---
title: "Search public Substack writer profiles"
method: GET
path: "/substack/user/search"
tags: ["Substack"]
---

# Search public Substack writer profiles

`GET /substack/user/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/substack/user/search`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Searches public Substack profiles by name or handle. Each result carries the same subscriber signals as /substack/user, so a search enumerates writers without a second lookup per profile. Returns 20 profiles per page; use has_more rather than assuming a fixed depth, since result counts vary by query.

## Query parameters

- `query` string, required
- `page` integer

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- SubstackUserSearchResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` SubstackUserSearchResult
    - `has_more` boolean
    - `page` integer
    - `query` string
    - `users` SubstackUser[]
      - `bestseller_tier` integer
      - `bio` string
      - `handle` string
      - `id` integer
      - `name` string
      - `photo_url` string
      - `profile_set_up_at` string
      - `publications` SubstackUserPublication[]
        - `custom_domain` string
        - `id` integer
        - `is_primary` boolean
        - `name` string
        - `role` string
        - `subdomain` string
        - `url` string
      - `slug` string
      - `subscribers` SubstackSubscriberCounts
        - `follower_count` integer
        - `paid_rough` string: PaidRough and PaidRoughInt are the only paid-subscriber figures Substack publishes, and both are buckets rather than counts. PaidRoughInt is the finer of the two and is always present; PaidTier is the coarser threshold behind the public bestseller badge.
        - `paid_rough_int` integer
        - `paid_tier` integer
        - `total` integer
        - `total_display` string
        - `total_hidden` boolean
        - `total_rough` string
      - `subscriptions` SubstackUserSubscription[]
        - `is_founding` boolean
        - `membership_state` string
        - `publication_id` integer
        - `publication_name` string
        - `subdomain` string
      - `url` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `503`: Service Unavailable

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