# FastBackgroundCheck — People Search Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper`) Actor Scrape free US people data from FastBackgroundCheck — phone numbers, current and past addresses, age, relatives, and associates. Supports name, reverse-phone, and reverse-address searches. Powered by Bright Data Web Unlocker to clear Cloudflare protection. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 85.7% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## FastBackgroundCheck — People Search Scraper Scrape free US people data from [FastBackgroundCheck.com](https://www.fastbackgroundcheck.com) — a sister site to FastPeopleSearch and TruePeopleSearch in the same data network. Retrieve full names, ages, current and past addresses, phone numbers, and relatives for any US person by name, phone number, or address. FastBackgroundCheck is protected by Cloudflare. This actor uses Bright Data Web Unlocker (IceBreaker) to bypass the challenge and deliver real HTML content — no captcha solving, no manual effort. ### What you get Each result record includes: | Field | Description | |---|---| | `fullName` | Full name of the person | | `age` | Age (integer) | | `currentAddress` | Current city/state or full address | | `pastAddresses` | Array of past addresses | | `phones` | Array of associated phone numbers | | `relatives` | Array of listed relatives | | `profileUrl` | URL of the FastBackgroundCheck profile page | | `source` | Always `"fastbackgroundcheck"` | | `scrapedAt` | ISO-8601 timestamp | ### Search modes #### Name search (default) Search by first and last name, optionally narrowed to a US state. **Input:** ```json { "searchMode": "name", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "state": "NY", "maxItems": 10 } ```` #### Reverse phone lookup Look up a person by their 10-digit US phone number. **Input:** ```json { "searchMode": "phone", "phone": "2125551234", "maxItems": 5 } ``` #### Reverse address lookup Look up residents at a US street address. **Input:** ```json { "searchMode": "address", "address": "123 Main St", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "maxItems": 5 } ``` ### Input parameters | Parameter | Type | Required | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `searchMode` | string (enum) | Yes | `name`, `phone`, or `address` | | `firstName` | string | For name mode | First name | | `lastName` | string | For name mode | Last name | | `city` | string | Optional (name), required (address) | City | | `state` | string | Optional (name), required (address) | US state abbreviation | | `phone` | string | For phone mode | 10-digit phone number | | `address` | string | For address mode | Street address | | `maxItems` | integer | Yes | Maximum records to return (default: 10) | ### Performance - Each Bright Data Web Unlocker request takes 60–100 seconds (CF-hardened domain). - Keep `maxItems` small (5–10) for fast turnarounds. - The actor uses IceBreaker, so each page fetch is billed as one BD request. ### Use cases - **Skip tracing** — find current contact info for a person - **Lead enrichment** — append phone and address to a contact list - **Genealogy research** — discover relatives listed on public records - **Address verification** — confirm who resides at a given address ### Data source FastBackgroundCheck aggregates US public records (property records, voter rolls, white pages) and provides them free of charge, ad-supported. All data is publicly available. No login or subscription is required. # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `searchMode` (type: `string`): Search mode: "name" (search by first+last name), "phone" (reverse phone lookup), or "address" (reverse address lookup). ## `firstName` (type: `string`): First name of the person to search for (required for name mode). ## `lastName` (type: `string`): Last name of the person to search for (required for name mode). ## `city` (type: `string`): City to narrow the name or address search (optional for name mode, required for address mode). ## `state` (type: `string`): US state abbreviation (e.g. CA, TX, NY). Narrows name/address searches. ## `phone` (type: `string`): Phone number to reverse-lookup (required for phone mode). Format: digits only, e.g. 5551234567. ## `address` (type: `string`): Street address to reverse-lookup (required for address mode), e.g. "123 Main St". ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of person records to scrape. Default 10. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "searchMode": "name", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "maxItems": 10 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "searchMode": "name", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "searchMode": "name", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "searchMode": "name", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "FastBackgroundCheck — People Search Scraper", "description": "Scrape free US people data from FastBackgroundCheck — phone numbers, current and past addresses, age, relatives, and associates. Supports name, reverse-phone, and reverse-address searches. Powered by Bright Data Web Unlocker to clear Cloudflare protection.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "gLSWVzhLJmRMMheWL" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-fastbackgroundcheck-people-search-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "searchMode", "maxItems" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "searchMode": { "title": "Search Mode", "enum": [ "name", "phone", "address" ], "type": "string", "description": "Search mode: \"name\" (search by first+last name), \"phone\" (reverse phone lookup), or \"address\" (reverse address lookup).", "default": "name" }, "firstName": { "title": "First Name", "type": "string", "description": "First name of the person to search for (required for name mode)." }, "lastName": { "title": "Last Name", "type": "string", "description": "Last name of the person to search for (required for name mode)." }, "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "City to narrow the name or address search (optional for name mode, required for address mode)." }, "state": { "title": "State", "enum": [ "AL", "AK", "AZ", "AR", "CA", "CO", "CT", "DE", "FL", "GA", "HI", "ID", "IL", "IN", "IA", "KS", "KY", "LA", "ME", "MD", "MA", "MI", "MN", "MS", "MO", "MT", "NE", "NV", "NH", "NJ", "NM", "NY", "NC", "ND", "OH", "OK", "OR", "PA", "RI", "SC", "SD", "TN", "TX", "UT", "VT", "VA", "WA", "WV", "WI", "WY", "DC" ], "type": "string", "description": "US state abbreviation (e.g. CA, TX, NY). Narrows name/address searches." }, "phone": { "title": "Phone Number", "type": "string", "description": "Phone number to reverse-lookup (required for phone mode). Format: digits only, e.g. 5551234567." }, "address": { "title": "Street Address", "type": "string", "description": "Street address to reverse-lookup (required for address mode), e.g. \"123 Main St\"." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of person records to scrape. Default 10.", "default": 10 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```