While searching for company data through API I am getting 20 records. I need that api should return all data in bulk.
How can I achieve this?
If you’re using the Company Search endpoint (or any search endpoint) data is supplied in a “paged” format e.g. you’ll only get back the first x records. You can then request the next set.
You can specify both how many results and which result in the set to start with using:
items_per_page
This is the number of results requested from CH. Normally defaults to 20 if you don’t specify it (this may change). Maximum is 100 I think.
start_index
This is the first result in the list to return, starting from zero I believe. Defaults to zero / the first. May be limited e.g. for the searches there may be an upper limit. This may be changed also. If you want lots of data rather than just trying to find a specific result there are several bulk data options (see later).
If you read the following thread you’ll get a good overview of how to make this work.
Searches are designed for just that e.g. searching - here’s a note about that:
If you want to search through all / large amounts of Companies House data there are various bulk data sets:
Bulk data dumps - may be updated monthly:
Companies: Companies House
List of other data products: Companies House data products - GOV.UK
For officers, you can sign up on this forum - see following thread:
Can we bulk download Officer/Director Data? - #70 by MArkWilliams
I think they also do some CDs / DVDs with all their data - for a fee.