canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/basile.cc/basile # Basile Cc Basile API The Basile API searches a French B2B database of about 26.8 million companies and 29.5 million business contacts built from the national legal registry, LinkedIn profiles, and Google My Business listings. It filters people by job title, seniority, skills, and school and companies by activity, legal form, and location, using an include and exclude system with a free match count before any extraction. Matched records export as an enriched CSV, and a single company or contact record can be pulled by its id. ## For AI agents Search a French B2B database of about 26.8 million companies and 29.5 million business contacts, filter by firmographic and professional attributes, count matches for free, and export enriched people or company records as CSV across 10 endpoints. ## Scope Does not send email or SMS campaigns, run outreach sequences, or verify email deliverability. Use for searching and exporting French company and contact data only. ## Capabilities - Search French companies by activity, legal form, and location with include and exclude filters - Search business contacts by job title, seniority, skills, and school - Count the matching records for free before spending credits on an extraction - Export matched people or companies as an enriched CSV - Pull a raw company or contact record by its id - Suggest job titles, cities, activities, and legal forms to build precise filters ## Use cases ### Build a French prospecting list through Jentic Assemble a targeted list of French companies or decision-makers without hand-wiring the search API. The agent applies include and exclude filters, checks the free match count to refine them, and exports the result as a CSV. Through Jentic the search operation is discovered by intent and called with its input schema, so the agent builds the list in one flow. Example prompt: Search companies with POST `/companies/find` using activity and city filters, then export the matches with POST `/companies/export` ### Company firmographic lookup Enrich a known French company with firmographic data sourced from the legal registry, LinkedIn, and Google My Business. The agent searches by name or filters, then pulls the full record, so it can attach legal form, activity, and rating to a CRM entry. Example prompt: Search with POST `/companies/find`, then fetch the full record with GET `/companies/{id}` ### Decision-maker discovery Find the right people at target companies by job title, seniority, skills, and school. The agent filters the contact database and reads the match count before extracting, so outreach lists stay precise and credit spend stays controlled. Example prompt: Search contacts with POST `/people/find` filtered by job title and seniority, then review the match count ### Free count before extraction Avoid wasting credits on an export that returns too many or too few records. Basile returns the number of matching records for free, so the agent can tighten include and exclude filters against the count and only export once the match set is right. Example prompt: Run POST `/people/find` to read the free match count, then export the final set with POST `/people/export` ## Key endpoints | Method | Path | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | POST | `/people/find` | Search business contacts | | POST | `/people/export` | Export matched contacts as a CSV | | GET | `/people/{id}` | Get a raw contact record | | POST | `/companies/find` | Search companies | | POST | `/companies/export` | Export matched companies as a CSV | | GET | `/companies/{id}` | Get a raw company record | | GET | `/companies/activity-suggest` | Suggest company activities for filtering | | GET | `/people/roles/suggest` | Suggest job titles for filtering | ## Key resources - **People** — Search, read, and export business contact records and suggest contact-side filters - **Companies** — Search, read, and export company records and suggest company-side filters - **Suggestions** — Suggest job titles, cities, activities, and legal forms for building precise filters ## AI readiness This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use. - **Score:** 65 / 100 - **Maturity:** AI-Aware - **Dimensions:** - Foundational Compliance: 87 / 100 - Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility: 62 / 100 - AI-Readiness & Agent Experience: 53 / 100 - Agent Usability: 94 / 100 - Security: 50 / 100 - AI Discoverability: 65 / 100 - **View full report:** https://jentic.com/apis/basile.cc/basile/scorecard - **How the score is calculated:** https://docs.jentic.com/reference/api-readiness-framework/overview/ - **More about the dimensions:** https://docs.jentic.com/reference/api-readiness-framework/specification/#dimensional-model-overview ### Score it yourself Every API in the directory is allowlisted, so you can re-score it with no key required. - **Score your own API:** https://jentic.com/scorecard.md - **Scoring CLI agent skill:** https://github.com/jentic/jentic-api-scorecard/blob/main/skills/jentic-api-scorecard/SKILL.md ```sh npx @jentic/api-scorecard-cli score ``` ## Why Jentic - **Setup:** Wiring Basile by hand means learning its API key header, its include and exclude filter system, and the two-step count-then-export flow. Through Jentic you install once, import Basile from the API Directory, store the key once, and your agent calls it. - **Permission scoping:** Basile carries its search filters in the request body, so a rule bounds which operations your agent may call, not which records it may see. You can allow the search and count operations while leaving CSV export out unless you add it, so the agent explores matches without pulling paid exports. - **Credential handling:** Your Basile API key is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context. - **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'find French companies by activity' or 'export matching contacts', and Jentic returns the matching Basile operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without reading the reference docs. ## Related APIs - **RocketReach API** — RocketReach finds emails and phone numbers for people and companies globally; Basile is a French-focused database of companies and contacts. - **FullEnrich API** — FullEnrich enriches known contacts with waterfall email and phone discovery; Basile searches a French prospecting database from scratch. - **OpenCorporates API** — OpenCorporates provides official company registry data across many jurisdictions; Basile adds French contacts and firmographic signals. ## FAQ ### What authentication does the Basile API use? The Basile API authenticates with an API key sent in the `Authorization` header per its OpenAPI spec. Its search, export, and lookup operations all require the key. Through Jentic the key is stored encrypted by your own Jentic One instance and injected at call time. ### Can I count matching records before exporting with the Basile API? Yes. Both the people and company search operations return the number of matching records for free, so your agent can refine the include and exclude filters before spending credits on a CSV export. ### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Basile API? Yes. Write a rule that allows only the people and company search operations, so your agent can explore and count matches but cannot trigger a credit-consuming CSV export unless you add that operation. Basile keeps its filters in the request body, so rules bound which operations run, not which records are returned. ### What are the rate limits for the Basile API? The OpenAPI spec does not specify rate limits. Check the Basile documentation at https://docs.basile.cc for current limits before running large extraction jobs. ### Is there a Basile MCP server? You don't need an MCP server to give your agent Basile. Jentic connects it directly from the API Directory: import it, store your key once, and your agent runs the search, count, and export operations on demand. That also keeps extra tool definitions out of the agent's context. ### How do I build a French prospecting list with the Basile API through Jentic? Search Jentic for 'find French companies by activity and location' and it returns the Basile search operation with its input schema. Your agent applies include and exclude filters, reads the free match count, and exports the result as a CSV. To run it on your own infrastructure, install Jentic One from its GitHub repo.