---
title: "Identify a patient by her consent-manager user-id"
method: POST
path: "/v0.5/patients/find"
tags: ["identification", "hiu facing"]
---

# Identify a patient by her consent-manager user-id

`POST /v0.5/patients/find`

This API is meant for identify to patient given her consent-manager-user-id

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required
- `X-CM-ID` string, required

## Request body

- PatientIdentificationRequest
  - `query` object, required
    - `patient` object, required
      - `id` string
    - `requester` object, required
      - `id` string
      - `type` 'HIU' | 'HIP'
  - `requestId` string, uuid, required — a nonce, unique for each HTTP request
  - `timestamp` string, date-time, required — Date time format in UTC, includes miliseconds YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.vZ

## Response `202`

Request Accepted

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request, required attributes not provided
- `401` — **Causes:** * Unauthorized request
- `500` — **Causes:** * Downstream system(s) is down. * Unhandled exceptions.

---

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