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Can I get the accountId from the API, when I only know the email or Display name

Luka Simon Thies

Hey there.

I want to automate some tasks and I need to update a pate and tag certain users.

I can mention them with their accountId, as far, as I understand, but I need to somehow get these only from their Display name or email address.

Is there a solution for this?

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Manoj Kumar Gangwar

Hi @Luka Simon Thies Welcome to the community!

You may try below:

https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/user?email=user@example.com

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Manoj Kumar Gangwar

Hi @Luka Simon Thies Welcome to the community!

You may try below:

https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/user?email=user@example.com

Luka Simon Thies

When I try that, I get an 400 error

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Manoj Kumar Gangwar

Please try- https://yoursite.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/user/search?query=youremail

Luka Simon Thies

Thank you, this works for the email.
Would this also work when I only have a Display name for example?

I tried it with "firstname%20lastname" and with "firstname+lastname", but that returns all users that have either of those in their name.

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