CrunchBase

A Ruby wrapper fo Crunchbase API v3.1 CrunchBase Data Hub.

We are building a new gem for Crunchbase API v4.0, it will move to Ekohe

How to installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'crunchbase-ruby-library'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install crunchbase-ruby-library

Certificate (User Key)

Create the file config/initializers/crunchbase.rb in your rails project and add user key.

require 'crunchbase'

Crunchbase::API.key = 'user_key'
Crunchbase::API.debug = false
Crunchbase::API.timeout = 60 # Default value is 60

Creating request client

client = Crunchbase::Client.new

Searchable items

- Organization
- Person
- Product
- IPO
- Acquisitions
- Funding Rounds

Searching By...

* client.search({query: "Google"}, 'organizations') # Full text search of an Organization's name, aliases
* client.search({name: "Google"}, 'organizations') # Full text search limited to name and aliases
* client.search({domain_name: "google.com"}, 'organizations') # Text search of an Organization's domain_name
* client.search({locations: "China,Shanghai"}, 'organizations') # Filter by location names (comma separated, AND'd together)
* client.search({name: "encore"}, 'people') # A full-text query of name only
* client.search({query: "encore"}, 'people') # A full-text query of name, title, and company
* client.search({types: "investor"}, 'people') # Filter by type (currently, either this is empty, or is simply "investor")
* client.search({}, 'products')
* client.search({}, 'ipos')
* client.search({}, 'acquisitions')
* client.search({}, 'funding-rounds')

returned response included data on below:
    * results
    * total_items
    * per_page
    * pages
    * current_page

Get Organization By The Permalink

* response = client.get('facebook', 'Organization')

- Relationship objects
    [
    primary_image founders current_team investors owned_by sub_organizations
    headquarters offices products categories customers competitors
    members memberships funding_rounds investments acquisitions acquired_by
    ipo funds websites images videos news
    ]

- Methods: Get Organization with one relationship data
    * response = client.get('facebook', 'Organization', 'PastTeam')
    * past_team.results.collect { |p| [p.title, p.person.first_name] }

....

Get Person By The Permalink

=> person = client.get(permalink, 'Person')
=> #<Crunchbase::Model::Person:0x007fc185215f68 @type_name="Person", @uuid="a578dcf9859ec8b52182e3aa3c383b13", ...>

=> people = client.list('Person', page: page)
=> people.results
=> [
    #<Crunchbase::Model::PersonSummary:...>,
    #<Crunchbase::Model::PersonSummary: ...>,
    #<Crunchbase::Model::PersonSummary: ...>,
    #<Crunchbase::Model::PersonSummary: ...>
    ......
]

Batch Search

Pass in an array of requests to perform a batch search. Following parameters should be present in each request: type, uuid and relationships (https://data.crunchbase.com/docs/using-the-api#batch-search-capabilities).
Max 10 requests per search allowed.

=> requests = [
    { type: 'Organization', uuid: 'valid_uuid', relationships: ["<relationship_name>"] },
    { type: 'Person', uuid: 'valid_uuid', relationships: ["<relationship_name>"] },
    { type: 'Organization', uuid: 'invalid_uuid', relationships: [] },
]
=> batch_search = client.batch_search(requests)
=> batch_search = #<Crunchbase::Model::BatchSearch:0x007f9bd7e850d8 @results=[#<Crunchbase::Model::Organization:0x007f9bd7e84f98, ...>]>
=> batch_search.results
=> [
    #<Crunchbase::Model::Organization:0x007f9bd7e84f98, ...>,
    #<Crunchbase::Model::Person:0x007f9bda0d9d78, ...>,
    #<Crunchbase::Model::Error:0x007fd6b6818758 @code="LA404", @message="Not Found - Entity invalid_uuid doesn't exist" ...> // Error object returned due to invalid uuid passed
]

How to debug in the console

$ 1. ruby bin/console
$ 2. ./bin/console
=> client = Crunchbase::Client.new
=> ...

Contributing

Fork it ( https://github.com/encoreshao/crunchbase-ruby-library/fork )
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create a new Pull Request

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