---
title: "Search and filter people using Elasticsearch or SQL queries. Find people by job title, company, location, skills, education, and more."
method: POST
path: "/peopledatalabs/v5/person/search"
tags: ["People Data Labs"]
---

# Search and filter people using Elasticsearch or SQL queries. Find people by job title, company, location, skills, education, and more.

`POST /peopledatalabs/v5/person/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.orthogonal.com/mpp`
- URL: `https://api.orthogonal.com/mpp/peopledatalabs/v5/person/search`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/docs/peopledatalabs/v5/person/search/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Query parameters

- `pretty` boolean

## Request body

- object
  - `query` object: Elasticsearch DSL query
  - `sql` string: SQL query (alternative to Elasticsearch)
  - `size` number, required: Number of results to return (max 100, cost is )
  - `from` number: Offset for pagination
  - `scroll_token` string: Pagination token from previous response
  - `dataset` string: Dataset to search (all, resume, email, phone, mobile_phone)
  - `titlecase` boolean: Title case text fields in response

## Response `200`

Successful response

## Other responses

- `402`: Payment Required (x402 / MPP / np)

## Changes

- **2026-11-08** `857e915717f4`: 1 breaking, 1 info
  - added required request body
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `pretty`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/changes/peopledatalabs/v5/person/search/post.md)

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