Python bindings to CrunchBase
Starting from v0.3.0, pycrunchbase has support for CrunchBase API version 3, but things are still flaky, so any kind of bug reports is greatly appreciated, for detail see notes below.
Note: I currently do not need to use this library, so it's feature-complete for me. Bug reports are welcome, and pull requests for features are still accepted.
Initialize the API using your API Key, will throw ValueError if missing
cb = CrunchBase(API_KEY)
Look up an organization by name
github = cb.organization('github')
The response contains snippets of data regarding relationships that the organization has, an example is the funding_rounds
funding_rounds_summary = github.funding_rounds
All relationships are paged, and only 8 is returned initially to get more data do this, it handles paging for you and returns a False-y value if there are no more pages
more_funding_rounds = cb.more(funding_rounds_summary)
Data in relations are just summaries, and you probably want more details For example funding_rounds returns 5 values: type, name, path created_at, updated_at.
If you actually want to know who invested, you have to get to make more API calls.
First get the uuid of the round
round_uuid = funding_rounds_summary[0].uuid
Then use the CrunchBase API to make that call
round = cb.funding_round(round_uuid)
Again, investments is a relationship on a FundingRound, so we can get the first item in that relationship
an_investor = round.investments[0] # a Investment
And printing that gives us the name of the investor, and the amount invested in USD
print(str(an_investor)) # prints: Investment: [Organization: Name]
pip install pycrunchbase