FastPeopleSearch — People Search Scraper

Scrape US people data from FastPeopleSearch — phone numbers, current and past addresses, age, relatives, and associates. Supports name search, reverse phone lookup, and reverse address lookup.

FastPeopleSearch is free to browse but hardened behind managed bot challenges. Standard scraping approaches get HTTP 403. This actor clears the challenge on every request and returns clean, structured records.

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What it collects

Each person record contains:

Field	Description
fullName	Full name as displayed on the profile
nameOnRecord	Full name as recorded on the profile (may carry a middle name or suffix)
age	Age (integer)
born	Birth month and year, e.g. "March 1970"
currentAddress	Current street address
pastAddresses	Prior addresses, each with the month it was recorded (array of strings)
phones	Phone numbers (array of strings)
phoneDetails	One entry per number: number, type (Wireless/Landline), carrier, firstReported
emails	Email addresses listed on the profile (array of strings)
akas	Other names the profile lists for this person (array of strings)
relatives	Relatives — "Name, Age NN (Mon YYYY)" plus the relationship where stated (array)
associates	Associates — "Name, Age NN (Mon YYYY)" (array)
maritalStatus	The profile's marital-status statement, when present
personId	FastPeopleSearch profile id
profileUrl	Direct URL to the FastPeopleSearch profile page
source	Always "fastpeoplesearch"
searchIndex	Which search produced this record (1-based; always 1 for a single search)
searchedFor	The search this record answers, e.g. "John Smith, NY" or "phone 5551234567"
scrapedAt	ISO-8601 timestamp

Also on every record, filled in where the profile shows it and empty otherwise:

Field	Description
firstName	Given name as the site splits it
lastName	Family name as the site splits it
county	County of the current address
livingSince	Month and year at the current address, e.g. "March 2018"
currentAddressUrl	The page listing the people at the current address
latitude	Latitude of the current address
longitude	Longitude of the current address
property	Current-address property record: beds, baths, sizes, year built, estimated value and equity, last sale, ownership
isAbsentee	true when the current address is non-owner-occupied, false when owner-occupied
possibleSpouse	The relative the profile tags as spouse
currentEmployment	Current employers: employer, title, location
workExperience	Past employers: employer, title
pastAddressDetails	Past addresses as entries: address, county, recorded

Set flattenedOutput to also get phone1 to phone5 (with phone1Type to phone5Type) and email1 to email5 as separate columns, ready for CSV and Excel.

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Search modes

Set searchMode to one of four values:

name — Search by name

Find people by first and last name. Optionally narrow by US state, city + state, or a ZIP code. A first name with a state (no last name) searches that whole state.

{
  "searchMode": "name",
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "state": "NY",
  "maxItems": 10
}

phone — Reverse phone lookup

Enter a phone number to retrieve the associated person record.

{
  "searchMode": "phone",
  "phone": "5551234567",
  "maxItems": 1
}

address — Reverse address lookup

Enter a street address with city and state, or with just a ZIP code, to find residents.

{
  "searchMode": "address",
  "address": "123 Main St",
  "city": "Brooklyn",
  "state": "NY",
  "maxItems": 5
}

profileUrl — Direct profile link

Already have a FastPeopleSearch profile link? Fetch it directly — one request, no search step.

{
  "searchMode": "profileUrl",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/john-smith_id_G-...",
  "maxItems": 1
}

startUrls — Paste FastPeopleSearch pages

Paste any mix of person profile links, name-search pages, address pages and phone pages. Each link is its own search, so one run can cover many.

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/name/john-smith_ny" },
    { "url": "https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/john-smith_id_G-..." }
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}

Narrow the results

Set minAge / maxAge to keep only people in an age range (people outside it are never billed), or requirePhone / requireEmail to keep only profiles that list one.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
searchMode	select	Yes	name, phone, address, or profileUrl
firstName	string	For name mode	First name of the person
lastName	string	For name mode	Last name of the person; optional when a state is given
city	string	No	City (optional for name, needed for address unless a ZIP is given)
state	select	No	US state abbreviation (e.g., NY, CA)
zip	string	No	5-digit ZIP code; narrows a name search, or replaces city + state in an address search
phone	string	For phone mode	Digits only, e.g., 5551234567
address	string	For address mode	Street address, e.g., 123 Main St
profileUrl	string	For profileUrl mode	Direct FastPeopleSearch profile link
startUrls	array	No	FastPeopleSearch profile, name, address or phone page links; each is its own search
minAge	integer	No	Only people at least this old
maxAge	integer	No	Only people at most this old
requirePhone	boolean	No	Only profiles that list a phone number
requireEmail	boolean	No	Only profiles that list an email address
flattenedOutput	boolean	No	Add phone1..phone5 and email1..email5 spreadsheet columns
maxItems	integer	Yes	Maximum number of person records to return. Default: 10

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Notes

• Hardened target: Every request goes through the work of clearing the bot challenge. That is what makes the site accessible; it also means per-request cost is higher than a plain HTTP scraper, and the per-record price reflects that.
• Rate of retrieval: Each request takes 30–100 seconds on hardened pages. Expect longer run times than typical scrapers.
• Public records only: FastPeopleSearch aggregates publicly available US records. The data reflects what the source publishes.
• maxItems: Applies to person records returned (detail pages scraped). Set low for quick lookups, higher for broad name searches. There is no fixed cap on records or on the number of links per run.
• Full profile every time: every record is the complete profile, with phones, emails, address history, relatives, property and employment where the site lists them. There is no summary-only tier.
• Live data: every run reads the site as it is now.
• Filters: requirePhone and requireEmail are checked on each profile, so a run with them set can return fewer records than maxItems.

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Use cases

• Lead generation and prospecting — find contact info for a named individual
• Address verification — confirm or enrich a known address record
• Reverse phone triage — identify who's behind an unknown number
• Genealogy and people research — find relatives and location history

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