CatchAll Continue — expand a job to process more records

CatchAll Continue extends a completed job to process additional records beyond the original limit. It reuses the same query, validators, and enrichments from the original job, so you don't reprocess data you already have.

This Actor maps to the POST /catchAll/continue endpoint.

When to use this Actor

• Get more results after reviewing initial data. Start with a small limit for fast testing, then expand if the results look good.
• Avoid reprocessing. Continuing a job picks up where it left off instead of restarting the entire pipeline.
• Iterative data collection. Gradually increase your dataset size based on quality checks.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
apiKey	String	Yes	Your CatchAll API key
jobId	String	Yes	Job ID of a completed job to continue
newLimit	Integer	Yes	New record limit for the job (must be greater than the previous limit)

Input example

{
  "apiKey": "YOUR_CATCHALL_API_KEY",
  "jobId": "5f0c9087-85cb-4917-b3c7-e5a5eff73a0c",
  "newLimit": 50
}

If the original job had a limit of 10, setting newLimit to 50 processes up to 40 additional records.

Output

The Actor returns the updated job_id in the default Dataset. The continued job goes through additional processing, so you need to poll its status again with CatchAll Get Job Status before retrieving results.

Output example

{
  "job_id": "5f0c9087-85cb-4917-b3c7-e5a5eff73a0c"
}

Tips

• newLimit must be greater than the previous limit. The API returns an error if you set a limit equal to or lower than the original.
• Check candidate_records first. Use CatchAll Get Job Status to see how many candidate clusters were found. If candidate_records is close to your current limit, there may be more data available.
• Poll again after continuing. The continued job needs additional processing time. Poll the status endpoint every 30–60 seconds until the job completes.

Other CatchAll Actors

Actor	Description
CatchAll	End-to-end job: submit, poll, and retrieve results
CatchAll Create Job	Submit a job without polling
CatchAll Get Job Status	Check job progress
CatchAll Pull Results	Retrieve records from a completed job

For the full list, visit the Newscatcher organization page.

Resources

• CatchAll documentation
• Jobs guide