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Caspar Person Autotrace API

Caspar Person Autotrace performs an automatic trace on the supplied person and contact details and returns possible matches ranked by a match score. The more you supply, the better the trace, and possible relatives can be included in the results.

  • Tens to hundreds of internal searches run from one request, with every candidate scored and returned highest first
  • Up to four known phone numbers and four email addresses on the request, and an option to include possible relatives
For developers

After the technical detail?

For the technical detail, go to the API documentation. It holds the request and response schema, the integration guides and the error codes for this endpoint.

  • Request and response schema
  • Match scoring, relatives and sandbox records
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Endpoints that return personal information require a privacy policy and PII handling processes before access is granted.

Encrypted in transit and at rest Handled under the Australian Privacy Principles
What the check gives you

Tracing a person when you hold an incomplete or out-of-date record

A manual trace means running many searches and weighing the results by hand. Caspar Person Autotrace does that in one call: it takes the name and whatever else you hold, runs the searches internally and returns the possible matches ranked by a score that weighs, among other things, how close each candidate's address is to the one you supplied. Relatives, people associated with the person but not sharing their full name, can be included.

Possible matches, ranked

Each record carries a unitless score where a higher number is a better match. Results are ordered by descending score unless you sort them another way.

The record behind each match

Each record carries the person's names, address and associated phone numbers and email addresses, with a total of records available for paging.

Possible relatives, when asked for

With the relatives option set, people associated with the subject who do not match their full name are included and marked as relatives.

A trace that improves with input

Only the last name is required, but the documentation is explicit that results are weaker without more. A date of birth, address, phones and emails narrow the trace.

What it costs

A monthly subscription, drawn down as you run checks

Your subscription is credited to your account each month and each check consumes credits from it. If you go past the included amount, further checks are charged at a per-check rate. The rate depends on the volume you commit to, so the sales team is the fastest way to find where your business lands.

  • Volume-based pricing
  • No lock-in contract
How billing works
Subscribe monthly, spend it as credits
  • The monthly subscription arrives as credits on your account.
  • Each check draws down credits as it runs.
  • Checks beyond the included credits are billed per check.
  • Higher monthly volume moves you to a lower rate.
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Related checks

Others in Caspar

Caspar Person Search is the direct search this trace is built from, for when you want to control each query yourself.

Questions

Questions we get asked about Caspar Person Autotrace

Do we need a developer to implement this?
Yes. Caspar Person Autotrace is a REST endpoint that takes a JSON request and returns a JSON list of scored records, so a developer connects it to your tracing tooling. A sandbox with a deterministic test dataset is provided at no usage cost, so the integration can be built and tested before production keys are issued.
What does our system need to send?
At least a last name, as a last name or a combined name. Optionally the other names, a date of birth, an address, up to four known phone numbers and four known email addresses, the relatives option, sort field and order, a first result offset and a maximum of 1 to 30 results, which defaults to 10.
How long does a trace take?
A single autotrace can perform tens to hundreds of internal searches to gather and rank results and may take several seconds. The documentation advises planning timeouts accordingly, particularly when running several traces in sequence.
What does the score mean?
A unitless integer where higher is a better match. It takes several factors into account, including the distance between the supplied address and the matched address. Results are returned highest score first unless another sort is requested.
Where does the data come from?
The Caspar person database. The reference documentation does not name the underlying sources or publish a refresh cycle.
What are our obligations when using this endpoint?
This endpoint returns personally identifiable information. Access to endpoints that return PII requires an appropriate privacy policy and PII handling processes, and use is subject to the Global Data privacy policy and terms of service. On Global Data's side, PII sent in a request is not retained, data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and retention follows the Australian Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles.
Getting started

The first step to access is a conversation

Endpoints that return personal information are opened only to accounts with a privacy policy and PII handling processes in place, and production API keys are issued once the account has been commercially approved.

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Encrypted in transit and at rest
Handled under the Australian Privacy Principles
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