# Spokeo People Search Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/skip-trace-people-search-scraper`) Actor Search for people by name and US state on Spokeo's public directory. Returns full names, all known addresses (street, city, state, ZIP), name variants, profile URLs, and related persons. City-level pagination delivers 100+ unique results per name-state query. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/skip-trace-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, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN 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. 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 ## Spokeo People Search Scraper Search for people by name and US state on Spokeo's public directory. Returns full names, all known addresses (street, city, state, ZIP), name variants, profile URLs, and related persons. City-level pagination delivers 100+ unique results per name-state query. ### What it does Submit a first name, last name, and US state. The actor queries Spokeo's public state directory, walks up to 10 metro/city sub-pages per query for expanded coverage, and returns structured person records without requiring a login or API key. Each record includes: - **Full name** and **age** - **Name variants** (also known as aliases) - **Current city and state** of residence - **Historical locations** (lived in) - **Related persons** (family members listed on the public record) - **Address array** with city, state, and ZIP parsed from the listing - **Canonical Spokeo profile URL** for follow-up research - **Source** identifier and scrape timestamp ### Use cases - **Skip tracing** — locate current or historical address data for a known name + state combination - **Due diligence** — verify address history for real estate, legal, or debt recovery workflows - **OSINT research** — surface publicly listed name variants, relatives, and location history - **Contact verification** — confirm that a person's stated address matches public records ### Input | Field | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | `firstName` | string | Yes | John | First name to search | | `lastName` | string | Yes | Smith | Last name to search | | `state` | string | Yes | California | Full US state name (e.g. California, Texas, New York) | | `maxCities` | integer | No | 10 | Maximum city sub-pages to crawl. Each yields ~30 results. | | `maxItems` | integer | No | 10 | Maximum person records to return. Set to 0 for unlimited. | ### Output Results are saved to the default dataset. Example record: ```json { "fullName": "John Smith", "age": 70, "nameVariants": ["John N Smith"], "residesIn": "San Diego, CA", "livedIn": ["Bremerton WA", "La Mesa CA"], "relatedTo": ["Barbara Smith-Tenorio", "Mitchell Smith"], "addresses": [ { "city": "San Diego", "state": "CA", "zip": "", "fullAddress": "San Diego, CA" } ], "profileUrl": "https://www.spokeo.com/John-Smith/California/San-Diego/p2017030807173912183292855803273", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "state": "California", "source": "spokeo", "scrapedAt": "2026-05-27T20:24:53.429Z" } ```` ### Notes - **Public records only** — Spokeo's state directory pages are publicly accessible without login. This actor scrapes only data visible to any unauthenticated visitor. - **Address granularity** — listing pages show city + state. Street-level addresses appear only behind Spokeo's paywall (not scraped by this actor). - **City pagination** — Spokeo caps state-level results at ~30. The actor walks metro/city sub-pages (up to `maxCities`) to lift practical coverage to 100+ unique persons per query. - **No proxy required** — Spokeo's public directory does not block standard crawlers. # 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. ## `firstName` (type: `string`): First name to search for ## `lastName` (type: `string`): Last name to search for ## `state` (type: `string`): US state full name (e.g. California, Texas, New York) ## `maxCities` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of city pages to crawl (each yields ~30 results). Default 10. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of person records to return (0 = unlimited) ## 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...", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "state": "California", "maxCities": 10, "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...", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "state": "California", "maxCities": 10, "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/skip-trace-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...", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "state": "California", "maxCities": 10, "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/skip-trace-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...", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "state": "California", "maxCities": 10, "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/skip-trace-people-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/skip-trace-people-search-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Spokeo People Search Scraper", "description": "Search for people by name and US state on Spokeo's public directory. Returns full names, all known addresses (street, city, state, ZIP), name variants, profile URLs, and related persons. City-level pagination delivers 100+ unique results per name-state query.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "oCasNWelU98nk8Shj" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~skip-trace-people-search-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-skip-trace-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~skip-trace-people-search-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-skip-trace-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~skip-trace-people-search-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-skip-trace-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": [ "firstName", "lastName", "state" ], "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." }, "firstName": { "title": "First Name", "type": "string", "description": "First name to search for" }, "lastName": { "title": "Last Name", "type": "string", "description": "Last name to search for" }, "state": { "title": "State", "type": "string", "description": "US state full name (e.g. California, Texas, New York)" }, "maxCities": { "title": "Max Cities", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of city pages to crawl (each yields ~30 results). Default 10." }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of person records to return (0 = unlimited)", "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```