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# People search

> Find people with Business Search. [POST /search/people](/api-reference/business-search/search-people) searches by title, current company, location and followers, in JSON or plain language.

People search identifies buyers at target accounts or builds a talent pool for a role.

Send every people request to [`POST /search/people`](/api-reference/business-search/search-people).

## Which people field names should you use?

The operator a field accepts depends on the field's type. Text fields accept only the `text` operator. Typed fields, such as strings and integers, accept `equals`, `in` and `range`. Sending `equals` to a text field returns HTTP 400.

| Field                      | Type    | Operators      | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| -------------------------- | ------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `current_title`            | text    | `text`         | Use `mode: "all"` to require every word                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `all_text`                 | text    | `text`         | Title, role and about together                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `name`                     | text    | `text`         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `about`                    | text    | `text`         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `location`                 | text    | `text`         | Descriptive location string                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `current_company_name`     | text    | `text`         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `current_company_industry` | text    | `text`         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `past_job_titles`          | text    | `text`         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `role`, `company`, `skill` | text    | `text`         | Each searches a group of fields: `role` covers `current_title`, `past_job_titles` and `about`; `company` covers `current_company_industry`, `specialties`, `description`, `slogan` and `name`; `skill` covers `about` and `certification_names` |
| `city`                     | string  | `equals`, `in` | Exact city name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `country_code`             | string  | `equals`, `in` | ISO 3166 alpha-2 code such as `US` or `GB`                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `followers`                | integer | `range`        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

## What does a people search request look like?

This Ludicrous request finds US profiles whose current title includes both `product` and `manager`, with at least 1,000 followers:

```json theme={null}
{
  "mode": "ludicrous",
  "query": {
    "and": [
      {
        "text": {
          "current_title": { "value": "product manager", "mode": "all" }
        }
      },
      { "equals": { "country_code": "US" } },
      { "range": { "followers": { ">=": 1000 } } }
    ]
  },
  "offset": 0,
  "limit": 10,
  "view": {
    "fields": [
      "name", "current_title", "current_company_name",
      "location", "followers", "url"
    ]
  }
}
```

`mode: "all"` inside the `text` condition requires every search word to match. The words do not need to form an exact phrase, so a title of "Senior Manager, Product" still matches. Punctuation between the words does not prevent a match, word order does not matter and extra words in the title are allowed.

## How should you handle missing profile fields?

Location and employer fields can be missing from individual profiles. A missing value is not evidence that the corresponding real-world fact is false. A profile with no `current_company_name` is a profile that does not publish an employer, not a person who is unemployed.

Handle absent or null values without failing the whole record, and avoid filters that silently drop every profile where an optional field is blank.

## Which fields does the summary view return?

The `summary` view returns 11 fields: `name`, `current_title`, `current_company_name`, `current_company_industry`, `location`, `city`, `country_code`, `followers`, `connections`, `url` and `avatar`. A field the profile has no value for is left out rather than returned as null.

Request a `fields` list when your application needs a specific set. See [Business Search field views](/products/business-search/select-fields).