People

Get person by ID

Returns information about a person with the specified ID, related to the cryptocurrency market. Using this endpoint you can get a description of the person, social media links, number of teams she or he is involved in and the positions in those teams.

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Update interval: Every 1 hour.

get/people/{person_id}

Request

Path parameters

person_idstring required
Example:vitalik-buterin

Response

successful operation

idstring
namestring
descriptionstring
teams_countinteger

Number of teams where person is a member

Example response

{
  "id": "vitalik-buterin",
  "name": "Vitalik Buterin",
  "description": "Vitalik is the creator of Ethereum. He first discovered blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies through Bitcoin in 2011, and was immediately excited by the technology and its potential. He cofounded Bitcoin Magazine in September 2011, and after two and a half years looking at what the existing blockchain technology and applications had to offer, wrote the Ethereum white paper in November 2013. He now leads Ethereum's research team, working on future versions of the Ethereum protocol.",
  "teams_count": 5,
  "links": {
    "github": [
      {
        "url": "http://example.com",
        "followers": 6448
      }
    ],
    "linkedin": [
      {
        "url": "http://example.com",
        "followers": 6448
      }
    ],
    "medium": [
      {
        "url": "http://example.com",
        "followers": 6448
      }
    ],
    "twitter": [
      {
        "url": "http://example.com",
        "followers": 6448
      }
    ],
    "additional": [
      {
        "url": "http://example.com",
        "followers": 6448
      }
    ]
  },
  "positions": [
    {
      "coin_id": "eth-ethereum",
      "coin_name": "Ethereum",
      "position": "Author"
    }
  ]
}

Changes

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