---
title: "Start Local business AI search"
method: POST
path: "/v1/local-business-search/start"
tags: ["AI research"]
---

# Start Local business AI search

`POST /v1/local-business-search/start`

Use our AI agent to search for local businesses and grab contact details. Results are polled asynchronously via the returned researchRunId. Max 500 companies per request. Estimated completion: 1800 seconds.

<span>⚡ <strong>Rate limit:</strong> 10 requests per 1 minute</span>

<span>💰 <strong>Cost:</strong> 4 credits per company&nbsp;<span title="Pricing shown is default pricing. Actual pricing may vary.">ⓘ</span></span>

## Request body

- object
  - `apiKey` string, required — Your Fiber API key
  - `companies` object[], required — The companies to search for.
    - `companyName` string, required — The name of the company to search for.
    - `companyWebsite` string, nullable — The website URL of the company.
    - `companyCity` string, nullable — The city where the company is located.
    - `companyState` string, nullable — The state where the company is located.
    - `companyCountryName` string, nullable — The country of the company.
    - `companyCountryCode` string, nullable — The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
    - `companyAddress` string, nullable — The address of the company.
    - `context` string, nullable — Additional context about the company. Helps distinguish between companies with similar names.
  - `jobTitles` string[], nullable — Job titles to search for at each company (e.g. ['CEO', 'Owner']). Omit or null to skip person search.
  - `strictJobTitleMatch` boolean — If true, only match the same role with different wording (e.g. CEO = Chief Executive Officer). Rejects different roles even if senior/similar (e.g. CEO ≠ Chairman).
  - `contactPreferences` object — Controls which contact data to fetch for all companies in this payload.
    - `companyEmails` boolean — Fetch emails found on the company website
    - `companyPhones` boolean — Fetch phone numbers found on the company website
    - `personEmails` boolean — Fetch work/personal emails of people found via job title search
    - `personPhones` boolean — Fetch phone numbers of people found via job title search

## Response `200`

Default Response

- object
  - `output` object, required
    - `researchRunId` string, required — Run ID for the local business agent run. Use this ID to poll the result of the run.
  - `chargeInfo` union, required
    - object — Credits were charged immediately for this operation
      - `method` 'charged-now', required
      - `creditsCharged` number, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable — Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required — URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required — Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required — Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object — Credits will be charged after the operation completes
      - `method` 'charging-later', required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable — Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required — URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required — Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required — Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object — Credits that were charged for an asynchronous operation
      - `method` 'charged-for-async-process', required
      - `creditsCharged` number, required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable — Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required — URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required — Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required — Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object — No credits were charged for this operation
      - `method` 'free', required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable — Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required — URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required — Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required — Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
    - object — Credits were refunded for this operation
      - `method` 'credits-refunded', required
      - `creditsRefunded` number, required
      - `message` string, required
      - `lowCreditAlert` object, nullable — Contains a link to get more credits, a warning message, and the remaining credit count.
        - `getMoreCreditsUrl` string, uri, required — URL to top up credits or restart billing cycle to get fresh credits.
        - `message` string, required — Human-readable credits warning.
        - `availableCredits` number, required — Number of credits remaining in the current billing period.
  - `warnings` object[], nullable — Warnings about extraneous fields in request
    - `field` string, required — Full path to extraneous field (e.g., 'searchParams.ExtraField')
    - `message` string, required — Warning message
  - `advice` string[], nullable — Tips, recommendations, and suggestions for using this API effectively.

## Other responses

- `400` — Default Response
- `401` — Default Response
- `402` — Default Response
- `403` — Default Response
- `404` — Default Response
- `422` — Default Response
- `429` — Default Response
- `500` — Default Response
- `503` — Default Response

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