Waterfall Personal Email Finder API

Find personal email addresses from LinkedIn profile URLs, from your AI assistant, no-code workflow or own code.

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$0.075 per Email Found
LinkedIn URL to Personal Email
10,000 Profiles per Task
Your list
LinkedIn profile URL
linkedin.com/in/maya-lindqvist
linkedin.com/in/tom-okafor
linkedin.com/in/lea-moreau
What you get back
Personal email
maya.lindqvist@example.net
tom.okafor@example.org
lea.moreau@example.com
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Works with any tool that can send HTTP requests
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Get Started

Pick Your Way In

Let an AI assistant or your automation tool do the setup, or call the REST API from your own code.

1

Paste the setup prompt

Copy the prompt for Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, or for Make, n8n or Zapier, and paste it in. The AI creates a Datablist folder on your computer and sets everything up.

2

Paste your API key

When the AI asks, copy your API key from the Datablist app and paste it into the .env file it opened. Never paste it into the chat.

Get your API key
3

Get your results

Send your list of LinkedIn profile URLs and get one row back per profile with the personal email found, ready for your ATS, sheet or CRM.

See a sample result
Using Make, n8n or Zapier? Here is every field for the HTTP request

Use the HTTP request module or node your tool offers. You need three steps: send the list, wait, then read the results.

1. Send your list (HTTP request)

Method
POST
URL
https://api.datablist.com/v1/enrichments/tasks
Headers
X-API-Key = your API key
Content-Type = application/json
Body (JSON)
{
  "enrichmentId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder",
  "uniqueId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder-import-1",
  "settings": {},
  "inputs": [
    {"inputId": "row-1", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-lindqvist/"}},
    {"inputId": "row-2", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-okafor/"}},
    {"inputId": "row-3", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-moreau/"}}
  ]
}
Keep
The @id from the response. That is your task ID.

2. Wait until it is done

Add a short wait or delay, then a GET request to https://api.datablist.com/v1/enrichments/tasks/TASK_ID with the same X-API-Key header. Repeat until status is completed.

3. Read the results

GET https://api.datablist.com/v1/enrichments/tasks/TASK_ID/results?limit=50. Map outputs to your columns. If nextCursor is not empty, call again with &cursor= plus that value.

Create a task with one request. The full script with polling and results is in the developer section.

Create a task
curl --request POST 'https://api.datablist.com/v1/enrichments/tasks' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "enrichmentId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder",
    "uniqueId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder-import-1",
    "settings": {},
    "inputs": [
      {"inputId": "row-1", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-lindqvist/"}},
      {"inputId": "row-2", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-okafor/"}},
      {"inputId": "row-3", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-moreau/"}}
    ]
  }'
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.datablist.com/v1/enrichments/tasks",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY"},
    json={
      "enrichmentId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder",
      "uniqueId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder-import-1",
      "settings": {},
      "inputs": [
        {"inputId": "row-1", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-lindqvist/"}},
        {"inputId": "row-2", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-okafor/"}},
        {"inputId": "row-3", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-moreau/"}}
      ]
    },
)
task = response.json()
print(task["@id"], task["status"])
const response = await fetch("https://api.datablist.com/v1/enrichments/tasks", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "X-API-Key": "YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "enrichmentId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder",
    "uniqueId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder-import-1",
    "settings": {},
    "inputs": [
      {"inputId": "row-1", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-lindqvist/"}},
      {"inputId": "row-2", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-okafor/"}},
      {"inputId": "row-3", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-moreau/"}}
    ]
  }),
});
const task = await response.json();
console.log(task["@id"], task.status);
Overview

At a Glance

Reach people who are between jobs, freelance or simply prefer their own inbox. You only pay for the emails found. No Datablist workspace, collection or import needed.

What you give it
  • LinkedIn profile URLs: Standard public profile links. Sales Navigator links are not supported
  • No settings: Nothing to configure
What it costs
  • 75 credits per email found: Nothing when no email comes back
  • 1,000 credits = $1: Shared with the Datablist app
Use Cases

What Teams Build With It

Put Waterfall Personal Email Finder wherever your data already flows.

Recruiting
Reach passive candidates
Candidate LinkedIn URLFind the personal emailOutreach from your ATS
Contact candidates on the address they read outside work, without going through their current employer.
Founders and B2C
Contact creators and freelancers
Creator or freelancer profileFind the personal emailAdded to your campaign
Freelancers, consultants and creators often have no work email. Their personal email is the way in.
Alumni and Community
Keep in touch after job changes
Alumni or customer listFind the personal emailContact that stays valid
Work emails bounce when people move on. A personal email keeps your community list reachable.
Pricing

What Will It Cost You?

Pay per lookup with credits. API access starts on the Growth plan.

Calculator

How much will it cost you?

Tell us how many LinkedIn profiles you need personal emails for and we'll show you the cheapest way to get them.

= 75,000 credits
Recommended planGrowth: $50/mo
Credit top-up-
Credits you'll have20,000
Total this month $50
Same credits as the Datablist app • View pricing
How credits work
1,000 credits = $1, so each credit costs a tenth of a cent. A personal email found costs 75 credits. Profiles without a result are not charged, so the estimate above is the maximum. Every result returns creditsUsed, so you can track the real cost per row. Plan credits renew monthly and reset if unused. Top-up credits never expire.
For Developers

Build It Into Your Code

Everything you need to call the REST API directly: code, responses, endpoints, fields, authentication and limits.

Copy, Paste, Run

A complete script that creates a task, waits for it and prints every result. Replace YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY with your key.

# 1. Create the task (returns 202 Accepted and the task "@id")
curl --request POST 'https://api.datablist.com/v1/enrichments/tasks' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "enrichmentId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder",
    "uniqueId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder-import-1",
    "settings": {},
    "inputs": [
      {"inputId": "row-1", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-lindqvist/"}},
      {"inputId": "row-2", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-okafor/"}},
      {"inputId": "row-3", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-moreau/"}}
    ]
  }'

# 2. Poll every few seconds until status is completed, failed or stopped
curl 'https://api.datablist.com/v1/enrichments/tasks/TASK_ID' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY'

# 3. Read the results, then follow nextCursor until it is null
curl 'https://api.datablist.com/v1/enrichments/tasks/TASK_ID/results?limit=50' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY'
import time
import requests

BASE = "https://api.datablist.com/v1/enrichments"
HEADERS = {"X-API-Key": "YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY"}

# 1. Create the task
response = requests.post(f"{BASE}/tasks", headers=HEADERS, json={
  "enrichmentId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder",
  "uniqueId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder-import-1",
  "settings": {},
  "inputs": [
    {"inputId": "row-1", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-lindqvist/"}},
    {"inputId": "row-2", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-okafor/"}},
    {"inputId": "row-3", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-moreau/"}}
  ]
})
response.raise_for_status()
task_id = response.json()["@id"]

# 2. Poll until the task finishes
while True:
    task = requests.get(f"{BASE}/tasks/{task_id}", headers=HEADERS).json()
    if task["status"] in ("completed", "failed", "stopped"):
        break
    time.sleep(5)

# 3. Read every result page
params = {"limit": 50}
while True:
    page = requests.get(f"{BASE}/tasks/{task_id}/results", headers=HEADERS, params=params).json()
    for result in page["results"]:
        print(result["inputId"], result["status"], result["outputs"])
    if not page["nextCursor"]:
        break
    params["cursor"] = page["nextCursor"]
// Node.js 18+ or any runtime with fetch. Keep your key on the server.
const BASE = "https://api.datablist.com/v1/enrichments";
const HEADERS = { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY" };
const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));

// 1. Create the task
const created = await fetch(`${BASE}/tasks`, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { ...HEADERS, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "enrichmentId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder",
    "uniqueId": "waterfall-personal-email-finder-import-1",
    "settings": {},
    "inputs": [
      {"inputId": "row-1", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-lindqvist/"}},
      {"inputId": "row-2", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-okafor/"}},
      {"inputId": "row-3", "data": {"profileUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/lea-moreau/"}}
    ]
  }),
});
if (!created.ok) throw new Error(`Create failed: ${created.status}`);
const taskId = (await created.json())["@id"];

// 2. Poll until the task finishes
let task;
do {
  await sleep(5000);
  task = await (await fetch(`${BASE}/tasks/${taskId}`, { headers: HEADERS })).json();
} while (!["completed", "failed", "stopped"].includes(task.status));

// 3. Read every result page
let cursor = null;
do {
  const url = new URL(`${BASE}/tasks/${taskId}/results`);
  url.searchParams.set("limit", "50");
  if (cursor) url.searchParams.set("cursor", cursor);
  const page = await (await fetch(url, { headers: HEADERS })).json();
  for (const result of page.results) {
    console.log(result.inputId, result.status, result.outputs);
  }
  cursor = page.nextCursor;
} while (cursor);

What the API Returns

One result per input, with your inputId, a status, the outputs and the credits used. Sample data.

{
  "taskId": "00000000000040008000000000000001",
  "results": [
    {
      "inputId": "row-1",
      "status": "success",
      "outputs": {
        "emailFound": "maya.lindqvist@example.net"
      },
      "creditsUsed": "75",
      "error": null
    }
  ],
  "nextCursor": null
}

Endpoints and Fields

All paths are relative to https://api.datablist.com. Field definitions come from GET /v1/enrichments/waterfall-personal-email-finder (docs updated Oct 15, 2026).

GET/v1/enrichments/waterfall-personal-email-finderRead the schema, no key needed
POST/v1/enrichments/tasksCreate a task
GET/v1/enrichments/tasks/{taskId}Poll status and progress
GET/v1/enrichments/tasks/{taskId}/resultsRead results, 1 to 100 per page
POST/v1/enrichments/tasks/{taskId}/stopCancel a running task
GET/v1/enrichments/tasksTask history, newest first
Schema Reference
Send settings once per task and one data object per input. Results can include extra fields as the enrichment evolves, so keep unknown keys when you parse outputs.
Show all settings, inputs and outputs
Settings

No settings needed. Send an empty settings object.

Inputs (data)
profileUrlrequiredLinkedIn Profile Text Public LinkedIn profile URL, such as https://www.linkedin.com/in/example/. Sales Navigator URLs are not supported.
Outputs
emailFoundrequiredEmail Found Email The personal email address found.

One Header, Clear Limits

Create a Personal API Key in your Datablist account and send it on every authenticated request.

Authentication

Send your key in the X-API-Key header. Datablist exchanges and renews access tokens for you.

  • Header: X-API-Key: YOUR_PERSONAL_API_KEY
  • Optional: manage tokens yourself with Authorization: Bearer from POST /v1/account/token
  • One or the other: sending both headers returns 400 AmbiguousCredentials
  • Server side only: keep keys out of URLs, browser code and logs

Limits

  • Inputs per task: 1 to 10,000
  • Size: 16 KiB per input, 10 MiB per request
  • Run time: up to 24 hours per task
  • Task creation: 10 requests per 60 seconds per account
  • Polling and results: 120 requests per 60 seconds per operation
  • Active tasks: about 20 at once per account
  • Retention: tasks and results are kept for 90 days

Prefer No Code at All?
Run Personal Email Finder in the App

Upload a CSV or Excel file, pick a column and run the same enrichment in a few clicks. 38,000+ users are already on Datablist.

See the no-code version
Guides

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you or your AI coding agent need to integrate the Waterfall Personal Email Finder API: auth, request, polling, results, limits and retries.

Send your Personal API Key in the X-API-Key header on every request. Create the key at https://app.datablist.com/account/api; API access starts on the Growth plan. Keep it server side, for example in a DATABLIST_API_KEY environment variable or a .env file, and never put it in URLs, browser code or shared chats.
The API is asynchronous. POST /v1/enrichments/tasks returns 202 Accepted with the task @id. Poll GET /v1/enrichments/tasks/{taskId} every few seconds until the status is completed, failed or stopped, then read GET /v1/enrichments/tasks/{taskId}/results.
A JSON object with enrichmentId set to "waterfall-personal-email-finder", your own uniqueId, a settings object sent once per task and an inputs array. Each input has an inputId and a data object, here with profileUrl. GET /v1/enrichments/waterfall-personal-email-finder returns the full schema of settings, inputs and outputs.
Request up to 100 results per page with the limit parameter and follow nextCursor until it is null. Each result carries your inputId, a status, the outputs, creditsUsed and an error field. Match rows by inputId and ignore output keys you do not know, since new fields can be added. Results are kept for 90 days.
1 to 10,000 inputs per task, 16 KiB per input and 10 MiB per request. Task creation allows 10 requests per 60 seconds per account, polling and results 120 requests per 60 seconds per operation, and about 20 tasks can be active at once.
Do not send the same POST again blindly, the task may already be running. Look up your uniqueId in GET /v1/enrichments/tasks first; reusing the uniqueId of an active task returns 409. POST /v1/enrichments/tasks/{taskId}/stop cancels a task you no longer need.
Yes. Click Set up with AI and paste the prompt into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. The prompt is one line with a link to the Datablist setup skill on GitHub, the same for every Datablist API. The assistant follows the skill, creates a Datablist folder and a .env file, asks you to paste your API key into it, then asks which enrichment to run. In Make, n8n or Zapier you add an HTTP request step with the fields listed on this page.
Use this API when you want to reach the person, wherever they work: candidates, freelancers, creators, alumni. For B2B outreach to a company, use the Waterfall Email Finder API, which returns verified work emails.
75 credits for each personal email found. Profiles without a result cost nothing. Read creditsUsed on each result, and set maxCredits on the task to cap your spend.
No. Send an empty settings object. The only input is profileUrl, a standard public LinkedIn profile URL.
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