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# Search contacts

> Find people, companies and suppliers by name, contact ID, company, phone, email or category. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/vaultre/search_contacts

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Find people, companies and suppliers by name, contact ID, company, phone, email or category.

VaultRE API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/vaultre.md

`GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/vaultre/contacts/search`

Access: read.

Searches Contacts > Search with the criteria you give; more criteria narrow the result. Each row has the name, company, email, mobile, marketing contacts and last update, the columns Vault shows. Archived contacts stay out unless include_archived is true. Use it before add_contact to avoid a duplicate.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `type` | enum | no | person, company or creditor_supplier. |
| `name` | string | no | First name, surname or contact ID. |
| `company_name` | string | no | Company name. |
| `phone_or_email` | string | no | A contact number or an email address. |
| `category` | string | no | A contact category of your account. |
| `include_archived` | boolean | no | Also search archived contacts. Default: false. |
| `limit` | integer | no | Maximum contacts to return. |
| `cursor` | string | no | Next page cursor from the previous call. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/vaultre/contacts/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY"
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("vaultre", "search_contacts")
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('vaultre', 'search_contacts');
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call vaultre search_contacts
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "contacts": [
    {
      "contact_id": "51377",
      "type": "person",
      "name": "Priya Nair",
      "company": null,
      "email": "priya.nair@example.com",
      "mobile": "0400 000 123",
      "marketing_contacts": [
        "Sam Reid"
      ],
      "updated_at": "2026-10-20T16:40:00+11:00"
    }
  ],
  "next_cursor": null
}
```

Previous: [List enquiries](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/vaultre/list_enquiries.md)
Next: [Get contact](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/vaultre/get_contact.md)

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