# Search account

<mark style="color:green;">`GET`</mark>  `/api/v2/directory/accounts/search`

This endpoint facilitates the search of an account using various lookup values, such as business and legal name representations, or first name and last name representations, or the email. If the provided lookup value does not match any account record, the endpoint will return no results.

Query Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="214">Name</th><th>Type</th><th width="345">Description</th><th>Required</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>search_term</code></td><td>string</td><td>The parameter 'search_term' is used to search for either, <mark style="color:orange;"><code>business_name</code></mark> or <mark style="color:orange;"><code>legal_name</code></mark>, <mark style="color:orange;"><code>first_name</code></mark> or <mark style="color:orange;"><code>last_name</code></mark>, or <mark style="color:orange;"><code>email</code></mark>.</td><td>True</td></tr><tr><td><code>account_category</code></td><td>string</td><td>The category of the account. Either <mark style="color:orange;"><code>customer</code></mark> or <mark style="color:orange;"><code>recipient</code></mark>. When category is not specified, all categories are searched.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>account_type</code></td><td>string</td><td>The type of the account. Either <mark style="color:orange;"><code>individual</code></mark> or <mark style="color:orange;"><code>entity</code></mark>. When type is not specified, all types are searched.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Response

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```json
{
    "status": "success",
    "data": [
        {
            "reference_id": "account0001",
            "account_type": "Individual",
            "name": "Devin Booker",
            "account_category": "recipient",
            "email": "devin@example.com",
            "created": "2024-03-19T10:56:56+00:00",
            "last_modified": "2024-05-02T13:00:30+00:00"
        },
        {
            "reference_id": "account0002",
            "account_type": "Entity",
            "name": "Crypto Legal",
            "account_category": "customer",
            "email": "crypto.legal@example.com",
            "created": "2024-09-05T13:58:19+00:00",
            "last_modified": "2024-09-05T13:58:19+00:00"
        },
        {
            "reference_id": "account0003",
            "account_type": "Individual",
            "name": "Clovis Mraz",
            "account_category": "customer",
            "email": "clovis@example.com",
            "created": "2024-05-03T05:04:00+00:00",
            "last_modified": "2024-05-03T05:04:00+00:00"
        }
    ]
}
```

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