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title: "Akta / Build a company list from filters or a question"
description: "Akta tool akta-list-generate-companies on looot: input fields, $0.05 per result, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python."
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Builds a targeted company list from structured filters or a plain-language query. Send query and/or filters; sections adds enrichment, and limit, offset, sort_by and sort_order page and order the list. Send one of: query, filters. Send query (plain language) or filters from the Akta filter builder, not both. Costs $0.05 per company returned; default 50, max 500.

- **Tool id:** `akta-list-generate-companies`
- **Provider:** [Akta](/providers/akta)
- **Job:** [Find companies matching a filter](/reference/jobs/company-search) (`company.search`)
- **Price:** $0.05 per result. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `filters` | string | no | Structured filter conditions. Use the Filter Builder API to generate valid filters. Cannot be used with query. See filter options at /api-reference/listgen-api. |
| `limit` | integer | no | Maximum companies to return. Default: 50, Max: 500. Example: 5 |
| `offset` | integer | no | Number of results to skip for pagination. Default: 0 |
| `query` | string | no | Natural language search query (e.g. 'SaaS companies in the US with Series A funding'). Cannot be used with filters. Example: "fintech companies in London" |
| `sections` | array | no | Data enrichment sections to include. Values: firmographic, business_model, company_assessment, trust_signal, company_hierarchy, digital_presence, financial_estimate, location, management_profile, product_offering, strategic_signal, customer_profile, industry, technology, funding_detail (Enterprise), mna_and_investment (Enterprise) |
| `sort_by` | string | no | Field to sort results by. Default: relevance |
| `sort_order` | string | no | Sort direction. Default: desc |

## Output

The run's `result` holds the provider's answer. Signed in, `looot inspect akta-list-generate-companies` prints its fields.

## Run it

Every call needs your API token in `LOOOT_TOKEN`; [Sign in](/get-started/sign-in#use-the-token-in-scripts-and-agents) shows how to get one. Each run also needs a new idempotency key, so a retry never pays twice. With `wait: 30` the answer comes back inline when the run ends within 30 seconds. Otherwise you get the running run back: poll `GET /v1/runs/<runId>`.

Example input with placeholder values:

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```bash curl
curl -X POST "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"akta-list-generate-companies","input":{"limit":5,"query":"fintech companies in London"},"wait":30}'
```

```js JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LOOOT_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    endpointId: "akta-list-generate-companies",
    input: {
      limit: 5,
      query: "fintech companies in London",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);
```

```python Python
import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LOOOT_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "endpointId": "akta-list-generate-companies",
        "input": {
            "limit": 5,
            "query": "fintech companies in London",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))
```

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To let looot pick among every provider of this job instead, send `job:company.search` as `endpointId`; see [the job page](/reference/jobs/company-search).