Search people by DQL filter — role, employer, skills

From Diffbot, through Joshu Data Bodega.

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Prices include the router's 10% markup and are paid from the usage wallet. Checked on November 11, 2026.

Inputs

  • frominteger, optional

  • sizeinteger, optional

    entities to return, DEFAULT 50 — at 25 credits each that is a 1,250-credit call if you leave it unset

  • typestring, optional

    'query' (default) | 'refresh'

  • querystring, required

    a DQL query string starting with type:Person, e.g. type:Person employments.employer.name:"Diffbot"

  • formatstring, optional

    json (default) | jsonl | csv | xls | xlsx

  • jsonmodestring, optional

    'extended' adds provenance, 'id' returns bare DiffbotIds

Call it

Router call with a router API key
curl https://hello.joshu.me/api/router/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $JOSHU_ROUTER_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "endpoint": "diffbot.people.search",
    "params": {
      "size": 1,
      "query": "type:Person employments.employer.name:\"Diffbot\""
    }
  }'