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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Getting data from companies house using API key

Hi,   I can't get any data from link: https://api.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00000006   even using proper api key. https://developer.company-information.service.gov.uk/authentic...
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PaulMac
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3 years ago

I wonder, did you ever find out how to get all company data from Companies House?

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Anonymous
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3 years ago

Oh, I was doing it 2 years ago so barely remember anything 😄

 

But simple answer is no as project was handed over to someone else. I managed to get API running but you have limit (500 requests per certain time - you can find it in API specification) but I remember from basic calculation that to get all companies via API you have to let system run for a month. So technically it is possible.

 

I guess there's more clever way to do it but I'm just a student and that's all I could get at the time

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    PaulMac
    Helper IV
    3 years ago

    Ah OK. Thanks for the response. Atealst you didn't have hassle of dealing with it. Hope the colleague it was passed on to had better luck. 😅
    I have spoken with some of my colleagues before I fell down the rabbit-hole in trying to build this API connection. Turns out we have it set up already in our D365 environment so I can just tap in to that.
    Cheers
    P