---
title: "Search Authors"
method: POST
path: "/account/authors/search"
tags: ["authors"]
---

# Search Authors

`POST /account/authors/search`

Search for authors

## Request body

- PrivateAuthorsSearch
  - `search_for` string — Search term
  - `page` integer — Page number. Used for pagination with page_size
  - `page_size` integer — The number of results included on a page. Used for pagination with page
  - `limit` integer — Number of results included on a page. Used for pagination with query
  - `offset` integer — Where to start the listing (the offset of the first result). Used for pagination with limit
  - `institution_id` integer — Return only authors associated to this institution
  - `orcid` string — Orcid of author
  - `group_id` integer — Return only authors in this group or subgroups of the group
  - `is_active` boolean — Return only active authors if True
  - `is_public` boolean — Return only authors that have published items if True

## Response `200`

OK. An array of authors

- AuthorComplete[]
  - `id` integer, required — Author id
  - `full_name` string, required — Author full name
  - `first_name` string, required — Author first name
  - `last_name` string, required — Author last name
  - `is_active` boolean, required — True if author has published items
  - `url_name` string, required — Author url name
  - `orcid_id` string, required — Author Orcid

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `403` — Forbidden
- `500` — Internal Server Error

---

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