pycrunchbase

Python bindings to CrunchBase

Starting from v0.3.0, pycrunchbase has support for CrunchBase API version 3, but things are still flaky, so any kind of bug reports is greatly appreciated, for detail see notes below.

Note: I currently do not need to use this library, so it's feature-complete for me. Bug reports are welcome, and pull requests for features are still accepted.

Examples

Initialize the API using your API Key, will throw ValueError if missing

cb = CrunchBase(API_KEY)

Look up an organization by name

github = cb.organization('github')

The response contains snippets of data regarding relationships that the organization has, an example is the funding_rounds

funding_rounds_summary = github.funding_rounds

All relationships are paged, and only 8 is returned initially to get more data do this, it handles paging for you and returns a False-y value if there are no more pages

more_funding_rounds = cb.more(funding_rounds_summary)

Data in relations are just summaries, and you probably want more details For example funding_rounds returns 5 values: type, name, path created_at, updated_at.

If you actually want to know who invested, you have to get to make more API calls.

First get the uuid of the round

round_uuid = funding_rounds_summary[0].uuid

Then use the CrunchBase API to make that call

round = cb.funding_round(round_uuid)

Again, investments is a relationship on a FundingRound, so we can get the first item in that relationship

an_investor = round.investments[0]  # a Investment

And printing that gives us the name of the investor, and the amount invested in USD

print(str(an_investor))  # prints: Investment: [Organization: Name]

Installation

pip install pycrunchbase

Documentation

https://readthedocs.org/projects/pycrunchbase/

Development

To run the all tests run:

tox

Contributions are always welcome! Visit pycrunchbase's Homepage <https://github.com/ngzhian/pycrunchbase/>

Use GitHub issues to report a bug or send feedback.

The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/ngzhian/pycrunchbase/issues.

Upgrading versions

Change the version number in:

• setup.py
• src/pycrunchbase/__init__.py

Add an entry to CHANGELOG.rst.

# build dist
# https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/packaging-projects/#generating-distribution-archives
python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
# upload
# https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/packaging-projects/#uploading-the-distribution-archives
python3 -m twine upload --repository pycrunchbase dist/*

Contributors

Thanks to these contributors:

• dustinfarris

Goals

1. Support all (or almost all) of CrunchBase's API functionalities
2. Speedy updates when CrunchBase's API changes
3. 'Pythonic' bindings, user doesn't feel like we're requesting URLs

Notes on CrunchBase version 3 changes

In version 3, CrunchBase changed the names of some endpoints, e.g person -> people, and they have gone with the plural form of all entities. pycrunchbase does not adhere strictly to that. For example, there is still a person method, but a people method is also provided so that it remains backwards compatible and also supports methods that matches the name of the entity.

License

MIT