Zip — Public Figure Intelligence Search Engine

Find anyone's public digital footprint — podcasts, news, videos, social profiles — in seconds.

What It Does

Search by name, description, or photo. Zip searches across:

• YouTube interviews and talks
• Spotify and Apple Podcasts appearances
• News articles from 20+ sources
• Google Search results
• Wikipedia profiles
• Social media profiles

Upload a photo for face-verified results — Zip cross-checks every result against the uploaded face.

Stack

• Frontend: Next.js 14, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui
• Backend: Python FastAPI, DeepFace, InsightFace
• Search: YouTube API, SerpAPI, Spotify API, NewsAPI, Listen Notes, iTunes, Wikipedia
• Web3: RainbowKit, wagmi, Base (Phase 2)

Setup

Backend

cd zip-backend
py -3.11 -m venv venv
.\venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
cp .env.example .env
# Fill in your API keys in .env
python -m uvicorn app.main:app --reload --port 8000

Frontend

cd zip-frontend
npm install
cp .env.example .env.local
# Fill in your values in .env.local
npm run dev

API Keys Needed

Key	Free Tier	Link
YouTube Data API	10,000 units/day	console.cloud.google.com
NewsAPI	100 req/day	newsapi.org
SerpAPI	100 searches/month	serpapi.com
Spotify	Free	developer.spotify.com
Listen Notes	10 req/day	listennotes.com/api

Project Status

• Phase 1: Search engine + UI ✅
• Phase 2: Onchain receipts (planned)
• Phase 3: ZK privacy (planned)