# Jira User search API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-user-search-api/  
**Provider:** Jira — https://apis.io/providers/jira/  
**Base URL:** https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2  
**Documentation:** https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v2/intro/

Jira User search API is one of 132 APIs that [Jira](https://apis.io/providers/jira/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include User Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

This resource represents various ways to search for and find users. Use it to obtain list of users including users assignable to projects and issues, users with permissions, user lists for pickup fields, and user lists generated using structured queries. Note that the operations in this resource only return users found within the first 1000 users.

## Operations (8)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/rest/api/3/user/assignable/multiProjectSearch` | Find users assignable to projects |
| GET | `/rest/api/3/user/assignable/search` | Find users assignable to issues |
| GET | `/rest/api/3/user/permission/search` | Find users with permissions |
| GET | `/rest/api/3/user/picker` | Find users for picker |
| GET | `/rest/api/3/user/search` | Find users |
| GET | `/rest/api/3/user/search/query` | Find users by query |
| GET | `/rest/api/3/user/search/query/key` | Find user keys by query |
| GET | `/rest/api/3/user/viewissue/search` | Find users with browse permission |

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jira/refs/heads/main/openapi/jira-user-search-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
- **Authentication** — https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
- **Documentation** — https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
- **Documentation** — https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/
- **APIReference** — https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issues/

## Other Jira APIs (12)

- [Jira Cloud Platform REST API v2](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-cloud-platform-rest-api-v2/)
- [Jira Service Management Operations REST API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-service-management-operations-rest-api/)
- [Jira Align REST API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-align-rest-api/)
- [Jira Customer Service Management REST API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-customer-service-management-rest-api/)
- [Jira Issue Comments API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-comments-api/)
- [Jira Issue Priorities API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-priorities-api/)
- [Jira Issue Search API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-search-api/)
- [Jira Issue Statuses API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-statuses-api/)
- [Jira Issue Transitions API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-transitions-api/)
- [Jira Issue Types API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-types-api/)
- [Jira Issues API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issues-api/)
- [Jira Projects API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-projects-api/)

## Tags

User Search

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-user-search-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/jira/.