AlphaLens API Guide
AlphaLens provides a powerful API for discovering and analyzing companies, products, and market intelligence. This guide covers the core concepts and patterns you'll use when integrating with our API.
Authentication and Access
Unified Credit System: All API usage is managed through a single monthly credit pool with smart caching to prevent duplicate charges.
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API Key Management - Create and manage API keys through the web interface
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Credit System - Understand credit allocation, usage, and billing cycles
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User Management - Team member roles, permissions, and account limits
Search Intelligence
AI-Powered Discovery: Find companies and products using semantic similarity and advanced filtering.
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Organization Search - Find companies similar to existing organizations or descriptions
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Product Search - Discover products with similar functionality or target markets
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Customer Base Search - Identify companies and products serving similar customer bases
Data Coverage
Comprehensive Entity Data: Access detailed information across all major business entity types.
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Organizations - Company profiles, funding, locations, and business intelligence
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Products - Software solutions, features, pricing, and market positioning
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People - Contacts, executives, and key personnel information
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Addresses - Business locations and geographic data
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Funding Rounds - Investment rounds, investors, and funding history
Collections
Organize Your Research: Group and enrich entities with custom metadata for focused analysis.
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Collection Management - Create and organize research collections
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Collection Attributes - Add collection-level metadata and context
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Collection Items - Manage organizations, products, people, addresses, and funding rounds
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Collection Item Attributes - Enrich individual entities with custom data
Getting Started: Begin with the Credit System to understand usage, then explore Search capabilities to discover entities, and use Collections to organize your research.