# Skip Trace (`one-api/skip-trace`) Actor

Locate hard-to-find individuals with our powerful skip trace/tracing API. TruePeopleSearch, Fastpeoplesearch, Lead Finder, Truthfinder, Spokeo, BeenVerified, PeopleFinders. Please leave 5 stars ⭐️ if found useful.

If you do not receive any results, please contact: 📬 support@realtyapi.io

- **URL**: https://apify.com/one-api/skip-trace.md
- **Developed by:** [ONE API](https://apify.com/one-api) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, SEO tools, Real estate
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 22,475 total users, 1,162 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 154 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 4.73 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $7.00 / 1,000 results

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### Use our n8n community node:

URL: https://www.npmjs.com/package/n8n-nodes-skip-trace

Instructions:

- On n8n workspace, go to settings > Community Nodes > Add
- put 'n8n-nodes-skip-trace' there and save.
- Now you are ready to create new node that will use this actor from Apify.
- Create new node > Put your APIFY API key and save.
- Input the data you want to skip-trace and run.

### Search by Name / Name+Address / Address or Phone:

```
{
    "name": [
        "James E Whitsitt",
        "Amalia Castillo; Dallas, TX 75228"
    ],
    "street_citystatezip": [
        "3828 Double Oak Ln; Irving, TX 75061",
        "1171 S 2nd St; Cameron, TX 76520"
    ],
    "phone_number": [
        "(214)349-3972",
        "(956) 536-1441"
    ],
    "max_results": 1
}
```

### Pick one specific person from the results (optional)

Add ` | Full Name` at the end of any address, phone or email entry. If that person is on the first page of results, only that person is returned (1 row). If the name is not found, the default first result(s) are returned, exactly as before.

```
{
    "street_citystatezip": [
        "104 Augusta Dr Se; Marietta, GA 30067 | Greg Grimes",
        "3828 Double Oak Ln; Irving, TX 75061"
    ],
    "phone_number": [
        "(214)349-3972 | Maria Lopez"
    ]
}
```

Rows for entries that carry a name get two extra fields: `Target Name` (the name you gave) and `Name Match` = `matched` / `fallback`. Entries without a name produce exactly the same rows as before. Matching is case-insensitive; the last name must match and the first name may be a prefix (`Greg` matches `Gregory`).

### Single Output Looks like this:

```
{
    "Search Option": "Name Search",
    "Input Given": "James E Whitsitt",
    "First Name": "James",
    "Last Name": "Whitsitt",
    "Age": "76",
    "Born": "February 1949",
    "Lives in": "1727 Summerlin Pl Jeffersonville IN 47130",
    "Street Address": "1727 Summerlin Pl",
    "Address Locality": "Jeffersonville",
    "Address Region": "IN",
    "Postal Code": "47130",
    "County Name": "Clark County",
    "Email-1": "goldiewhitsitt@hotmail.com",
    "Email-2": "janwhitsitt@att.net",
    "Email-3": "",
    "Email-4": "",
    "Email-5": "",
    "Phone-1": "(214) 534-2474",
    "Phone-1 Type": "Wireless",
    "Phone-1 Last Reported": "",
    "Phone-1 First Reported": "June 2024",
    "Phone-1 Provider": "New Cingular Wireless PCS LLC - IL",
    "Phone-2": "(812) 282-4071",
    "Phone-2 Type": "Landline",
    "Phone-2 Last Reported": "",
    "Phone-2 First Reported": "April 2014",
    "Phone-2 Provider": "Ameritech Indiana",
    "Phone-3": "(214) 538-7654",
    "Phone-3 Type": "Wireless",
    "Phone-3 Last Reported": "",
    "Phone-3 First Reported": "March 2014",
    "Phone-3 Provider": "New Cingular Wireless PCS LLC - IL",
    "Phone-4": "(972) 240-1643",
    "Phone-4 Type": "Landline",
    "Phone-4 Last Reported": "",
    "Phone-4 First Reported": "August 2010",
    "Phone-4 Provider": "Frontier Southwest Incorporated dba Frontier Communications of Texas",
    "Phone-5": "(860) 463-3190",
    "Phone-5 Type": "Wireless",
    "Phone-5 Last Reported": "",
    "Phone-5 First Reported": "September 2021",
    "Phone-5 Provider": "Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - CT",
    "Previous Addresses": [
        {
          "streetAddress": "928 Meadowcove Cir",
          "addressLocality": "Garland",
          "addressRegion": "TX",
          "postalCode": "75043",
          "county": "Dallas County",
          "timespan": "Recorded July 1989"
        },
        {
          "streetAddress": "428 Coleman St, Unit 25",
          "addressLocality": "Marlin",
          "addressRegion": "TX",
          "postalCode": "76661",
          "county": "Falls County",
          "timespan": "Recorded September 1986"
        },
        {
          "streetAddress": "13510 N Central Expy",
          "addressLocality": "Dallas",
          "addressRegion": "TX",
          "postalCode": "75243",
          "county": "Dallas County",
          "timespan": "Recorded August 2011"
        },
        {
          "streetAddress": "1727 Summerlin Pl",
          "addressLocality": "Jeffersonvlle",
          "addressRegion": "IN",
          "postalCode": "47130",
          "county": "Clark County",
          "timespan": "Recorded July 2010"
        }
    ],
    "Relatives": [
        {
          "Name": "Janice Whitsitt",
          "Age": "79"
        },
        {
          "Name": "Goldie Whitsitt",
          "Age": "75"
        },
        {
          "Name": "William Whitsitt",
          "Age": "79"
        }
    ],
    "Associates": [
        {
          "Name": "Lola Sonnenberg",
          "Age": "104"
        }
    ],
    "Person Link": "https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/james-whitsitt_id_G-5782184243798810449"
  }
```

# Actor input Schema

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

When you search for a name/address/phone, it finds many related persons. Set how many to scrape for each search. Default:1

## `name` (type: `array`):

You can search by only 'name' or with '(name;citystatezip)'

## `street_citystatezip` (type: `array`):

Separate Street and citystatezip by semicolon(;). Optional: add ' | Full Name' at the end to pick one specific person from the results, e.g. '3828 Double Oak Ln; Irving, TX 75061 | Greg Grimes'. If that name is not found, the default (first) result is returned.

## `phone_number` (type: `array`):

Search by Phone Number. Optional: add ' | Full Name' at the end to pick one specific person from the results, e.g. '(214)349-3972 | Greg Grimes'. If that name is not found, the default (first) result is returned.

## `email` (type: `array`):

Search by Email Address. Optional: add ' | Full Name' at the end to pick one specific person from the results, e.g. 'nakialove6@gmail.com | Greg Grimes'. If that name is not found, the default (first) result is returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "max_results": 1,
  "name": [
    "Amalia Castillo; Dallas, TX 75228"
  ],
  "street_citystatezip": [
    "3828 Double Oak Ln; Irving, TX 75061",
    "2334 Falcon Rd, Charleston, SC 29406"
  ],
  "phone_number": [
    "(214)349-3972",
    "(956) 536-1441"
  ],
  "email": [
    "nakialove6@gmail.com"
  ]
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "name": [
        "Amalia Castillo; Dallas, TX 75228"
    ],
    "street_citystatezip": [
        "3828 Double Oak Ln; Irving, TX 75061",
        "2334 Falcon Rd, Charleston, SC 29406"
    ],
    "phone_number": [
        "(214)349-3972",
        "(956) 536-1441"
    ],
    "email": [
        "nakialove6@gmail.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("one-api/skip-trace").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "name": ["Amalia Castillo; Dallas, TX 75228"],
    "street_citystatezip": [
        "3828 Double Oak Ln; Irving, TX 75061",
        "2334 Falcon Rd, Charleston, SC 29406",
    ],
    "phone_number": [
        "(214)349-3972",
        "(956) 536-1441",
    ],
    "email": ["nakialove6@gmail.com"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("one-api/skip-trace").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "name": [
    "Amalia Castillo; Dallas, TX 75228"
  ],
  "street_citystatezip": [
    "3828 Double Oak Ln; Irving, TX 75061",
    "2334 Falcon Rd, Charleston, SC 29406"
  ],
  "phone_number": [
    "(214)349-3972",
    "(956) 536-1441"
  ],
  "email": [
    "nakialove6@gmail.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call one-api/skip-trace --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,one-api/skip-trace"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/vmf6h5lxPAkB1W2gT/builds/1QOtIoJSNcehvo0Mn/openapi.json