Crunchbase API

Ruby API wrapper for Crunchbase API version 2.

Deprecated

Please note that the Crunchbase API v2.0 was shut down on May 31st, 2015, and as such this gem is no longer functional.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'crunchbase-api'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install crunchbase-api

Usage

You will need a Crunchbase API key. You can get one by signing up here.

require 'crunchbase-api'
Crunchbase.user_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'

Example

# Print acquisitions done by Facebook
company = Crunchbase::Organization.get 'facebook'
company.acquisitions.each do |a|
  acquisition = a.fetch
  sum = acquisition.price.nil? ? 'Unknown amount' : "#{acquisition.price} #{acquisition.price_currency_code}"
  puts "#{acquisition.announced_on.to_s}: #{acquisition.name} (#{sum})"
end

# 2014-07-02: Acquisition (500000000 USD)
# 2014-06-03: Acquisition (Unknown amount)
# 2014-04-24: Acquisition (Unknown amount)
# 2014-03-25: Facebook acquired Oculus VR (2000000000 USD)
# 2014-02-19: Facebook acquired WhatsApp (19000000000 USD)
# 2014-01-13: Facebook acquired Branch (15000000 USD)
# 2014-01-08: Facebook acquired Little Eye Labs (Unknown amount)
# 2013-12-17: Facebook acquired SportStream (Unknown amount)

Notes

Failed requests (such as the ones requesting non-existent entities) will throw Crunchbase::CrunchbaseException.

Ordering

.list methods take an order argument. Valid options are Crunchbase::ORDER_CREATED_AT_DESC (default), Crunchbase::ORDER_CREATED_AT_ASC, Crunchbase::ORDER_UPDATED_AT_DESC and Crunchbase::ORDER_UPDATED_AT_ASC.

Relation objects

.list methods return an array of Relation objects, as do the relationship getters for most individual entities. These are summary objects returned by Crunchbase API, containing type and name of the target entity, along with timestamps. You can retrieve the "full" entity by calling .fetch method on the relation object.

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Organizations

Organization.get – Retrieve an organization by permalink

Crunchbase::Organization.get(permalink)

Properties: name, permalink, description, short_description, homepage_url, founded_on, is_closed, closed_on, primary_role, total_funding_usd, number_of_investments, number_of_employees, stock_symbol, stock_exchange, role_company, founded_on_trust_code, closed_on_trust_code, headquarters, board_members_and_advisors, categories, current_team, customers, images, investments, members, news, offices, past_team, primary_image, sub_organizations, websites, created_at, updated_at.

Relationships: competitors, funding_rounds, founders, products, acquisitions, ipo.

Organization.list – Retrieves a list of organizations

Crunchbase::Organization.list(page, order)

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People

Person.get – Retrieve a person profile by permalink

Crunchbase::Person.get(permalink)

Properties: first_name, last_name, permalink, bio, born_on, died_on, is_deceased, location_uuid, created_at, updated_at.

Relationships: founded_companies.

Person.list – Retrieve a list of people

Crunchbase::Person.list(page, order)

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Products

Product.get – Retrieve product details by permalink

Crunchbase::Product.get(permalink)

Properties: name, permalink, lifecycle_stage, owner_id, launched_on, died_on, created_at, updated_at.

Product.list – Retrieve a list of products

Crunchbase::Product.list(page, order)

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Funding rounds, Acquisitions and IPOs

FundingRound.get – Retrieve information about funding round by uuid

Crunchbase::FundingRound.get(uuid)

Properties: name, permalink, funding_type, money_raised, money_raised_usd, money_raised_currency_code, announced_on, announced_on_trust_code, canonical_currency_code, series, created_at, updated_at.

Relationships: funded_organization.

Acquisition.get – Retrieve information about acquisition by uuid

Crunchbase::Acquisition.get(uuid)

Properties: name, permalink, acquisition_type, price, price_currency_code, announced_on, disposition_of_acquired, created_at, updated_at.

Relationships: acquirer, acquiree.

Ipo.get – Retrieve information about IPO by uuid

Crunchbase::Ipo.get(uuid)

Properties: name, permalink, opening_share_price, opening_share_price_currency_code, stock_symbol, stock_exchange_symbol, went_public_on, canonical_currency_code, money_raised, money_raised_currency_code, opening_valuation, opening_valueation_currency_code, created_at, updated_at.

Relationships: funded_company.