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TradeWind API
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The Clay-for-Outbound, in one API

100+ global data sources in one API — Waterfall for instant lookups, Agent for deep research. Plug in with a few lines of code.

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  • ✓Free trial credits
  • ✓Pay only for results
  • ✓Apollo official partner
  • ✓WhatsApp official partner
  • ✓Trained on 30 yrs trade ops
curl -X POST https://api.trade-wind.co/api/company/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRADEWIND_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 10,
    "company": { "domains": ["stripe.com"] },
    "industry": { "include": ["Computer Software"] },
    "location": { "country_code": ["US"] },
    "size": { "employee_ranges": [{ "min": 51, "max": 10000 }] }
  }'

DATA COVERAGE

One API replaces 10 tools you used to pay for

We unify and clean 100+ global data sources across the entire B2B funnel

Apollo
ZoomInfo
LinkedIn
Crunchbase
Hunter.io
Clearbit
Google Maps
WhatsApp
海关数据 Customs
Yellow Pages
展会名录 Expos
Alibaba

+ 80 more regional & vertical data sources

Why TradeWind API

🌍 100+ data sources

B2B databases, social, customs, maps, expo lists — all in one call

⚡ Instant queries + background jobs

Waterfall returns in seconds; Agent runs deep research in the background

💰 Pay for results

Charged per valid record. Free credits to start. ~60% cheaper than Apollo

TWO MODES, ONE API

Two search modes for every outbound workflow

Clay-style · sync, sub-second

Waterfall Search

Tiered access to Apollo, Snovio, RocketReach, Hunter and more. Supports 'First Match' (stop on hit) and 'Aggregate' (data merging) modes with real-time results.

POST /v2/companies/search
{
  "industry": "automotive",
  "country": "DE",
  "employees": "50-500",
  "tech": ["SAP"]
}
AI-orchestrated · multi-source

Agent Search

Create AI agent tasks in 1 minute, auto-dispatch 100+ global channels, AI filtering of invalid data, pay only for valid results

POST /v2/agent/tasks
{
  "prompt": "找德国汽配采购商,
            员工 50-500 人,
            提供决策人邮箱"
}
DimensionWaterfallAgent
Call styleSync RESTAsync task + polling
Best forKnown precise filtersFuzzy needs / cross-source fusion
SourcesSingle structured DB100+ orchestrated
LatencySecondsMinutes
Closest toClay / ApolloPerplexity / hourly agents

Endpoint catalogue

Companies, contacts, email verify, customs, agent tasks — fully covered

🤖Agent· 3

Create task

Send a natural-language prompt; the agent dispatches across 100+ sources

POST/api/agentic/search

List tasks

List your past tasks and their status

POST/api/agentic/list

Get task result

Fetch the structured result of a single task

POST/api/agentic/task
🏢Companies· 2

Company search

Filter by industry, geo, size, tech stack

POST/api/company/search

Company detail / auto-fill

Fetch full profile by domain or ID and fill in missing fields

POST/api/company/enrich
👤People· 2

Contact search

Find decision-makers by title, dept, geo

POST/api/people/search

Contact auto-fill

Fill in a contact profile from email / LinkedIn / ID

POST/api/people/enrich
✉️Email· 1

Email validity check

Single sync + bulk async, millions per job

POST/api/email/verify
🚢Customs· 19

Customs search

Query global trade records by HS code / country / keyword

POST/api/customs/search

BRING YOUR OWN KEY

Already have Apollo or OpenAI? Bring your own key and just run.

TradeWind supports BYOK: plug your existing data-source and LLM keys into our orchestration engine. Use your own quota with unified caching, dedup and routing — never pay twice for the same record.

  • Don't waste paid credits

    Use up your existing vendor subscriptions — we only charge for our own sources and routing

  • Secure by design

    Keys stored AES-256, audit logs downloadable, revocable any time

  • Unified routing & cache

    Agent fans out across keys, dedupes results, cache hits cost nothing

  • Major vendors covered

    Apollo · ZoomInfo · Hunter · Clearbit · OpenAI · Anthropic · Gemini …

Bind your key in Console → Credentials
POST /v2/credentials
{
  "vendor": "apollo",
  "api_key": "your-apollo-key"
}

# Then call any endpoint with your own quota:
POST /v2/companies/search
Header: X-Use-Credential: apollo

Supported vendors

ApolloHunterSnov.ioRocketReachStore Leads
Open Credentials

Get started in 3 steps

  1. 1

    ① Grab your API key

    Sign in to the console — free credits, no credit card

  2. 2

    ② Copy the snippet & call

    cURL / Node / Python ready-to-run examples

  3. 3

    ③ Handle the response

    Waterfall returns the result directly; for Agent, submit the task and then poll for results

curl -X POST https://api.trade-wind.co/api/company/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRADEWIND_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 10,
    "company": { "domains": ["stripe.com"] },
    "industry": { "include": ["Computer Software"] },
    "location": { "country_code": ["US"] },
    "size": { "employee_ranges": [{ "min": 51, "max": 10000 }] }
  }'

USE CASES

What you can build with TradeWind API

From sales and supply chain to recruiting and investing — one API covers it all.

🎯

Sales & Outbound

Replace the Apollo + Clay stack end to end

  • Auto-fill CRM data
    Fill in company, contact, email, tech stack and social profiles in one call
  • Email & WhatsApp outreach automation
    Feed Lemlist / Smartlead / Instantly with fresh, high-intent leads
  • Reverse-engineer competitors' customers
    Scrape rivals' sites, case studies and job posts to figure out who they sell to
  • Pinpoint decision-makers
    Filter CMOs, heads of procurement, tech buyers by title, dept and tenure
🚢

Supply Chain & Sourcing

Customs + B2B + expos — pinpoint the real trading partners

  • Find suppliers / factories
    Active exporters by HS code + country with 12-month trade history
  • Watch rivals' & customers' shipments
    Subscribe to their customs activity and get new orders in real time
  • See what overseas buyers are buying
    Look up buyers' product categories, cadence and partner factories
  • Trace raw materials and parts
    Walk the supply chain up to upstream component and material vendors
🧑‍💼

Recruiting & Talent Intel

The data backbone for sourcing passive candidates

  • Global talent search
    Mine LinkedIn / GitHub candidates by skills, company and tenure
  • Find quietly-looking candidates
    Spot people who are open to new roles via social and activity signals
  • Poaching intel
    Track org changes, layoffs and new teams at target companies
  • Comp & team benchmarks
    Pull peer team size, stack and hiring pace for benchmarking
💸

Investing & Deal Intel

Find investors, scout sectors, source M&A targets

  • Find investors
    Filter VCs, family offices and CVCs by thesis, stage and check size
  • Startup radar
    Catch newly registered, just-funded or rapidly hiring startups in real time
  • Build acquisition target lists
    Batch-build M&A candidate lists by revenue band, geo and tech stack
  • Track portfolio companies
    Subscribe to portcos' hiring, customers and customs activity
🌐

Market Research & Expansion

Structured data instead of manual desk research

  • Map an entire industry in one call
    Pull every global player in a sector with size, geo and product matrix
  • Monitor brand mentions
    Aggregate social, news and review data to track brand voice
  • Pull expo & directory data
    Parse Canton Fair, CES, SEMA and more directly into your DB
  • Pick where to expand next
    Score target markets by density, competition and partner availability
🛠️

AI Builders

Use TradeWind as the data + agent backend of your product

  • Build AI agents and workflows
    Plug plug-and-play data tools into LangChain / Dify / n8n
  • Embed in your SaaS (white-label)
    Drop our API into your CRM, outbound or recruiting product
  • Replace many vendor accounts
    Swap 5 third-party vendor accounts for a single endpoint
  • Bring your own keys (BYOK)
    Bring your Apollo / OpenAI keys and get unified routing + cache
Don't see your use case? Tell us →

Free credits. Pay only for results.

Free credits on signup, billed per valid record, ~60% cheaper than Apollo

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