---
title: "Save Contact Search"
method: POST
path: "/search/contacts/save"
tags: ["Search"]
---

# Save Contact Search

`POST /search/contacts/save`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1/search/contacts/save`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Search protected contact data and save matching results to a new list.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, nullable
- `X-Target-Org-Id` string, nullable

## Request body

- SearchSaveRequest: Request to search and save results to a list.
  - `filters` SearchFilter[]: Filter conditions (AND logic)
    - `field` string, required: Field name to filter on (e.g., 'job_title', 'country', 'industry')
    - `operator` 'any_of' | 'contains' | 'all_of' | 'none_of' | 'is_empty' | 'is_not_empty' | 'between' | 'exists', required: Supported filter operators for search queries.
    - `value` unknown[]: Filter values
      - unknown
  - `page` integer: Page number (1-indexed)
  - `limit` integer: Results per page (max 100)
  - `list_title` string, required: Title for the new list
  - `max_results` integer: Maximum results to save (max 10,000)

## Response `202`

Successful Response

- ApiResponseSearchSaveResponse
  - `data` SearchSaveResponse, required: Response from save-to-list endpoints.
    - `list_id` integer, required
    - `list_title` string, required
    - `estimated_total` integer, required
    - `status` string
  - `pagination` PaginationMeta
    - `page` integer, required: Current page number (1-indexed)
    - `limit` integer, required: Items per page
    - `total` integer, required: Total number of items
    - `has_next` boolean, required: Whether there are more pages
    - `next_cursor` string, nullable: Opaque cursor for the next page; null when there are no more items. Pass it back as the `cursor` query param to fetch the following page without computing page numbers.
    - `total_available` integer, nullable: Search endpoints only: how many records really match, when known. Can be larger than `total`, which is capped at the 10,000 results that can be paged. For company search this is a distinct-company estimate. Null when unknown; absent outside search.
    - `total_is_lower_bound` boolean, nullable: Search endpoints only: true when more records match than `total` shows (the result set is larger than the 10,000 results that can be paged). Absent outside search.
    - `notes` string[], nullable: Search endpoints only: plain-language notes about the result, e.g. that more records match than can be paged, or that a reversed `between` range was put in order.

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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