---
title: "Search Contacts"
method: POST
path: "/v3/contacts/search"
tags: ["Search"]
---

# Search Contacts

`POST /v3/contacts/search`

Look up contacts by identifier. Returns a non-PII preview of each profile — no emails or phone numbers.

**Accepted identifiers (one required per contact):**
- Lusha contact `id`
- `linkedinUrl`
- `email`
- `firstName` + `lastName` + `companyName` or `companyDomain`

Up to 100 contacts per request. Each result includes:
- `has` — data points available on this profile
- `canReveal` — what you can unlock via Enrich Contacts, and the credit cost

Pass a `signals` filter to narrow results to contacts with recent activity (e.g. promotion, job change).

> **Billing:** Charged per successful result via the `api_search` action.

## Request body

- V3ContactsSearchRequest
  - `contacts` V3ContactSearchItem[], required
    - `clientReferenceId` string
    - `id` string
    - `linkedinUrl` string
    - `email` string, email
    - `firstName` string
    - `lastName` string
    - `companyName` string
    - `companyDomain` string
  - `options` V3SearchOptions — Additional options for search requests
    - `includePartialProfiles` boolean — Include partial profiles in results
  - `signals` V3ContactSignalsDto
    - `types` string[], required
    - `startDate` string, date
    - `maxResultsPerSignal` integer

## Response `200`

Successful response

- V3ContactsSearchResponse
  - `requestId` string, uuid
  - `results` V3ContactPreview[]
    - `clientReferenceId` string
    - `id` string
    - `firstName` string
    - `lastName` string
    - `jobTitle` object
      - `title` string
      - `departments` string[]
      - `seniority` string
    - `company` object
      - `id` string
      - `name` string
      - `domain` string
    - `location` object
      - `country` string
      - `state` string
      - `city` string
    - `socialLinks` object
      - `linkedin` string
    - `has` string[]
    - `canReveal` V3CanRevealItem[]
      - `field` 'emails' | 'phones'
      - `credits` integer — Credit cost (0 when already revealed for this account)
    - `signalTypes` string[]
    - `error` V3ItemError — Per-item error in a batch response
      - `code` 'NOT_FOUND' | 'COMPLIANCE_RESTRICTED' | 'ENRICH_FAILED'
      - `message` string
  - `billing` V3Billing — Credit usage summary for a V3 API request
    - `creditsCharged` integer — Total credits charged for this request
    - `resultsReturned` integer — Number of successful results returned

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request - invalid input data
- `401` — Unauthorized - invalid or missing API key
- `402` — Payment required - insufficient credits
- `403` — Forbidden - account inactive, V3 access not enabled, or plan does not include this feature
- `429` — Too many requests - rate limit exceeded

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