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User search

Find users

Returns a list of active users that match the search string and property.

This operation first applies a filter to match the search string and property, and then takes the filtered users in the range defined by startAt and maxResults, up to the thousandth user. To get all the users who match the search string and property, use Get all users and filter the records in your code.

This operation can be accessed anonymously.

Privacy controls are applied to the response based on the users' preferences. This could mean, for example, that the user's email address is hidden. See the Profile visibility overview for more details.

Permissions required: Browse users and groups global permission. Anonymous calls or calls by users without the required permission return empty search results.

get/rest/api/3/user/search

Query parameters

querystring
Example:query

A query string that is matched against user attributes ( displayName, and emailAddress) to find relevant users. The string can match the prefix of the attribute's value. For example, query=john matches a user with a displayName of John Smith and a user with an emailAddress of johnson@example.com. Required, unless accountId or property is specified.

usernamestring
accountIdstring

A query string that is matched exactly against a user accountId. Required, unless query or property is specified.

startAtinteger

The index of the first item to return in a page of filtered results (page offset).

maxResultsinteger

The maximum number of items to return per page.

propertystring

A query string used to search properties. Property keys are specified by path, so property keys containing dot (.) or equals (=) characters cannot be used. The query string cannot be specified using a JSON object. Example: To search for the value of nested from {"something":{"nested":1,"other":2}} use thepropertykey.something.nested=1. Required, unless accountId or query is specified.

Response

Returned if the request is successful.

accountIdstring

The account ID of the user, which uniquely identifies the user across all Atlassian products. For example, 5b10ac8d82e05b22cc7d4ef5. Required in requests.

accountType'atlassian' | 'app' | 'customer' | 'unknown'

The user account type. Can take the following values:

  • atlassian regular Atlassian user account
  • app system account used for Connect applications and OAuth to represent external systems
  • customer Jira Service Desk account representing an external service desk
activeboolean

Whether the user is active.

appTypestring

The app type of the user account when accountType is 'app'. Can take the following values:

  • service Service Account
  • agent Rovo Agent Account
  • unknown Unknown app type
displayNamestring

The display name of the user. Depending on the user’s privacy setting, this may return an alternative value.

emailAddressstring

The email address of the user. Depending on the user’s privacy setting, this may be returned as null.

expandstring

Expand options that include additional user details in the response.

guestboolean

Whether the user is a guest.

keystring

This property is no longer available and will be removed from the documentation soon. See the deprecation notice for details.

localestring

The locale of the user. Depending on the user’s privacy setting, this may be returned as null.

namestring

This property is no longer available and will be removed from the documentation soon. See the deprecation notice for details.

selfstring uri

The URL of the user.

timeZonestring

The time zone specified in the user's profile. If the user's time zone is not visible to the current user (due to user's profile setting), or if a time zone has not been set, the instance's default time zone will be returned.