Description
n8n-nodes-contactout
An n8n community node for ContactOut. Find emails, phone numbers, and profile data for people and companies directly in your n8n workflows.
Installation
Via n8n UI (recommended):
1. Go to Settings > Community Nodes
2. Search for @contactout/n8n-nodes-contactout
3. Click Install
Via CLI:
npm install @contactout/n8n-nodes-contactout
Credentials
This node requires a ContactOut API key.
1. Get an API key from the ContactOut dashboard or contact sales@contactout.com
2. In n8n, go to Credentials > New > ContactOut API
3. Paste your API key and save
Features
- Get Contact Info — Look up a single person’s email and/or phone number by LinkedIn profile URL.
- Enrich Profile — Enrich a person’s profile via LinkedIn URL, email, phone, or name + secondary identifiers. Returns structured profile details and optionally contact info.
- Batch Lookup — Enrich up to 1,000 LinkedIn profiles asynchronously. Optionally posts results to a webhook callback URL when processing is complete.
- Find Decision Makers — Find key people at a company by domain, LinkedIn URL, or company name. Optionally reveal contact info.
- ContactOut API Docs
- n8n Community Nodes Docs
Example Usage
Here are some examples of how you can use the ContactOut nodes in your n8n workflows:
Enrich a lead from a CRM:
Use a CRM trigger node to pull new contacts, pass their LinkedIn URLs into the Enrich Profile operation to retrieve structured profile data, then update the CRM record with the enriched information.
Build a prospect list:
Use the Find Decision Makers operation with a company domain to find key people at target companies, then feed the results into a spreadsheet node to build a curated prospect list.
Bulk enrich a LinkedIn export:
Load a CSV of LinkedIn profile URLs into n8n, pass them to the Batch Lookup operation, and receive the enriched results via webhook when processing is complete.
Qualify inbound leads:
When a new lead fills out a form, use the Get Contact Info operation with their LinkedIn URL to instantly retrieve verified contact details and route high-value leads to your sales team.
