The methods for Contacat Search are listed below
The purpose of these methods are to return a list of ContactIDs based on a searched Name or Character. Once the ContactIDs are obtained, they can be used as variables in the other available Contact Methods.
Method Type: GET
returns a paged list of limited Contact Information, including the ContactID
'/contacts/search?value={VALUE}&page={PAGE}'
*value = searched name
Contact Search by Letter Fetch
Method Type: GET
returns a paged list of limited Contact Information, including the ContactID, based on a partial name or a single character.
'/contacts/search/beginswith?value={VALUE}&page={PAGE}'
*value = searched beginning letter(s)
Contact Search by Name Fetch
The URI '/contacts/{contactid}/search?value={VALUE}&page={PAGE}', when coupled with Method Type 'GET', returns a paged list of Contacts, associated with the search value. The searched value is based on a contact's or contacts' name.
https://api2.redtailtechnology.com/crm/v1/rest/contacts/search?value={value}&page={page}
https://api2.redtailtechnology.com/crm/v1/rest/contacts/search?value=Investor&page=1
Below is a sample request in C# using our URI, sample credentials, and the method type. The content type "text/json" work equally well.
HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create("https://api2.redtailtechnology.com/crm/v1/rest/contacts/search?value=Investor&page=1"); req.Headers[System.Net.HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes("6C135EDF-C37C-4039-AEF3-5DFC079F9E6A:Statementone:sonedemo")); req.Method = "GET"; req.ContentType = "text/xml";
//and here's the response stream.
HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();
System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(resp.GetResponseStream());
The following is a condensed XML response. The XML response will include up to 50 Contacts per page and provide a total count of the related Contact records.
Contact Search by Letter Fetch
The URI '/contacts/{contactid}/search/beginswith?value={VALUE}&page={PAGE}', when coupled with Method Type 'GET', returns a paged list of Contacts, associated with the search value. The searched value is based on a character or a few characters supplied.
https://api2.redtailtechnology.com/crm/v1/rest/contacts/search?value={value}&page={page}
https://api2.redtailtechnology.com/crm/v1/rest/contacts/search?value=i&page=1
Below is a sample request in C# using our URI, sample credentials, and the method type. The content type "text/json" work equally well.
HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create("https://api2.redtailtechnology.com/crm/v1/rest/contacts/search/basic?value=i&page=1"); req.Headers[System.Net.HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes("6C135EDF-C37C-4039-AEF3-5DFC079F9E6A:Statementone:sonedemo")); req.Method = "GET"; req.ContentType = "text/xml";
//and here's the response stream.
HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse();
System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(resp.GetResponseStream());
The following is a condensed XML response. The XML response will include up to 50 Contacts per page and provide a total count of the related Contact records.
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