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Hunter.io is an email-intelligence and outbound platform that finds, verifies, and enriches professional email addresses at scale. Its public APIs cover Domain Search, Email Finder, Email Verifier, Email Count, Discover (company prospecting), Person/Company/Combined Enrichment, Leads management, and Account/usage inspection. Credit-based metering, plan-tiered monthly allowances, and per-endpoint rate limits make it a reference example of a usage-based B2B data API.
8 APIs
8 Capabilities
17 Features
Email Finder Email Verifier Lead Generation Outreach Prospecting Enrichment Sales Marketing
Hunter publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Domain Search API, Email Finder API, Email Verifier API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Email Finder, Email Verifier, Lead Generation, Outreach, and Prospecting.
The Hunter catalog on APIs.io includes 8 machine-runnable capabilities , 1 JSON-LD context, and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Hunter’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, getting-started guide, authentication, changelog, engineering blog, signup flow, and 34 more developer resources.
Search for all email addresses associated with a domain name or company. Returns the inferred email pattern, organization metadata, and a list of emails with confidence scores, ...
Generate or retrieve the most likely email address for a named person at a company. Accepts first/last name, full name, or LinkedIn handle alongside a domain or company. Returns...
Verify the deliverability of an email address through MX-record inspection, SMTP connection checks, catch-all detection, disposable-domain detection, webmail detection, and Hunt...
Free, unauthenticated endpoint returning the total number of email addresses Hunter has indexed for a domain or company, broken down by personal/generic, department, and seniori...
Find companies matching a target customer profile using a natural-language query or structured filters across industry, headcount, location, technology stack, funding, and keywo...
Person, company, and combined enrichment. Turn an email or LinkedIn handle into a rich person profile (name, role, seniority, social handles, geo), turn a domain into a company ...
Returns information about the authenticated Hunter account, including plan name and level, credit reset date, team id, and per-meter usage counters (searches, verifications, cre...
Manage leads saved in your Hunter account. Full CRUD plus upsert and filtered list, with pagination, query search, leads-list scoping, verification and sending-status filters, a...
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Hunter Account API. 1 operation. Returns plan, reset date, team id, and per-meter usage counters.
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Hunter Discover API. 1 operation. Lead operation: Hunter Discover Companies. Company prospecting via natural language or structured filters.
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Hunter Domain Search API. 1 operation. Lead operation: Hunter Search Domain Emails. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Hunter business surface.
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Hunter Email Count API. 1 operation. Lead operation: Hunter Count Emails For Domain. Free, unauthenticated counting endpoint.
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Hunter Email Finder API. 1 operation. Lead operation: Hunter Find Email. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Hunter business surface.
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Hunter Email Verifier API. 1 operation. Lead operation: Hunter Verify Email. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Hunter business surface.
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Hunter Enrichment API. 3 operations across person, company, and combined enrichment. Lead operation: Hunter Enrich Person And Company.
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Hunter Leads API. 6 operations covering full CRUD plus upsert and list. Lead operation: Hunter Create Lead.
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Domain Search returns all emails for a domain with sources, confidence, department, and seniority
Email Finder predicts the most likely address for a person at a company with 0-100 confidence
Email Verifier runs MX, SMTP, regex, disposable, webmail, accept-all, and block checks plus database lookup
Email Count is free and unauthenticated for pre-flight sizing of a domain's email footprint
Discover API for company prospecting via natural language or structured filters
Person, company, and combined enrichment with optional Clearbit-shape response for drop-in migration
Leads API with CRUD, upsert, filtered list, custom attributes, and lead-list scoping
Campaigns API for outbound sequences, recipients, opens, clicks, replies, and unsubscribes
Account API returns plan, reset date, and per-meter usage counters for FinOps
{"Three auth modes"=>"api_key query, X-API-KEY header, or Authorization Bearer"}
Token-bucket-style per-endpoint rate limits with 429 responses (5-15 rps, 50-500 rpm)
Monthly credit allowances per plan with reset_date semantics
Chrome and Firefox browser extensions, Google Sheets add-on, and Bulk Tasks UI
Native integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, and many outbound tools
Hunter MCP server and ChatGPT MCP server for agentic email-finder workflows
Hunter Claude Plugin for find, verify, and enrich workflows inside Claude
GDPR-aligned data handling with 451 responses on restricted personal data
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aid: hunter-io
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hunter-io/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: hunter-io:hunter-domain-search-api
name: Hunter Domain Search API
tags:
- Email Finder
- Lead Generation
- Domain Search
humanURL: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#domain-search
properties:
- url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#domain-search
type: Documentation
- url: openapi/hunter-domain-search-api-openapi.yml
type: OpenAPI
- url: json-schema/hunter-email-schema.json
type: JSONSchema
- url: json-ld/hunter-io-context.jsonld
type: JSONLD
- url: examples/hunter-domain-search-example.json
type: Examples
- type: NaftikoCapability
url: capabilities/domain-search.yaml
description: Search for all email addresses associated with a domain name or company. Returns the inferred email
pattern, organization metadata, and a list of emails with confidence scores, departments, seniority,
verification status, and observed sources. Costs 1 credit per request.
- aid: hunter-io:hunter-email-finder-api
name: Hunter Email Finder API
tags:
- Email Finder
- Lead Generation
humanURL: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#email-finder
properties:
- url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#email-finder
type: Documentation
- url: openapi/hunter-email-finder-api-openapi.yml
type: OpenAPI
- url: json-schema/hunter-email-schema.json
type: JSONSchema
- url: examples/hunter-email-finder-example.json
type: Examples
- type: NaftikoCapability
url: capabilities/email-finder.yaml
description: Generate or retrieve the most likely email address for a named person at a company. Accepts
first/last name, full name, or LinkedIn handle alongside a domain or company. Returns confidence score,
position, social handles, sources, and verification status. Costs 1 credit per request.
- aid: hunter-io:hunter-email-verifier-api
name: Hunter Email Verifier API
tags:
- Email Verifier
- Deliverability
humanURL: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#email-verifier
properties:
- url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#email-verifier
type: Documentation
- url: openapi/hunter-email-verifier-api-openapi.yml
type: OpenAPI
- url: json-schema/hunter-verification-schema.json
type: JSONSchema
- url: examples/hunter-email-verifier-example.json
type: Examples
- type: NaftikoCapability
url: capabilities/email-verifier.yaml
description: Verify the deliverability of an email address through MX-record inspection, SMTP connection checks,
catch-all detection, disposable-domain detection, webmail detection, and Hunter's own database lookup.
Returns a normalized status (valid, invalid, accept_all, webmail, disposable, unknown) plus a 0-100 confidence
score. May return 202 while verification is in flight.
- aid: hunter-io:hunter-email-count-api
name: Hunter Email Count API
tags:
- Email Finder
- Counts
humanURL: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#email-count
properties:
- url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#email-count
type: Documentation
- url: openapi/hunter-email-count-api-openapi.yml
type: OpenAPI
- type: NaftikoCapability
url: capabilities/email-count.yaml
description: Free, unauthenticated endpoint returning the total number of email addresses Hunter has indexed for
a domain or company, broken down by personal/generic, department, and seniority. Does not consume credits.
- aid: hunter-io:hunter-discover-api
name: Hunter Discover API
tags:
- Discover
- Prospecting
- Lead Generation
humanURL: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#discover
properties:
- url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#discover
type: Documentation
- url: openapi/hunter-discover-api-openapi.yml
type: OpenAPI
- type: NaftikoCapability
url: capabilities/discover.yaml
description: Find companies matching a target customer profile using a natural-language query or structured
filters across industry, headcount, location, technology stack, funding, and keywords. Powers Hunter's
prospecting workflows and feeds Domain Search and Email Finder. Premium filters (similar_to, technology,
funding, year_founded) require a higher plan.
- aid: hunter-io:hunter-enrichment-api
name: Hunter Enrichment API
tags:
- Enrichment
- Person
- Company
humanURL: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#enrichment
properties:
- url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#enrichment
type: Documentation
- url: openapi/hunter-enrichment-api-openapi.yml
type: OpenAPI
- type: NaftikoCapability
url: capabilities/enrichment.yaml
description: Person, company, and combined enrichment. Turn an email or LinkedIn handle into a rich person
profile (name, role, seniority, social handles, geo), turn a domain into a company profile (industry,
location, technology stack, funding, metrics), or combine both in a single call. Supports a
`clearbit_format=true` flag for drop-in Clearbit migration.
- aid: hunter-io:hunter-account-api
name: Hunter Account API
tags:
- Account
- Usage
- FinOps
humanURL: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#account
properties:
- url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#account
type: Documentation
- url: openapi/hunter-account-api-openapi.yml
type: OpenAPI
- type: NaftikoCapability
url: capabilities/account.yaml
description: Returns information about the authenticated Hunter account, including plan name and level, credit
reset date, team id, and per-meter usage counters (searches, verifications, credits) with used/available
splits. Useful for FinOps and pre-flight quota checks.
- aid: hunter-io:hunter-leads-api
name: Hunter Leads API
tags:
- Leads
- CRM
- Campaigns
humanURL: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#leads
properties:
- url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#leads
type: Documentation
- url: openapi/hunter-leads-api-openapi.yml
type: OpenAPI
- url: json-schema/hunter-lead-schema.json
type: JSONSchema
- type: NaftikoCapability
url: capabilities/leads.yaml
description: Manage leads saved in your Hunter account. Full CRUD plus upsert and filtered list, with
pagination, query search, leads-list scoping, verification and sending-status filters, and custom attributes.
Leads power Hunter's Campaigns surface and integrate with Hunter Discover and Email Finder. Lead operations
do not consume credits.
name: Hunter
tags:
- Email Finder
- Email Verifier
- Lead Generation
- Outreach
- Prospecting
- Enrichment
- Sales
- Marketing
kind: contract
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: Portal
url: https://hunter.io
- type: Documentation
url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation
- type: Documentation
url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2
- type: GettingStarted
url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#introduction
- type: Authentication
url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#authentication
- type: RateLimits
url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#rate-limiting
- type: Errors
url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#errors
- type: ChangeLog
url: https://hunter.io/api-documentation/v2#changelog
- type: Blog
url: https://hunter.io/blog
- type: SignUp
url: https://hunter.io/users/sign_up
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://hunter.io/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://hunter.io/terms
- type: StatusPage
url: https://status.hunter.io
- type: Support
url: https://hunter.io/contact
- type: GitHubOrganization
url: https://github.com/hunter-io
- url: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hunter-find-email-address/hgmhmanijnjhaffoampdlllchpolkdnj
name: Hunter Chrome Extension
type: Plugin
- url: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hunterio/
name: Hunter Firefox Add-on
type: Plugin
- url: https://hunter.io/integrations/salesforce
name: Salesforce Integration
type: Integration
- url: https://hunter.io/integrations/hubspot
name: HubSpot Integration
type: Integration
- url: https://hunter.io/integrations/zapier
name: Zapier Integration
type: Integration
- url: https://hunter.io/integrations/pipedrive
name: Pipedrive Integration
type: Integration
- url: https://hunter.io/integrations/zoho
name: Zoho CRM Integration
type: Integration
- url: https://hunter.io/email-pattern
name: Email Pattern Finder
type: Tool
- url: https://hunter.io/email-verifier
name: Email Verifier Tool
type: Tool
- url: https://hunter.io/email-finder
name: Email Finder Tool
type: Tool
- url: https://hunter.io/bulks
name: Bulk Tasks
type: Tool
- url: https://hunter.io/companies
name: Hunter Companies Directory
type: Tool
- url: https://hunter.io/templates
name: Cold Email Templates
type: Resource
- url: https://hunter.io/email-marketing-glossary
name: Email Marketing Glossary
type: Glossary
- url: https://github.com/hunter-io/claude-plugin
name: Hunter Claude Plugin
type: Plugin
- url: https://github.com/hunter-io/chatgpt-mcp
name: Hunter MCP Server for ChatGPT
type: Tool
- url: https://github.com/hunter-io/hunter-mcp
name: Hunter MCP Integration (archived)
type: Tool
- url: https://github.com/hunter-io/mcp-oauth-proxy
name: MCP OAuth Proxy
type: Tool
- url: https://github.com/hunter-io/baseimage-ruby
name: Hunter Ruby Base Image
type: Tool
- url: https://github.com/hunter-io/sentry-ruby
name: Sentry Ruby (Hunter fork)
type: SDK
- url: plans/hunter-io-plans-pricing.yml
type: Plans
- url: rate-limits/hunter-io-rate-limits.yml
type: RateLimits
- url: finops/hunter-io-finops.yml
type: FinOps
- url: vocabulary/hunter-io-vocabulary.yml
type: Vocabulary
- url: rules/hunter-io-rules.yml
type: SpectralRules
- url: json-structure/hunter-io-structure.json
type: JSONStructure
- type: Features
data:
- Domain Search returns all emails for a domain with sources, confidence, department, and seniority
- Email Finder predicts the most likely address for a person at a company with 0-100 confidence
- Email Verifier runs MX, SMTP, regex, disposable, webmail, accept-all, and block checks plus database lookup
- Email Count is free and unauthenticated for pre-flight sizing of a domain's email footprint
- Discover API for company prospecting via natural language or structured filters
- Person, company, and combined enrichment with optional Clearbit-shape response for drop-in migration
- Leads API with CRUD, upsert, filtered list, custom attributes, and lead-list scoping
- Campaigns API for outbound sequences, recipients, opens, clicks, replies, and unsubscribes
- Account API returns plan, reset date, and per-meter usage counters for FinOps
- Three auth modes: api_key query, X-API-KEY header, or Authorization Bearer
- Token-bucket-style per-endpoint rate limits with 429 responses (5-15 rps, 50-500 rpm)
- Monthly credit allowances per plan with reset_date semantics
- Chrome and Firefox browser extensions, Google Sheets add-on, and Bulk Tasks UI
- Native integrations with Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, and many outbound tools
- Hunter MCP server and ChatGPT MCP server for agentic email-finder workflows
- Hunter Claude Plugin for find, verify, and enrich workflows inside Claude
- GDPR-aligned data handling with 451 responses on restricted personal data
sources:
- https://hunter.io/api-documentation
- https://hunter.io/pricing
- https://hunter.io/api
- https://github.com/hunter-io
updated: '2026-05-25'
created: '2026-05-25T00:00:00.000Z'
modified: '2026-05-25'
position: Consuming
description: Hunter.io is an email-intelligence and outbound platform that finds, verifies, and enriches
professional email addresses at scale. Its public APIs cover Domain Search, Email Finder, Email Verifier, Email
Count, Discover (company prospecting), Person/Company/Combined Enrichment, Leads management, and Account/usage
inspection. Credit-based metering, plan-tiered monthly allowances, and per-endpoint rate limits make it a
reference example of a usage-based B2B data API.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: [email protected]
X: apievangelist
url: https://apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.16'