---
title: "Search for issues by a given filter"
method: POST
path: "/issues/search"
tags: ["issues"]
---

# Search for issues by a given filter

`POST /issues/search`

Filterable fields and their allowed operators:

 Field | Allowed operators |
 --- | --- |
 `created_at` | `time_is_after`, `time_is_before`, `time_range` |
 `account_id` | `equals`, `in`, `not_in`, `is_set`, `is_unset` |
 `ticket_form_id` | `equals`, `in`, `not_in`, `is_set`, `is_unset` |
 `requester_id` | `equals`, `in`, `not_in`, `is_set`, `is_unset` |
 `follower_user_id` | `equals`, `in`, `not_in` |
 `follower_contact_id` | `equals`, `in`, `not_in` |
 `state` | `equals`, `in`, `not_in` |
 `tags` | `contains`, `does_not_contain`, `in`, `not_in` |
 `title` | `string_contains`, `string_does_not_contain` |
 `body_html` | `string_contains`, `string_does_not_contain` |
 `assignee_id` | `equals`, `in`, `not_in`, `is_set`, `is_unset` |
 `team_id` | `equals`, `in`, `not_in` |
 `issue_type` | `equals`, `in`, `not_in`, `is_set`, `is_unset` |
 `resolved_at` | `time_is_after`, `time_is_before`, `time_range` |
 `latest_message_activity_at` | `time_is_after`, `time_is_before`, `time_range` |
 `updated_at` | `time_is_after`, `time_is_before`, `time_range` |
 `slack_channel_id` | `equals`, `in`, `not_in` |

Timestamp values use RFC3339 format. Standard `state` values are `new`, `waiting_on_you`, `waiting_on_customer`, `on_hold`, and `closed`; custom status slugs are also supported. `issue_type` values are `conversation` and `ticket`.

For tag filters, pass the tag name. For custom fields, pass the field slug as `field`. `slack_channel_id` identifies the Slack channel where the issue was created.

**Rate limit:** 20 requests per minute

## Request body

- SearchIssuesRequest
  - `cursor` string — The cursor to use for pagination.
  - `filter` Filter
    - `field` string, required — The field for this filter. For allowed fields, see the documentation for the specific endpoint you are using. For non-compound filters (any operators other than "and" or "or"), Field must be set, along with either Value or Values, depending on the operator.
    - `operator` 'equals' | 'not_equals' | 'contains' | 'does_not_contain' | 'in' | 'not_in' | 'and' | 'or' | 'time_is_after' | 'time_is_before' | 'time_range' | 'string_contains' | 'string_does_not_contain' | 'is_set' | 'is_unset' | 'greater_than' | 'less_than' | 'greater_than_or_equals' | 'less_than_or_equals', required — The operator for this filter.
    - `subfilters` Filter[] — Sub-filters for this filter. Valid only when operator is "and" or "or". The maximum allowed depth for a tree of filters is 3.
    - `value` string — The value for this filter. Only used for single-valued operators ("equals", "not_equals", "contains", "does_not_contain")
    - `values` string[] — The values for this filter. Only used for multi-valued operators ("in", "not_in").
  - `limit` integer — The number of issues to fetch. Defaults to 100. Must be greater than 0 and less than 1000.
  - `search_text` string — Fuzzy text search. Results are intersected with any provided filter.

## Response `200`

- SearchIssuesResponseBody
  - `data` Issue[]
    - `account` MiniAccount
      - `external_ids` ExternalID[] — External IDs associated with the account.
        - `external_id` string — The external ID. Must be unique per object type (ex. account).
        - `label` string — The label of the external ID. Must be unique per object.
      - `id` string — The ID of the account.
    - `active_time_by_user` ActiveTimeByUser[] — Active time spent on the issue broken down per user, if any.
      - `active_time_seconds` integer — The user's active time on the issue in seconds.
      - `business_hours_active_time_seconds` integer — The user's business-hours active time on the issue in seconds.
      - `user_id` string — The ID of the user who spent the time.
    - `active_time_seconds` integer — The total active time spent on the issue in seconds, if any. Equals the sum of the per-user active time.
    - `assignee` MiniUser
      - `email` string — The email of the user.
      - `id` string — The ID of the user.
    - `attachment_urls` string[] — The attachment URLs attached to this issue, if any.
    - `author_unverified` boolean — Whether any message on the issue has an unverified author identity. True if any message author's identity has NOT been verified (e.g., from public forms).
    - `body_html` string — The body of the issue in HTML format.
    - `business_hours_active_time_seconds` integer — The total business-hours active time spent on the issue in seconds, if any. Equals the sum of the per-user business-hours active time.
    - `business_hours_first_response_seconds` integer — The business hours time in seconds it took for the first response to the issue, if any.
    - `business_hours_resolution_seconds` integer — The business hours time in seconds it took for the issue to be resolved, if any.
    - `business_hours_time_in_status_seconds` object — A map of status slug to the business hours time in seconds the issue has spent in that status. Includes both base statuses (e.g. "new", "waiting_on_you") and custom statuses.
    - `chat_widget_info` IssueChatWidgetInfo
      - `page_url` string — The URL of the page that the user was on when they started the chat widget issue.
    - `child_issues` MiniIssue[] — The child issues in this group, if this issue is an issue group.
      - `id` string — The ID of the issue.
      - `number` integer — The number of the issue.
    - `created_at` string — The time the issue was created.
    - `csat_responses` CSATResponse[] — The CSAT responses of the issue, if any.
      - `comment` string — The comment of the CSAT response.
      - `score` integer — The score of the CSAT response.
    - `custom_fields` object — Custom field values associated with the issue.
    - `customer_portal_visible` boolean — Whether the issue is visible in the customer portal.
    - `external_issues` ExternalIssue[] — The external issues associated with the issue, if any.
      - `external_id` string — The external ID of the external issue. Jira: ID of the issue (autoincrementing number from 10000). GitHub: Owner/Repo/IssueID. Linear: ID of the issue (UUID). Asana: ID of the task (Long number).
      - `link` string — Link to the product issue.
      - `source` string — The source of the external issue.
    - `first_response_breach_time` string — The time by which the issue's first response SLA will breach, if any. Only present for issues with an active first response SLA.
    - `first_response_seconds` integer — The time in seconds it took for the first response to the issue, if any.
    - `first_response_time` string — The time of the first response to the issue, if any.
    - `id` string — The ID of the issue.
    - `latest_message_time` string — The time of the latest message in the issue.
    - `link` string — The link to the issue in Pylon.
    - `number` integer — The number of the issue.
    - `number_of_touches` integer — The number of times the issue has been touched.
    - `parent_issue_group` MiniIssue
      - `id` string — The ID of the issue.
      - `number` integer — The number of the issue.
    - `requester` MiniContact
      - `email` string — The email of the contact.
      - `id` string — The ID of the contact.
    - `resolution_breach_time` string — The time by which the issue's resolution SLA will breach, if any. Only present for open issues with an active resolution SLA.
    - `resolution_seconds` integer — The time in seconds it took for the issue to be resolved, if any.
    - `resolution_time` string — The time of the resolution of the issue, if any.
    - `slack` SlackInfo
      - `channel_id` string — The Slack channel ID associated with the issue.
      - `message_ts` string — The root message ID of slack message that started issue.
      - `workspace_id` string — The Slack workspace ID associated with the issue.
    - `snoozed_until_time` string — The time the issue was snoozed until in RFC3339 format, if any.
    - `source` 'slack' | 'microsoft_teams' | 'microsoft_teams_chat' | 'chat_widget' | 'customer_portal' | 'email' | 'manual' | 'form' | 'discord' | 'whatsapp' | 'sms' | 'telegram' | 'phone' — The source of the issue.
    - `state` string — The state of the issue. Standard values are `new`, `waiting_on_you`, `waiting_on_customer`, `on_hold`, and `closed`; custom status slugs are also supported.
    - `tags` string[] — Tags associated with the issue.
    - `team` MiniTeam
      - `id` string — The ID of the team.
    - `team_slas` TeamSLA[] — The team-scoped SLAs on the issue, if any. One entry per team, mirroring the issue-level first response and resolution SLA fields.
      - `first_response` SLATimes
        - `breach_time` string — The time at which it breaches (or has breached), if any.
        - `business_hours_seconds` integer — The elapsed business-hours time in seconds, if any.
        - `seconds` integer — The elapsed time in seconds, if any.
        - `time` string — The time it was reached, if any.
      - `resolution` SLATimes
        - `breach_time` string — The time at which it breaches (or has breached), if any.
        - `business_hours_seconds` integer — The elapsed business-hours time in seconds, if any.
        - `seconds` integer — The elapsed time in seconds, if any.
        - `time` string — The time it was reached, if any.
      - `team_id` string — The ID of the team these are scoped to.
    - `time_in_status_seconds` object — A map of status slug to the time in seconds the issue has spent in that status. Includes both base statuses (e.g. "new", "waiting_on_you") and custom statuses.
    - `title` string — The title of the issue.
    - `type` 'conversation' | 'ticket' — The type of the issue.
    - `updated_at` string — The time the issue was last updated.
  - `pagination` Pagination
    - `cursor` string, required — The cursor for the next page of results.
    - `has_next_page` boolean, required — Indicates if there is a next page of results.
  - `request_id` string

## Other responses

- `400` — The request was invalid or could not be completed.
- `404`
- `500` — An unexpected internal error occurred.

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