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Search leads

POST /v1/leads/search

Search leads by conditions in the request body. Accepts the same filters as the lead list and is designed for compound conditions and large result sets.

Request fields (body)

Parameter Type Default Description
filter object Filtering by GET /v1/leads/fields fields.
Filtering syntax. Example: { "stageId": "NEW" }
limit number 50 Number of records (up to 5000)
offset number 0 Skip N records. Combined with a date-range filter wider than 14 days, the request is rejected — see UNSTABLE_OFFSET_PAGINATION in the "Errors" section
order object Sorting: { "createdTime": "desc" }
select string[] Field selection: ["id", "title", "stageId", "amount"]
autoWindow boolean true Split the result set into weekly windows when filtering by a date range wider than 14 days. false disables splitting

Examples

curl — personal key

Terminal
curl -X POST "https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/leads/search" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "filter": { "stageId": "NEW", ">=amount": 1000 },
    "limit": 10,
    "order": { "createdTime": "desc" }
  }'

curl — OAuth application

Terminal
curl -X POST "https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/leads/search" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_APP_KEY" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer USER_SESSION_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "filter": { "stageId": "NEW", ">=amount": 1000 },
    "limit": 10,
    "order": { "createdTime": "desc" }
  }'

JavaScript — personal key

javascript
const res = await fetch('https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/leads/search', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    filter: { stageId: 'NEW', '>=amount': 1000 },
    limit: 10,
    order: { createdTime: 'desc' },
  }),
})

const { success, data } = await res.json()

JavaScript — OAuth application

javascript
const res = await fetch('https://vibecode.bitrix24.com/v1/leads/search', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_APP_KEY',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer USER_SESSION_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    filter: { stageId: 'NEW', '>=amount': 1000 },
    limit: 10,
    order: { createdTime: 'desc' },
  }),
})

const { success, data } = await res.json()

Response fields

Field Type Description
data array Array of leads (fields — see Fields)
meta.total number How many records matched the filter
meta.hasMore boolean Whether there are more records beyond limit
meta.nextAfterId string The identifier of the last returned record. Returned when the sort is strictly id ascending, while hasMore is true. Pass it back in the >id filter — a cheap replacement for a growing offset
meta.durationMs number Request duration in milliseconds
meta.autoWindowed boolean true if the result set was split into time windows
meta.windowCount number Number of windows. Present with autoWindowed: true
meta.batchWaves number Number of parallel request waves. Present with autoWindowed: true

The meta fields sit next to data, not inside it. Paginate using meta.hasMore: a data length equal to limit does not rule out the last page.

The card URL of any lead from the data array is built from its id:

https://<portal>.bitrix24.com/crm/lead/details/<id>/

<portal> — the Bitrix24 portal domain. Access is restricted by the employee's permissions in Bitrix24.

Response example

JSON
{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 42,
      "title": "Website request #42",
      "stageId": "NEW",
      "opportunity": 1500,
      "currencyId": "USD",
      "assignedById": 1,
      "sourceId": "WEB",
      "createdTime": "2026-04-10T14:30:00+00:00"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "total": 31,
    "hasMore": true,
    "durationMs": 653
  }
}

With a date-range filter wider than 14 days, meta additionally returns autoWindowed, windowCount, and batchWaves:

JSON
{
  "success": true,
  "data": [ /* ... */ ],
  "meta": {
    "total": 43,
    "hasMore": true,
    "autoWindowed": true,
    "windowCount": 131,
    "batchWaves": 3,
    "durationMs": 1653
  }
}

Error response example

403 — no scope:

JSON
{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "SCOPE_DENIED",
    "message": "This endpoint requires 'crm' scope"
  }
}

Errors

HTTP Code Description
400 UNSTABLE_OFFSET_PAGINATION offset greater than zero together with a date-range filter wider than 14 days. Two different retrieval algorithms produce inconsistent results, so the request is rejected. Fetch everything in a single request with limit up to 5000, or pass autoWindow: false with sorting by id, or split the date range into parts yourself
403 SCOPE_DENIED The API key does not have the crm scope
401 TOKEN_MISSING The API key has no configured tokens
429 RATE_LIMITED Rate limit exceeded: 300 requests per minute per portal, all API keys of the portal share one limit. The exact value arrives in the x-ratelimit-limit header (the cap is divided across replicas). Retry after the delay in the Retry-After header

Full list of common API errors — Errors.

Known specifics

Time-window splitting. A date-range filter wider than 14 days is automatically split into weekly windows executed in parallel waves, so the result set bypasses the ceiling of 5000 records per call. meta then returns autoWindowed: true, the number of windows windowCount, and the number of waves batchWaves. The autoWindow: false parameter disables splitting. While splitting is active, an offset greater than zero is rejected with UNSTABLE_OFFSET_PAGINATION.

Filtering and sorting by stage semantics. The stageSemanticId field takes three values — P for stages in progress, S for successful ones, and F for failed ones. In filter both an exact match { "stageSemanticId": "S" } and a list { "stageSemanticId": { "$in": ["S", "F"] } } work; order accepts { "stageSemanticId": "asc" }. A value outside those three is not rejected: no record matches it, and data comes back empty. Grouping by this field is not supported in Aggregate leads.

The phone filter is not suitable for every search. A value without an operator is compared against the whole stored string: a lead whose number is stored as +1 (202) 555-0123 matches that exact string, but not 12025550123, because the plus sign, spaces, parentheses, and hyphens are part of the value. The filter also checks only the first number stored on a record: if both a work number and a mobile number are stored, searching by the mobile one returns an empty list. To find a lead by phone number in any format and by any of its numbers, use Duplicate search. The $contains operator does work here — it matches a fragment of text inside the value, which makes it a practical approach for email: { "email": { "$contains": "@example.com" } }.

See also