Find a User by Field

{ findUser }

Returns a list of users based on search criteria

Method

/API3/access/findUser

  • API Section: /API3/access
  • API Version: 3.0
  • From Release: 2025.01
  • Usage: REST API and Client SDK libraries. REST APIs via POST actions only.
  • Usage by:
    • Enterprise Admin
    • Domain Admin
    • Input Parameters

    Name

    searchCriteria

    Object Type

    FindUserByFieldSearchCriteria[]

    Description

    The search criteria for finding users.

    Output Response

    Successful Result Code

    200

    Response List Type

    PyramidUserObject[]

    Description of Response Type

    User response object with details of the user found in the system.. Note that the response is returned as a list of items of this object type.

    Notes

    The user object can be used in other operations where it is required, the returned user object does not contain user roles use getUser API to get full data.

    Code Snippets

    Use the Authentication API methods to generate an access 'key' or 'token' for use in code as shown below.

    TypeScript
    Curl
    Java
    C#
    Python
    PHP
    curl -X POST \
-H "paToken: [[apiKey]]" \
 -H "Accept: application/json,application/json;charset=utf-8,text/plain,text/plain;charset=utf-8" \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 "http://Your.Server.URL/API3/access/findUser" \
 -d '{
  "searchCriteria" : {
    "searchValue" : "searchValue"
  }
}'

    import com.pyramidanalytics.*;
import com.pyramidanalytics.auth.*;
import com.pyramidanalytics.model.*;
import com.pyramidanalytics.api.AccessServiceApi;

import java.util.*;
import java.time.*;

public class AccessServiceApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ApiClient defaultClient = Configuration.getDefaultApiClient();
        defaultClient.setBasePath("http://Your.Server.URL/");
        
        // Configure API key authorization: paToken
        ApiKeyAuth paToken = (ApiKeyAuth) defaultClient.getAuthentication("paToken");
        paToken.setApiKey("YOUR API KEY");
        // Uncomment the following line to set a prefix for the API key, e.g. "Token" (defaults to null)
        //paToken.setApiKeyPrefix("Token");

        // Create an instance of the API class
        AccessServiceApi apiInstance = new AccessServiceApi();
        // Initialize the searchCriteria parameter object for the call
        array[FindUserByFieldSearchCriteria] searchCriteria = ; // Create the input object for the operation, type: array[FindUserByFieldSearchCriteria] 

        try {
            // "array[PyramidUserObject]" is only psaudo-code to symbolize list of type and not the actual usage 
            array[PyramidUserObject] result = apiInstance.findUser(searchCriteria);
            System.out.println(result);
        } catch (ApiException e) {
            System.err.println("Exception when calling AccessServiceApi#findUser");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

    import * as PyramidAnalyticsWebApi from "com.pyramidanalytics";

// Create an instance of the API class
const api = new PyramidAnalyticsWebApi.AccessServiceApi("http://Your.Server.URL")

// Configure API key authorization: paToken
api.setApiToken("YOUR API KEY");

const searchCriteria = ; // {array[FindUserByFieldSearchCriteria]} 

api.findUser(searchCriteria).then(function(data) {
  console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + data);
}, function(error) {
  console.error(error);
});


    using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Api;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Client;
using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Model;

public class findUserExample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        Configuration conf = new Configuration();
        conf.BasePath = "http://Your.Server.URL/";
        
        
        // Configure API key authorization: paToken
        conf.ApiKey.Add("paToken", "YOUR_API_KEY");
        // Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
        // conf.ApiKeyPrefix.Add("paToken", "Bearer");

        GlobalConfiguration.Instance = conf;
        
        // Create an instance of the API class
        var apiInstance = new AccessServiceApi();
        // Initialize the searchCriteria parameter object for the call
        var searchCriteria = new array[FindUserByFieldSearchCriteria](); // array[FindUserByFieldSearchCriteria] | 

        try {
            // Returns a list of users based on search criteria
            // "array[PyramidUserObject]" is only psaudo-code to symbolize array of type and not the actual usage 
            array[PyramidUserObject] result = apiInstance.findUser(searchCriteria);
            Debug.WriteLine(result);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Debug.Print("Exception when calling AccessServiceApi.findUser: " + e.Message );
        }
    }
}


    import com.pyramidanalytics
from com.pyramidanalytics import ApiException
from com.pyramidanalytics import AccessServiceApi
from pprint import pprint

        
# Configure API key authorization: paToken
api_config = com.pyramidanalytics.Configuration(host = 'http://Your.Server.URL/', api_key={ paToken:'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' })

with com.pyramidanalytics.ApiClient(api_config) as api_client:
    # Create an instance of the API class
    api_instance = AccessServiceApi(api_client)
    # Initialize the searchCriteria parameter object for the call
    searchCriteria =  # array[FindUserByFieldSearchCriteria] | 

    try:
        # Returns a list of users based on search criteria
        api_response = api_instance.find_user(searchCriteria)
        pprint(api_response)
    except ApiException as e:
        print("Exception when calling AccessServiceApi->findUser: %s\n" % e)
    <?php
require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');

OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setHost('http://Your.Server.URL');

// Configure API key authorization: paToken
OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('paToken', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKeyPrefix('paToken', 'Bearer');

// Create an instance of the API class
$api_instance = new OpenAPITools\Client\Api\AccessServiceApi();
$searchCriteria = ; // array[FindUserByFieldSearchCriteria] | 

try {
    $result = $api_instance->findUser($searchCriteria);
    print_r($result);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Exception when calling AccessServiceApi->findUser: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
?>