---
title: "POST /detected-accounts/search"
method: POST
path: "/detected-accounts/search"
---

# POST /detected-accounts/search

`POST /detected-accounts/search`

Search for a user's merchant accounts online.

## Request body

- object
  - `external_user_id` string, required — Your unique identifier for the user.
  - `names` string[], required — Array of merchant or company names for which you want to identify merchant accounts. Can be a single merchant name or multiple.

## Response `200`

Successful request.

- object[]
  - `name` string — The value provided in `name` in the request.
  - `detected` boolean — Whether a merchant account was detected for the user.
  - `detected_at` string, date-time, nullable — ISO timestamp when the merchant account was detected on the Knot platform.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request.
- `401` — Unauthorized request.
- `500` — Internal server error.

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