // default: false
}

Response shape

The API returns a JSON object with the primary email, all discovered emails, phones, social links, and credit usage.

{
  "primary_email": "aakash@gmail.com",
  "secondary_email": null,
  "pick_confidence": "high",
  "pick_reasoning": "Personal gmail matching name",
  "emails": [
    {
      "email": "aakash@gmail.com",
      "source": "github_commits_api",
      "confidence": "high",
      "verified": "verified"
    }
  ],
  "phones": [
    {
      "phone": "+919876543210",
      "source": "portfolio_tel",
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "social_links": {
    "github": "https://github.com/aakashk",
    "portfolio": ["https://aakash.dev"]
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 98
}

Rate limiting

Rate limits are per-key, per-minute. Starter 20, Growth 60, Scale 120, Enterprise 300. Going over returns 429. Repeated violations auto-ban the key.

# Response headers
X-RateLimit-Limit: 60
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 45
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1690000000

# When exceeded
HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
{"detail": "Rate limit exceeded"}

Error codes

Standard HTTP status codes. Error responses include a detail field explaining what went wrong.

400  Invalid request body
401  Missing or invalid API key
402  Insufficient credits
403  Key banned or IP not allowed
429  Rate limit exceeded
500  Internal server error

SDK Examples

Copy-paste examples in Python, JavaScript, and cURL. Swap the Bearer token for your own key.

Python
import httpx

resp = httpx.post(
    "https://api.coderscabana.com/api/v1/find",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer pf_live_..."},
    json={
        "full_name": "Rahul Sharma",
        "github_url": "https://github.com/rahulsharma",
        "include_social": True
    }
)
data = resp.json()
print(data["primary_email"])  # rahul@gmail.com
JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://api.coderscabana.com/api/v1/find", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer pf_live_...",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    full_name: "Rahul Sharma",
    github_url: "https://github.com/rahulsharma"
  })
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.primary_email); // rahul@gmail.com
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.coderscabana.com/api/v1/find \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pf_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"full_name":"Rahul Sharma","github_url":"https://github.com/rahulsharma"}'

Credit costs

One completed find costs 1 credit. Social links and company email search are included. Viewing Usage or Billing does not spend credits.

Contact find (email + phone + social)1 credit
Email verification (MX)Free
Usage, Billing, and key-info GETsFree

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