Search Contra Freelancers

PythonSocial Media

POST api.upapi.io/contra-discover-people.get

Search contra.com's public directory of independent professionals by role or free text. Returns each profile's name, headline, roles, location, review average and count, follower and hire counts, availability and minimum hourly rate. Reads Contra's public page — no Contra account is required.

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AuthAPI key

Cost5 units

Timeout45s

Cache300s

Request schema

Field	Type	Description
`query`		Free-text search over profiles. Omit to browse by role only.· default: `null`
`roles`	array	Contra role names to filter on, e.g. ["Web Developer", "Brand Designer"]. Omit for the unfiltered directory.
`proxyUrl`		User-provided proxy URL. Omit to use the operation's own datacenter pool.· default: `null`

Response schema

Field	Type	Description
`url`req	string
`query`req
`roles`req	array
`people`req	array
`elapsedMs`req	integer
`fetchedAt`req	string
`resultCount`req	integer

Try it

queryoptional· default: null

Free-text search over profiles. Omit to browse by role only.

rolesoptional

Contra role names to filter on, e.g. ["Web Developer", "Brand Designer"]. Omit for the unfiltered directory.

proxyUrloptional· default: null

User-provided proxy URL. Omit to use the operation's own datacenter pool.

Run this endpoint live

Jump in as a guest — no signup — and run contra-discover-people.get with your own inputs. Create a free account anytime to get your own API key.

Code examples

curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/contra-discover-people.get \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{ "query": "typescript" }'

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