Hoover's API Version 4.0 - Personalization

Queries - SOAP - Personalization Information

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1 Create User Note

1.1 Overview

Creates the note for a particular company.

1.2 Input Parameters

Required fields are indicated with.

Field Name Value Notes
uniqueId Hoovers Company ID -OR- DUNS Number
noteText Note text. Should be less than 1000 characters.
noteDate Date on the note. Note Date can be in the past. It's different from note created date. Format should be YYYY-MM-DD and the year should be between 1900 and 2099.

1.3 Output Parameters

Field Name Value Notes
/CreateUserNoteResponse/message Detailed message on success or failure

2 Update User Note

2.1 Overview

Update the note for a particular company.

2.2 Input Parameters

Required fields are indicated with.

Field Name Value Notes
uniqueId Hoovers Company ID -OR- DUNS Number
noteText Note text. Should be less than 1000 characters. Either noteDate or noteText is required.
noteDate Date on the note. Note Date can be in the past. It's different from note created date. Either noteDate or noteText is required. Format should be YYYY-MM-DD and year should be between 1900 and 2099.

2.3 Output Parameters

Field Name Value Notes
/UpdateUserNoteResponse/message Detailed message on success or failure

3 Delete User Note

3.1 Overview

Deletes a note.

3.2 Input Parameters

Required fields are indicated with.

Field Name Value Notes
noteId ID of the Note to be deleted.

3.3 Output Parameters

Field Name Value Notes
/DeleteUserNoteResponse/message Detailed message on success or failure

4 Get User Note

4.1 Overview

Retrieves a single a company note.

4.2 Input Parameters

Required fields are indicated with.

Field Name Value Notes
noteId ID of the Note to be retrieved.

4.3 Output Parameters

Field Name Value Notes
/GetUserNoteResponse/return/companyId The id of the company that is tied to the note.
/GetUserNoteResponse/return/noteId The id of the note.
/GetUserNoteResponse/return/noteText The text of the note.
/GetUserNoteResponse/return/noteDate The date of the note.

5 Find Notes

5.1 Overview

Allows searching for company notes using different criteria.

5.2 Input Parameters

Required fields are indicated with.

Field Name Value Notes
uniqueId Hoovers Company ID -OR- DUNS Number
dateFrom Note date lower bound
dateTo Note date upper bound
maxRecords Max records Between 1-200. Default = 20
hitOffset Greater than or equal to 0 but less than or equal to 10,000. Default = 0 Paging support, the firstHit returned will be hitOffset + 1. hitOffset is now zero-based.

5.3 Output Parameters

Field Name Value Notes
/FindUserNotesResponse/notes/firstHit First hit number in the response
/FindUserNotesResponse/notes/hits Number of hits in the response
/FindUserNotesResponse/notes/lastHit Last hit number in the response
/FindUserNotesResponse/notes/totalHits Total number of hits found
/FindUserNotesResponse/notes/hit/hitNumber Hit number
/FindUserNotesResponse/notes/hit/noteResults/companyId The id of the company that is tied to the note.
/FindUserNotesResponse/notes/hit/noteResults/noteId The id of the note.
/FindUserNotesResponse/notes/hit/noteResults/noteText The text of the note.
/FindUserNotesResponse/notes/hit/noteResults/noteDate The date of the note.

6 Get Credit Counts

6.1 Overview

Returns the credit details for a given user.

6.2 Input Parameters

Required fields are indicated with.

Field Name Value Notes
No parameters

6.3 Output Parameters

Field Name Value Notes
/connectMailCredits/creditsPurchased Total connect mail credits purchased
/connectMailCredits/creditsUsed Connect mail credits used
/connectMailCredits/creditsRemaining Connect mail credits remaining

7 Create a User Contact

7.1 Overview

Creates the contact for a particular user.

7.2 Input Parameters

Required fields are indicated with.

Field Name Value Notes
uniqueId Hoovers Company ID -OR- DUNS Number
coOfficialId CoOfficial Id
title title of the person.
address1 Address 1.
address2 Address 2.
city City.
stateOrProvince State or Province.
postalCode Postal Code.
country Country name.
mainPhone Main Phone Number.
directPhone Direct Phone.
mobilePhone Mobile Phone.
nickname Nick name.
workEmail Work Email.
personalEmail Personal Email.

7.3 Output Parameters

Field Name Value Notes
/return/message Friendly message on success.

8 Update a User Contact

8.1 Overview

Update the contact for a particular user.

8.2 Input Parameters

Required fields are indicated with.

Field Name Value Notes
contactId Id of the Contact Contact Id or (CompanyId and CoOfficialId) is required
uniqueId Hoovers Company ID -OR- DUNS Number Contact Id or (CompanyId and CoOfficialId) is required
coOfficialId CoOfficial Id Contact Id or (CompanyId and CoOfficialId) is required
title title of the person.
address1 Address 1.
address2 Address 2.
city City.
stateOrProvince State or Province.
postalCode Postal Code.
country Country name.
mainPhone Main Phone Number.
directPhone Direct Phone.
mobilePhone Mobile Phone.
nickname Nick name.
workEmail Work Email.
personalEmail Personal Email.

8.3 Output Parameters

Field Name Value Notes
/return/message Friendly message on success.

9 Find User Contacts

9.1 Overview

Find the contacts for a particular user.

9.2 Input Parameters

Required fields are indicated with.

Field Name Value Notes
companyName company name of the contacts you are searching
maxRecords maximum number of records to be returned in the results defaults to 20. maxRecords should be less than 200.
hitOffset specify the starting record number. if hitOffset is 5 and maxRecords is 20. You will see 5th contact through 25th contact, provided 25 contacts matches your criteria.
people/firstName firstName of the contact you are searching for
people/lastName lastName of the contact you are searching for
people/nickName nickName of the contact you are searching for
people/title title of the contact you are searching for
location/city city of the contact you are searching for
location/stateOrProvince state or province of the contact you are searching for
location/country country of the contact you are searching for
location/postalCode postal code of the contact you are searching for
filters/uniqueId unique company id of the contact you are searching for

9.3 Output Parameters

Field Name Value Notes
/contact/firstHit first Hit number. if the hitOffset is 0, then firstHit is 1
/contact/lastHit last record number.
/contact/hits total records returned in this search.
/contact/totalHits total number of contacts matching the criteria
/contact/hit/hitNumber result number
/contact/hit/ContactResult/contactId id of the contact
/contact/hit/ContactResult/coOfficialId official id of the contact
/contact/hit/ContactResult/companyId companyId of the contact
/contact/hit/ContactResult/duns duns id of the contact
/contact/hit/ContactResult/companyName company name to which the contact belongs
/contact/hit/ContactResult/people/firstName firstName of the contact
/contact/hit/ContactResult/people/lastName last name of the contact
/contact/hit/ContactResult/people/nickName nick name of the contact
/contact/hit/ContactResult/people/title title of the contact
/contact/hit/ContactResult/customContactData/city city
/contact/hit/ContactResult/customContactData/stateOrProvince state or province
/contact/hit/ContactResult/customContactData/country country

10 Get User Contact

10.1 Overview

Get the contact for the given contactId or (companyId or CoOfficialId).

10.2 Input Parameters

Required fields are indicated with.

Field Name Value Notes
contactId contactId of the contact you are searching
coOfficialInfo/uniqueId companyId of the contact you are searching
coOfficialInfo/coOfficialId coOfficialId of the contact you are searching

10.3 Output Parameters

Field Name Value Notes
/contact/contactId id of the contact
/contact/coOfficialId official id of the contact
/contact/companyId companyId of the contact
/contact/companyName company name to which the contact belongs
/contact/people/firstName firstName of the contact
/contact/people/middleName middleName of the contact
/contact/people/lastName last name of the contact
/contact/people/nickName nick name of the contact
/contact/people/title title of the contact
/contact/customContactData/city city
/contact/customContactData/stateOrProvince state or province
/contact/customContactData/country country
/contact/customContactData/address1 Address1 of the contact
/contact/customContactData/address2 Address2 of the contact
/contact/customContactData/postalCode PostalCode of the contact
/contact/customContactData/mainPhone mainPhone of the contact
/contact/customContactData/directPhone directPhone of the contact
/contact/customContactData/mobilePhone mobilePhone of the contact
/contact/customContactData/workEmail workEmail of the contact
/contact/customContactData/personalEmail personalEmail of the contact

11 Delete User Contact

11.1 Overview

Delete the contact for the given contactId or (companyId or CoOfficialId).

11.2 Input Parameters

Required fields are indicated with.

Field Name Value Notes
contactId contactId of the contact you are deleting
coOfficialInfo/uniqueId companyId of the contact you are deleting
coOfficialInfo/coOfficialId coOfficialId of the contact you are deleting

11.3 Output Parameters

Field Name Value Notes
/return/message Friendly message on success.