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# Search Contacts by Emails

> Searches for multiple contacts by their email addresses in a single request. Returns all matching contacts found in your project.

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url https://api.autosend.com/v1/contacts/search/emails \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{
    "emails": [
      "john.doe@example.com",
      "jane.smith@example.com"
    ]
  }'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  url = "https://api.autosend.com/v1/contacts/search/emails"

  headers = {
      "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
  }

  payload = {
      "emails": [
          "john.doe@example.com",
          "jane.smith@example.com"
      ]
  }

  response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
  print(response.json())
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  fetch('https://api.autosend.com/v1/contacts/search/emails', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer <token>',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      emails: [
        'john.doe@example.com',
        'jane.smith@example.com'
      ]
    })
  })
    .then(response => response.json())
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  <?php

  $url = 'https://api.autosend.com/v1/contacts/search/emails';

  $data = [
      'emails' => [
          'john.doe@example.com',
          'jane.smith@example.com'
      ]
  ];

  $ch = curl_init($url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($data));
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
      'Authorization: Bearer <token>',
      'Content-Type: application/json'
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($ch);
  curl_close($ch);

  echo $response;
  ?>
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

  import (
      "bytes"
      "encoding/json"
      "fmt"
      "net/http"
  )

  func main() {
      url := "https://api.autosend.com/v1/contacts/search/emails"
      
      payload := map[string]interface{}{
          "emails": []string{
              "john.doe@example.com",
              "jane.smith@example.com",
          },
      }
      
      jsonData, _ := json.Marshal(payload)
      
      req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(jsonData))
      req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
      req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
      
      client := &http.Client{}
      resp, err := client.Do(req)
      if err != nil {
          fmt.Println("Error:", err)
          return
      }
      defer resp.Body.Close()
      
      fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  import java.io.OutputStream;
  import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
  import java.net.URL;
  import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

  public class SearchContactsByEmails {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
          try {
              URL url = new URL("https://api.autosend.com/v1/contacts/search/emails");
              HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
              
              con.setRequestMethod("POST");
              con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
              con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
              con.setDoOutput(true);
              
              String jsonInputString = "{\n" +
                  "  \"emails\": [\n" +
                  "    \"john.doe@example.com\",\n" +
                  "    \"jane.smith@example.com\"\n" +
                  "  ]\n" +
                  "}";
              
              try (OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream()) {
                  byte[] input = jsonInputString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                  os.write(input, 0, input.length);
              }
              
              int status = con.getResponseCode();
              System.out.println("Response Status: " + status);
              
          } catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
          }
      }
  }
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'net/http'
  require 'json'
  require 'uri'

  uri = URI('https://api.autosend.com/v1/contacts/search/emails')

  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
  http.use_ssl = true

  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
  request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer <token>'
  request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'

  request.body = {
    emails: [
      'john.doe@example.com',
      'jane.smith@example.com'
    ]
  }.to_json

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.body
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "success": true,
    "data": {
      "contacts": [
        {
          "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
          "email": "john.doe@example.com",
          "firstName": "John",
          "lastName": "Doe",
          "userId": "user_12345",
          "customFields": {
            "company": "Acme Corp",
            "role": "Developer",
            "plan": "premium"
          },
          "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
          "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
          "projectId": "229f1f77bcf86cd9273048038"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

***

### Authorizations

<ParamField path="Authorizations" type="string | header" required>
  Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer `<token>`, where `<token>` is your auth token.
</ParamField>

### Body

Array of email addresses to search

<ParamField path="emails" type="string[]" required>
  Array of email addresses (minimum 1, automatically normalized)

  Example: `["john.doe@example.com", "jane.smith@example.com"]`
</ParamField>

### Response

<span className="text-sm">Contacts retrieved successfully</span>

<ResponseField name="success" type="boolean">
  Indicates if the request was successful

  Example: `true`
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data" type="object">
  <Expandable title="child attributes">
    <ResponseField name="data.contacts" type="array">
      Array of contact objects

      <Expandable title="child attributes">
        <ResponseField name="id" type="string">
          Contact ID

          Example: `"507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="email" type="string">
          Contact email address

          Example: `"john.doe@example.com"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="firstName" type="string">
          Contact's first name

          Example: `"John"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="lastName" type="string">
          Contact's last name

          Example: `"Doe"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="userId" type="string">
          Your application's user identifier

          Example: `"user_12345"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="customFields" type="object">
          Custom contact attributes

          <Expandable title="child attributes">
            <ResponseField name="customFields.{key}" type="string" />
          </Expandable>

          Example:

          ```jsx theme={null}
          {
            "company": "Acme Corp",
            "role": "Developer",
            "plan": "premium"
          }
          ```
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="createdAt" type="string">
          Contact creation timestamp

          Example: `"2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="updatedAt" type="string">
          Contact last update timestamp

          Example: `"2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"`
        </ResponseField>

        <ResponseField name="projectId" type="string">
          Project ID that the contact belongs to

          Example: `"229f1f77bcf86cd9273048038"`
        </ResponseField>
      </Expandable>
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>


## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /contacts/search/emails
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: AutoSend API
  description: AutoSend REST API for managing contacts and sending emails
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.autosend.com/v1
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /contacts/search/emails:
    post:
      summary: Search Contacts by Emails
      description: >-
        Searches for multiple contacts by their email addresses in a single
        request. Returns all matching contacts found in your project.
components: {}

````