---
title: "Search customers"
method: GET
path: "/customers/actions/search-customers"
tags: ["Customers actions"]
---

# Search customers

`GET /customers/actions/search-customers`

Search all customers matching for parameters.

Searches across customer accounts by name, date of birth, card number, email, phone, or external ID simultaneously. Unlike [GET /customers](https://carecloud.readme.io/reference/getcustomers), this endpoint combines all identifying fields in a single search and is optimised for point-of-sale customer lookup and identification workflows.

⚠️ Action method for search customers is available only in Enterprise interface.

## Query parameters

- `first_name` string
- `last_name` string
- `birthdate` string
- `card_number` string
- `mode` 'strict' | 'none'

## Headers

- `Accept-Language` string

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `data` CustomerSearchResult — Result of the search.
    - `strict` CustomerResult[] — Search results for the strict mode.
      - `customer_id` string — The unique ID of the customer. [GET /customers](https://carecloud.readme.io/reference/getcustomers)
      - `match` integer — Percentage of match of the search parameters.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad input parameter. The response body's `error.error_data.invalid_params[]` array lists the parameters that caused the failure, each carrying a `reason` code. See the `BadRequestErrorBody` schema for the generic reason taxonomy. Operations with domain-specific business rules document additional reasons at the operation level.
- `401` — The client has invalid credentials or auth token.
- `403` — The client does not exist or the client tried to access an unauthorized property or resource.
- `404` — The resource was not found.
- `405` — The resource does not support the specified HTTP method.
- `429` — Too many requests - more than the resource limit.
- `500` — Server is not working as expected.
- `503` — Temporary state when the service is temporarily unavailable, overloaded or there is a maintenance window.

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