Use Global B2B Supplier Finder by Product & Country with Python
Search the Kompass B2B directory by company name, product keyword, or country, or fetch specific profiles, for firmographic detail: employees, revenue, certifications, products, and contact info.
1. Choose the data you need
Review the published README for supported collection modes, examples, and limits. The recipe below uses the current published input definition.
2. Prepare a source-based input
This JSON contains published prefills and required-field defaults. Review every value for your task before running it; it is not a promise of successful collection.
{
"companyUrls": [],
"country": "US",
"maxItems": 20,
"mode": "searchCompanies",
"query": "machine tools"
}
Download input.example.json and save your reviewed copy as input.json.
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
mode | string | required | What to search for on Kompass. |
query | string | optional | Company name or keyword to search for (used in searchCompanies and searchByProduct modes). |
country | string | optional | ISO 2-letter country code to filter results (e.g. 'US', 'DE', 'FR', 'GB'). Leave blank for all countries. |
companyUrls | array | optional | List of Kompass company profile URLs to fetch details for. |
maxItems | integer | optional | Maximum number of company records to return. |
3. Start an Actor run
Set APIFY_TOKEN in your environment. Python 3.10 or newer is sufficient; this recipe uses no third-party packages.
Execution may incur charges. Review current pricing on Apify. The request asks for a 120-second timeout and a charge limit; these settings are subject to Apify’s pricing and do not guarantee an all-inclusive spending cap.
import json
import os
import urllib.request
# Save the schema-derived example as input.json; review and edit it first.
with open("input.json", encoding="utf-8") as stream:
actor_input = json.load(stream)
token = os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"]
request = urllib.request.Request(
"https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/WY0bmptmiK1TxCKqS/runs?timeout=120&maxTotalChargeUsd=0.50",
data=json.dumps(actor_input).encode("utf-8"),
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + token, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
method="POST",
)
# This starts a potentially billable run. Do not automatically retry this POST.
with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=40) as response:
run = json.load(response)["data"]
print("Run ID:", run["id"])
print("Status:", run["status"])
# Inspect and download results in Apify Console once the run succeeds.
4. Inspect the actual results
Open the run in Apify Console and wait for a successful completion. Use the published output schema to locate results and the dataset schema to understand declared views. Missing or optional record fields must not be treated as guaranteed values.
B2B company records from the Kompass directory with location, contacts, employee count, revenue, products, and certifications.
Questions before you run
Which inputs are required?
The published required fields are mode
What does this guide verify?
The fields, prefills, and schema links are rendered from the published build. This is a usage recipe, not a paid live extraction test. Source availability and collection results can vary.
What if the run request times out?
Check Apify Console before retrying. The first request may already have created a run. Do not automatically repeat a run-creation POST.
Generated from source build o3qjaPHdz4NeRezx1 and its README and schemas. Source changes regenerate this guide; no third-party editorial claims are inferred.