---
title: "Search principals"
method: GET
path: "/api/v2/org/{id}/principal"
tags: ["org"]
---

# Search principals

`GET /api/v2/org/{id}/principal`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://central.zerotier.com`
- URL: `https://central.zerotier.com/api/v2/org/{id}/principal`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Searches for users within an organization by email. Used for IAM assignment UIs.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `search` string, required
- `principal-type` string[]

## Response `200`

Principals matching the search query

- Principals
  - `items` object[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `principalType` 'user', required

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid authentication token
- `403`: Insufficient permissions
- `500`: Internal server error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/zerotier/apis/zerotier-central-v2-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/zerotier/apis/zerotier-central-v2-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/zerotier/apis/zerotier-central-v2-api/revisions/b2e7468ad104?raw)