# TruePeopleSearch — People Search Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/truepeoplesearch-people-search-scraper`) Actor Scrape free US people data from TruePeopleSearch — phone numbers, email addresses, 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/truepeoplesearch-people-search-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Other - **Stats:** 5 total users, 2 monthly users, 87.5% 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 ## TruePeopleSearch People Search Scraper Scrape free US people data from [TruePeopleSearch](https://www.truepeoplesearch.com). Returns name, age, phone numbers, email addresses, current and past addresses, relatives, and associates for any person in their public records database. Supports three search modes: find people by name, reverse-lookup a phone number, or reverse-lookup a street address. Powered by Bright Data Web Unlocker to clear Cloudflare protection. --- ### TruePeopleSearch Scraper Features - Extracts 11 fields per profile — name, age, phones, emails, current address, past addresses, relatives, associates - Supports three search modes: name search, reverse phone lookup, and reverse address lookup - Filters search results by state to narrow name and address lookups - Handles pagination automatically across multi-page result sets - Returns structured arrays for multi-value fields (phones, emails, relatives, past addresses) - Clears Cloudflare protection via Bright Data Web Unlocker — no manual bypass needed - Respects your `maxItems` limit to keep runs short and costs predictable --- ### What Would You Use This For? - **Lead generation** — Pull contact info (phone, email, address) for a list of names programmatically - **Reverse phone lookups** — Identify who owns an unknown number, including their current city and relatives - **Background research** — Find current and past addresses, age, and associates for a specific person - **Skip tracing** — Locate individuals using partial name + state combinations - **Data enrichment** — Append phone and email data to a name-and-city list at scale - **Journalism / OSINT** — Surface public record connections between individuals --- ### How TruePeopleSearch Scraper Works 1. You provide a name (or phone/address) and optional location filters 2. The actor submits the search to TruePeopleSearch and parses the result listing 3. For each match, it fetches the individual profile page and extracts all available fields 4. Results are saved to the Apify dataset, one record per person --- ### Input #### Name Search ```json { "searchMode": "name", "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "state": "NY", "maxItems": 10 } ```` #### Reverse Phone Lookup ```json { "searchMode": "phone", "phone": "5551234567", "maxItems": 5 } ``` #### Reverse Address Lookup ```json { "searchMode": "address", "address": "123 Main St", "city": "Austin", "state": "TX", "maxItems": 5 } ``` | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `searchMode` | string | `name` | Search mode: `name`, `phone`, or `address` | | `firstName` | string | — | First name (required for name mode) | | `lastName` | string | — | Last name (required for name mode) | | `city` | string | — | City (optional for name mode, required for address mode) | | `state` | string | — | US state abbreviation (e.g. `CA`, `TX`, `NY`) — filters name and address searches | | `phone` | string | — | Phone number, digits only (required for phone mode), e.g. `5551234567` | | `address` | string | — | Street address (required for address mode), e.g. `123 Main St` | | `maxItems` | integer | `10` | Maximum number of person records to scrape | *** ### TruePeopleSearch Scraper Output Fields ```json { "fullName": "John A Smith", "age": 45, "currentAddress": "Brooklyn, NY 11201", "pastAddresses": [ "Queens, NY 11373", "Bronx, NY 10451" ], "phones": [ "(212) 555-0123", "(718) 555-0456" ], "emails": [ "jsmith@example.com" ], "relatives": [ "Jane Smith", "Robert Smith" ], "associates": [ "Michael Johnson" ], "profileUrl": "https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/find/person/p9abc123def456", "source": "truepeoplesearch", "scrapedAt": "2026-06-27T08:32:11.000Z" } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `fullName` | string | Full name as displayed on the profile | | `age` | integer | Age of the person | | `currentAddress` | string | Current city, state, and zip code | | `pastAddresses` | array | Previous addresses (one entry per location) | | `phones` | array | Phone numbers associated with this person | | `emails` | array | Email addresses associated with this person | | `relatives` | array | Relatives listed on the profile | | `associates` | array | Associates (co-workers, neighbors, etc.) listed on the profile | | `profileUrl` | string | Full URL of the TruePeopleSearch profile page | | `source` | string | Always `"truepeoplesearch"` | | `scrapedAt` | string | ISO-8601 timestamp of when the record was scraped | *** ### FAQ #### Does TruePeopleSearch block scrapers? TruePeopleSearch runs behind Cloudflare. This actor uses Bright Data Web Unlocker to clear it, which means each page fetch takes longer than a typical datacenter scrape — roughly 10-15 seconds per result. That's the trade-off for getting past the gate. The upside: the data is free on TPS, so even at a higher cost-per-request, you're still ahead of paying data vendors. #### How accurate is the data? Accuracy is determined by TruePeopleSearch's own public records aggregation, not this actor. The actor extracts whatever TPS surfaces — which varies by person. Common names in large states will have many matches; uncommon names in small states may return zero. #### Can I search without a state filter? Yes. For name mode, `state` is optional. Omitting it returns all matching profiles nationwide, which increases the result set and the number of BD requests billed. #### What does "reverse phone lookup" return? For phone mode, TPS returns the profile associated with that number, including name, address, and related people. The actor returns a single person record per matched phone. #### Is this data free to use commercially? TruePeopleSearch aggregates public records. Check TPS's terms of service and applicable privacy laws (CCPA, FCRA) for your jurisdiction before using extracted data commercially. *** ### Need More Features? Open an issue or contact support at [orbtop.com](https://orbtop.com). ### Why Use TruePeopleSearch Scraper? - **Free source data** — TPS is one of the only large US people-search engines that doesn't paywall basic contact info - **Three search modes** — Name, phone, and address lookups from a single actor - **Clean structured output** — Arrays for multi-value fields, typed integers for age, ISO timestamps for ingestion pipelines - **Cloudflare handled** — BD Web Unlocker manages the fingerprint challenge so you don't have to # 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/truepeoplesearch-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/truepeoplesearch-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/truepeoplesearch-people-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/truepeoplesearch-people-search-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "TruePeopleSearch — People Search Scraper", "description": "Scrape free US people data from TruePeopleSearch — phone numbers, email addresses, 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": "b37eYQaOFChD6oATd" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~truepeoplesearch-people-search-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-truepeoplesearch-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~truepeoplesearch-people-search-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-truepeoplesearch-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~truepeoplesearch-people-search-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-truepeoplesearch-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 } } } } } } } } } } ```