DataForB2B ACTION
Search People
Search professional profiles using advanced filters or a lookalike profile. Returns matching people with their details. See the documentation
- Action
- Read only
- API key
- SDK
- MCP
IMPLEMENTATION
Call this tool
Connect a user's DataForB2B account once, then configure and run Search People from your backend or agent.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "dataforb2b-search-people",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
dataforb2b: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
filters: "Filters",
lookalikeProfile: "Lookalike Profile",
},
})
console.log(result)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "dataforb2b-search-people",
"configured_props": {
"dataforb2b": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"filters": "Filters",
"lookalikeProfile": "Lookalike Profile"
}
}'// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "dataforb2b",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "dataforb2b-search-people",
arguments: {
filters: "Filters",
lookalikeProfile: "Lookalike Profile",
},
})SCHEMA
Inputs
Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
filters Filters | object | Filter object with op (and|or) and conditions array. Each condition: { column, type, value }. E.g. { "op": "and", "conditions": [{ "column": "current_title", "type": "like", "value": "Engineer" }] } Optional |
lookalikeProfile Lookalike Profile | string | LinkedIn URL or public_id of a profile to find similar people. Mutually exclusive with filters. Optional |
lookalikeUseCase Lookalike Use Case | string | Use case context for lookalike search. Optional |
count Count | integer | Number of results to return (default: 25, max: 1000). Optional |
offset Offset | integer | Pagination offset (default: 0). Optional |
enrichLive Enrich Live | boolean | Whether to enrich results with live data (default: true). Optional |
REFERENCE
Tool details
Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.
- Registry key
- dataforb2b-search-people
- Version
- 0.0.2
- App
- DataForB2B
- Authentication
- API key
- Read-only
- Yes
- Destructive
- No
- Open world
- Yes
- Source
- View on GitHub ↗