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For the first time, WhitePages.com is making available its people search functionality and data through a free API.
With the WhitePages.com API beta, you have access to data for millions of people in the United States.

Getting Started

Follow the steps below to start using the WhitePages.com API:

Browse the documentation.
Register for a user account.
Apply for an API key.
Join a discussion in the forums.

About the WhitePages.com API

WhitePages.com API gives you the ability to submit 3 types of searches against WhitePages.com data:

Find Person: search by a person's name and location to find the person’s complete address and phone number.
Reverse Phone: search by phone number to find the related name and address.
Reverse Address: search by street address to find the related name and phone number.

You can use the API to create consumer applications, Web sites, and mashups. The WhitePages.com API cannot be used to create applications for business end-users. For complete information, please review the API Terms of Use.

Limits

We’ve placed limits on the free WhitePages.com API beta, so that we can manage demand and performance. If you have questions, please post in the forums.

Maximum of 1,500 calls per day per API key
Throttle set at 2 searches per second per API key

Attribution

To offer the WhitePages.com API for free, we require that you attribute its use to WhitePages.com. Details on attribution requirements can be found on the attribution requirements page and in the API Terms of Use.

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