Search for users using a keyword using GET.
For every API request you make, you'll need to present the API access key in the HTTP Header as X-API-Key to be authenticated.
| Name | Required | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| required | string | At least one of email, firstname, lastname, username is required | |
| firstname | required | string | At least one of email, firstname, lastname, username is required |
| lastname | required | string | At least one of email, firstname, lastname, username is required |
| username | required | string | At least one of email, firstname, lastname, username is required When booking, if combination of email and name does not exist, a new user is created. If another course user already has the same e-mail address, a username like username_peder_aas is used. |
$request_url = 'https://api.frontcore.com/v2/search-users?lastname=Larsen';
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $request_url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
'X-API-Key: {your-api-key}',
'Accept: application/json',
));
$result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
If the method is successful it responds with an JSON structure, as it is shown below.
[
{
"id": 154420,
"firstname": "Lars",
"lastname": "Larsen",
"email": "lars@eksemel.ek",
"username": "lars@eksemel.ek",
"phone": "21212121",
"company": "ABC AS",
"orgnr": "",
"position": "",
"department": null,
"legaldepartment": null,
"date_of_birth": "1992-05-12",
"invoice_address": {
"address": "Veien 2",
"address_2": "",
"address_3": "",
"zipcode": "3120",
"city": "Oslo",
"invoice_phone": ""
},
"home_address": {
"address": "Veien 2",
"address_2": "",
"address_3": "",
"zipcode": "3120",
"city": "Oslo"
},
"work_address": {
"address": "",
"address_2": "",
"address_3": "",
"zipcode": "",
"city": ""
},
"external_id": null,
"company_employee_number": "",
"custom_properties": null,
"customer": {
"id": 32714,
"title": "Beste Kunde AS",
"department": "",
"phone": "",
"fax": "",
"email": "",
"webaddress": "",
"orgnr": "85454545",
"invoice_email": "",
"customer_reference_id": "",
"customer_reference": "Per Pedersen",
"note": "",
"idStatus": "1",
"turnover": "",
"idParentCustomer": null,
"invoice_method": "electronic",
"country": {
"id": 159,
"title": "Norge",
"code": "NO"
},
"status": "Active",
"type": "Company",
"duedate_days": 10,
"seller": null,
"invoice_address": {
"address": "Kundeveien 10",
"address_2": "",
"address_3": "",
"zipcode": "2130",
"city": "Oslo"
},
"post_address": {
"address": "",
"address_2": "",
"address_3": "",
"zipcode": "",
"city": ""
},
"visit_address": {
"address": "",
"address_2": "",
"address_3": "",
"zipcode": "",
"city": ""
},
"custom_properties": null,
"created_at": "2017-03-31T20:27:41+02:00",
"updated_at": "2026-04-12T05:50:05+02:00"
},
"created_at": "2017-03-31T20:27:04+02:00",
"updated_at": "2026-02-19T03:42:24+01:00",
"information_gathered_at": null
}
]
Unsuccessful response sample:
{
"error": "Wrong API Key"
}