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Get your API key and make your first request to the Specter API.
1

Get your API key

Your API key lives in the API Console. Open it and copy your key. No key yet? Click Request API Access there — requests are reviewed and approved within one business day. Send the key in the X-API-Key header on every request.
2

Make your first request

Search for a company by name:
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/companies/search?query=hedgehog' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY'
Response:
[
  {
    "id": "1a2b3c4d5e6g1a2b3c4d5e6g",
    "name": "Hedgehog Analytics",
    "domain": "hedgehog_analytics.com",
    "founded_year": 2019
  }
]
If you receive a response, your API key is working.
3

Fetch the full profile

Use the returned id to retrieve the full company record:
curl --request GET \
  --url https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1/companies/1a2b3c4d5e6g1a2b3c4d5e6g \
  --header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY'
Response:
{
  "id": "1a2b3c4d5e6g1a2b3c4d5e6g",
  "organization_name": "Hedgehog Analytics",
  "website": {
    "domain": "hedgehog_analytics.com",
    "url": "https://www.hedgehog_analytics.com"
  },
  "hq": { "city": "London", "country": "United Kingdom" },
  "employee_count": 39,
  "funding": {
    "total_funding_usd": 16600000,
    "last_funding_type": "series_a"
  },
  "last_updated": "2026-01-01"
}
See Rate Limits & Credit Limits for your allowances and Errors for what happens when you run out.
From here, you can expand into related data — team, investors, transactions — using the returned company id.