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jlal...@marsdd.com

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Feb 17, 2013, 7:17:01 AM2/17/13
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Hi,
I've been noodling around with the Crunchbase API for a research project, and am trying to get a complete company list (w/details) of companies in Canada. Here are a few examples of variations that I have tried:


...returns 9 results. There are definitely more than that.


...returns 46 results, in Hungary, Romania, etc.

I've also tried other variations but not really getting any further.

So I am sure there is a simple way to get Canadian companies but I'm obviously not getting it.

Can someone suggest the best parameters to get Canada and only Canada?

Thanks in advance.

Joseph

Vineet Thanedar

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Feb 27, 2013, 4:59:50 PM2/27/13
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Joseph: the geo api is less than ideal and we have plans of improving it. I see your problem.

In the meantime, while this is a somewhat hacky way, can you run separate queries for major cities/states/hubs in Canada?

For instance,

...and so on.

Sorry this isn't the best solution you'd want but may be a temporary way of getting around.

Let me know if you have more questions.

Joseph at MaRS

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Mar 3, 2013, 3:27:57 PM3/3/13
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Hi Vineet! Thanks for getting back to me, I really appreciate it.

jack...@gmail.com

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Jul 11, 2013, 10:05:18 PM7/11/13
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Are there any new solutions to this problem? The solution provided does not work.

For instance, a query for "geo=toronto" returns 272 results, yet a query for "geo=canada" returns only 9 results.

Thanks

Vineet Thanedar

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Jul 24, 2013, 1:22:22 PM7/24/13
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Joseph:

Unfortunately I don't have a new solution. We are in the middle of re-building CrunchBase which should have an improved API. 

I'm afraid for now you'll have to run these queries separately and aggregate the results.

-Vineet

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Joseph Lalonde

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Jul 24, 2013, 9:01:38 PM7/24/13
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Hi Vineet,

 

OK, thanks for the update. I pinged Jack Cody as well.

 

Have a good day.

 

Joseph

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