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# Get acquisitions saved search results

> Returns the acquisitions matching a saved acquisitions search.

<Note> Costs 1 credit per result returned. </Note>

## What you need

An acquisitions saved-search ID shared with the API; get one from [Get all saved searches](/api-reference/saved-searches/get-all-saved-searches), or check counts first with [Get acquisitions saved search](/api-reference/acquisitions-saved-searches/get-acquisitions-saved-search).
## Behaviour

- Each item is the same acquisition object [Get acquisitions by date](/api-reference/transactions/get-acquisitions-by-date) returns, so it parses identically.
- The saved search must be shared with the API (via "Share to API") or be a global search curated by Specter.
- Set `new_results_after` to a timestamp to return only the deals added to the search since then — pass back the timestamp of your last read to poll for what is new. It must be within the last 60 days.
- Must be a acquisitions search, otherwise `400` with `NOT_SUPPORTED_PRODUCT`.
- `searchId` must be a number, otherwise `400` (`BAD_SEARCH_ID_TYPE`); returns `404` if the search doesn't exist.
- A search that matches nothing returns `200` with an empty array, and is not charged.


## What you do next

- **Get the full company.** Follow a `company_id` to [Get company by ID](/api-reference/companies/get-company-by-id) for the complete profile.
- **Open a single deal.** Pass an acquisition ID to [Get acquisition by ID](/api-reference/transactions/get-acquisition-by-id).




## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-ref/bundle_api.yaml get /searches/acquisitions/{searchId}/results
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Specter API
  termsOfService: https://tryspecter.com/terms/
  contact:
    name: API support
    email: api-support@tryspecter.com
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - description: Production
    url: https://app.tryspecter.com/api/v1
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Enrich
    description: >
      Look up a company, person, or investor and, if Specter does not already
      hold it, fetch it on demand. Includes email-based person enrichment.
  - name: Search
    description: |
      Find records across every product from a single plain-English query.
  - name: Companies
    description: >
      Company profiles, funding, headcount, traction, the per-company signals
      and sub-resources attached to a single company, and identifier resolution.
  - name: People
    description: >
      Specter people records: profile data, contact details, and per-person
      lookups for a known person ID.
  - name: Investors
    description: >
      Specter investor records: profile, activity, targeting, funds, portfolio
      companies, and the funding rounds they have participated in.
  - name: Transactions
    description: |
      Transaction detail by ID: funding rounds, acquisitions, and IPOs.
  - name: Revenue Signals
    description: >
      Revenue and profitability signals: by ID, by date, and for a saved list or
      company search.
  - name: Talent Signals
    description: |
      Talent signals: by ID and in bulk by ID.
  - name: Investor Interest Signals
    description: |
      Investor interest signals: by ID and in bulk by ID.
  - name: Company Lists
    description: |
      Create, query, and maintain lists of companies, including their results.
  - name: Investor Lists
    description: |
      Create, query, and maintain lists of investors, including their results.
  - name: People Lists
    description: |
      Create, query, and maintain lists of people, including their results.
  - name: Saved Searches
    description: |
      List and delete searches saved via tryspecter.com.
  - name: Company Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved company searches.
  - name: People Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved people searches.
  - name: Investor Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved investor searches.
  - name: Talent Signals Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved Talent Signals searches.
  - name: Investor Interest Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved Investor Interest Signals searches.
  - name: Funding Rounds Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved funding-round searches.
  - name: Acquisitions Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved acquisition searches.
  - name: IPOs Saved Searches
    description: |
      Details and results for saved IPO searches.
  - name: Network
    description: >
      Your team's LinkedIn network: the people and companies your teammates are
      connected to, and your reach into a given company.
  - name: Account
    description: >
      Organisation-level resources: your team's members, API call logs, and
      credit balance.
paths:
  /searches/acquisitions/{searchId}/results:
    get:
      tags:
        - Acquisitions Saved Searches
      summary: Get acquisitions saved search results
      description: >
        Returns the acquisitions matching a saved acquisitions search.


        <Note> Costs 1 credit per result returned. </Note>


        ## What you need


        An acquisitions saved-search ID shared with the API; get one from [Get
        all saved
        searches](/api-reference/saved-searches/get-all-saved-searches), or
        check counts first with [Get acquisitions saved
        search](/api-reference/acquisitions-saved-searches/get-acquisitions-saved-search).

        ## Behaviour


        - Each item is the same acquisition object [Get acquisitions by
        date](/api-reference/transactions/get-acquisitions-by-date) returns, so
        it parses identically.

        - The saved search must be shared with the API (via "Share to API") or
        be a global search curated by Specter.

        - Set `new_results_after` to a timestamp to return only the deals added
        to the search since then — pass back the timestamp of your last read to
        poll for what is new. It must be within the last 60 days.

        - Must be a acquisitions search, otherwise `400` with
        `NOT_SUPPORTED_PRODUCT`.

        - `searchId` must be a number, otherwise `400` (`BAD_SEARCH_ID_TYPE`);
        returns `404` if the search doesn't exist.

        - A search that matches nothing returns `200` with an empty array, and
        is not charged.



        ## What you do next


        - **Get the full company.** Follow a `company_id` to [Get company by
        ID](/api-reference/companies/get-company-by-id) for the complete
        profile.

        - **Open a single deal.** Pass an acquisition ID to [Get acquisition by
        ID](/api-reference/transactions/get-acquisition-by-id).
      operationId: getAcquisitionsSearchResults
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SearchId'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NewResultsAfterQueryParam'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationLimit'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationPage'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of acquisitions.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicAcquisition'
        '400':
          description: BadRequest
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchIdBadRequest'
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotSupportedProduct'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '422':
          description: >
            `new_results_after` is older than the 60-day change-retention window
            (`NEW_RESULTS_AFTER_BEYOND_RETENTION`), or is not a valid timestamp.
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimits'
components:
  parameters:
    SearchId:
      in: path
      name: searchId
      schema:
        type: integer
      required: true
      description: The ID of the saved search being requested.
    NewResultsAfterQueryParam:
      in: query
      name: new_results_after
      schema:
        type: string
        format: date-time
      required: false
      description: >
        Only return records added to the search on or after this moment, e.g.
        `2026-07-10T00:00:00Z`. Must be within the last 60 days.
    PaginationLimit:
      in: query
      name: limit
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 5000
        default: 50
      required: false
      description: >
        The number of results to return per page (minimum 1, maximum 5000,
        default 50).
    PaginationPage:
      in: query
      name: page
      schema:
        type: number
      required: false
      description: The page number of results to return, base 0, default is 0.
  schemas:
    PublicAcquisition:
      properties:
        acquisition_id:
          description: |
            The Specter ID for this acquisition.
          type: string
          example: acq_fd583a1b99d5c85635a56283
        acquirer_company_id:
          description: >
            The Specter company ID of the **acquirer**. Use with `GET
            /companies/{companyId}` to fetch the full company record.
          type: string
          example: 6576fa02f5c870dd55a4982a
        acquirer_name:
          description: The acquirer company's name.
          type: string
          example: Uber
        acquirer_domain:
          description: The acquirer's primary domain.
          type: string
          nullable: true
          example: uber.com
        acquiree_company_id:
          description: >
            The Specter company ID of the **acquiree**. Use with `GET
            /companies/{companyId}` to fetch the full company record.
          type: string
          example: 5e3ba36800c8f4c9668e5b8f
        acquiree_name:
          description: The acquiree company's name.
          type: string
          example: Delivery Hero
        acquiree_domain:
          description: The acquiree's primary domain.
          type: string
          nullable: true
          example: deliveryhero.com
        acquisition_type:
          description: >
            The type of deal. One of `acquisition`, `merge`, `lbo`, `acquihire`,
            or `management_buyout`. Null when Specter could not classify the
            deal.
          type: string
          nullable: true
          enum:
            - acquisition
            - merge
            - lbo
            - acquihire
            - management_buyout
          example: acquisition
        price_usd:
          description: Deal value in USD, if disclosed.
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          example: 14564220183
        acquisition_date:
          description: Date the acquisition was announced or closed (YYYY-MM-DD).
          type: string
          format: date
          nullable: true
          example: '2026-07-16'
      required:
        - acquisition_id
        - acquirer_company_id
        - acquirer_name
        - acquiree_company_id
        - acquiree_name
      additionalProperties: false
      title: Acquisition
      type: object
    SearchIdBadRequest:
      properties:
        errorCode:
          type: string
          description: BAD_SEARCH_ID_TYPE
          example: BAD_SEARCH_ID_TYPE
        message:
          type: string
          description: The search id needs to be a number.
          example: The search id needs to be a number.
    NotSupportedProduct:
      properties:
        errorCode:
          type: string
          description: NOT_SUPPORTED_PRODUCT
          example: NOT_SUPPORTED_PRODUCT
        message:
          type: string
          description: >
            Details the product that was requested and the product that is
            supported.
          example: >
            The product "people" is not supported by this operation. Only
            "companies" are supported.
    ApiKeyMissing:
      properties:
        errorCode:
          description: API_KEY_MISSING
          example: API_KEY_MISSING
          type: string
        message:
          description: No API Key was presented on the header X-API-KEY
          example: No API Key was presented on the header X-API-KEY
          type: string
    ApiKeyNotValid:
      properties:
        errorCode:
          description: API_KEY_NOT_VALID
          example: API_KEY_NOT_VALID
          type: string
        message:
          description: API key present, but not valid
          example: API key present, but not valid
          type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKeyMissing'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiKeyNotValid'
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden - There is no permissions to use the endpoint
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              errorCode:
                description: NOT_PERMITTED
                type: string
                example: NOT_PERMITTED
              message:
                type: string
                description: You do not have permission to access this resource.
                example: You do not have permission to access this resource.
            required:
              - errorCode
              - message
    NotFound:
      description: Not Found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            required:
              - errorCode
              - message
            properties:
              errorCode:
                type: string
                description: NOT_FOUND
              message:
                type: string
                description: Not Found
    RateLimits:
      description: Too Many Requests - API Rate limit exceeded
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            required:
              - errorCode
              - message
            properties:
              errorCode:
                type: string
                description: RATE_LIMITED
              message:
                type: string
                description: You have been rate-limited
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: The total rate limit allowed for this endpoint
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: The number of requests remaining
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          schema:
            type: number
            format: float
          description: The number of seconds until the rate limit resets
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key

````