> ## Documentation Index
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# Get acquisitions by date

> Returns acquisitions across all companies, newest first. Each item is the same `PublicAcquisition` object returned by [Get acquisition by ID](/api-reference/transactions/get-acquisition-by-id): every row carries both sides of the deal (the acquirer and the acquiree), each with their Specter company ID and primary domain so you can chain to [Get company by ID](/api-reference/companies/get-company-by-id) for either party.

<Note> Costs 1 credit per request, returning up to 50 results per page. </Note>

## What you need

Nothing beyond your API key — the feed spans every company. Narrow it with `acquired_date_after` / `acquired_date_before`, and walk it with `page` and `limit`.

## Behaviour

- Ordered by acquisition date, newest first, at most 50 results per page.
- Both date bounds are inclusive and each stands alone: send only `acquired_date_after` for everything since a date, only `acquired_date_before` for everything up to one, or both for a window.
- Every response carries `X-Total-Count`, `X-Page`, `X-Page-Size`, `X-Total-Pages` and a `Link` header, so you can size a range before paging through it.
- A range with no acquisitions returns `200` with an empty array, and an empty page is not billed.

## What you do next

- **Pull either side of the deal.** Take `acquirer_company_id` or `acquiree_company_id` to [Get company by ID](/api-reference/companies/get-company-by-id).
- **Re-read one row.** Take `acquisition_id` to [Get acquisition by ID](/api-reference/transactions/get-acquisition-by-id).
- **Poll for new deals.** Re-run with `acquired_date_after` set to your last poll date to collect only what has been announced since.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-ref/bundle_api.yaml get /acquisitions
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:
  /acquisitions:
    get:
      tags:
        - Transactions
      summary: Get acquisitions by date
      description: >
        Returns acquisitions across all companies, newest first. Each item is
        the same `PublicAcquisition` object returned by [Get acquisition by
        ID](/api-reference/transactions/get-acquisition-by-id): every row
        carries both sides of the deal (the acquirer and the acquiree), each
        with their Specter company ID and primary domain so you can chain to
        [Get company by ID](/api-reference/companies/get-company-by-id) for
        either party.


        <Note> Costs 1 credit per request, returning up to 50 results per page.
        </Note>


        ## What you need


        Nothing beyond your API key — the feed spans every company. Narrow it
        with `acquired_date_after` / `acquired_date_before`, and walk it with
        `page` and `limit`.


        ## Behaviour


        - Ordered by acquisition date, newest first, at most 50 results per
        page.

        - Both date bounds are inclusive and each stands alone: send only
        `acquired_date_after` for everything since a date, only
        `acquired_date_before` for everything up to one, or both for a window.

        - Every response carries `X-Total-Count`, `X-Page`, `X-Page-Size`,
        `X-Total-Pages` and a `Link` header, so you can size a range before
        paging through it.

        - A range with no acquisitions returns `200` with an empty array, and an
        empty page is not billed.


        ## What you do next


        - **Pull either side of the deal.** Take `acquirer_company_id` or
        `acquiree_company_id` to [Get company by
        ID](/api-reference/companies/get-company-by-id).

        - **Re-read one row.** Take `acquisition_id` to [Get acquisition by
        ID](/api-reference/transactions/get-acquisition-by-id).

        - **Poll for new deals.** Re-run with `acquired_date_after` set to your
        last poll date to collect only what has been announced since.
      operationId: getAcquisitionsByDate
      parameters:
        - in: query
          name: acquired_date_after
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
            example: '2026-06-01'
          description: >
            Only return acquisitions dated on or after this date (`YYYY-MM-DD`,
            inclusive).
        - in: query
          name: acquired_date_before
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
            example: '2026-06-30'
          description: >
            Only return acquisitions dated on or before this date (`YYYY-MM-DD`,
            inclusive).
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationPage'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PagePaginationLimit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of acquisitions.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicAcquisition'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '402':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/OutOfCredits'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimits'
components:
  parameters:
    PaginationPage:
      in: query
      name: page
      schema:
        type: number
      required: false
      description: The page number of results to return, base 0, default is 0.
    PagePaginationLimit:
      in: query
      name: limit
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 50
        default: 50
      required: false
      description: >
        The number of results to return per page (minimum 1, maximum 50, default
        50). A page is the unit these endpoints are priced in, so it cannot be
        widened beyond 50.
  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
    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'
    OutOfCredits:
      description: Out of credits - API credit limit exceeded
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            required:
              - errorCode
              - message
            properties:
              errorCode:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - OUT_OF_CREDITS
              message:
                type: string
                description: |
                  There are no more credits available to complete the request.
      headers:
        X-CreditLimit-Limit:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: The total number of credits allocated for the current period
        X-CreditLimit-Remaining:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: The number of credits remaining for the current period
        X-CreditLimit-Reset:
          schema:
            type: number
            format: float
          description: The number of seconds until the credit limit resets
    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
    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

````